Bought a new lnb but only seems to work on some transponders so a bit confused

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Bought a LNB called Red Eagle, black buster rocket, quattro lnb. It seems like it's the dogs balls but only seems to pick up certain tranponders. It's got LH, HV, HH, LV on the lnb which i've never seen before. Got a multi satellite setup but i'm not sure how to handle this LNB, doesn't seem to be a universal LNB and i'm note sure how to handle it. What do i need to do to make it work properly so it receives all the transponders?
 

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Bought a LNB called Red Eagle, black buster rocket, quattro lnb. It seems like it's the dogs balls but only seems to pick up certain tranponders. It's got LH, HV, HH, LV on the lnb which i've never seen before. Got a multi satellite setup but i'm not sure how to handle this LNB, doesn't seem to be a universal LNB and i'm note sure how to handle it. What do i need to do to make it work properly so it receives all the transponders?


You need a multiswitch to get it to work correctly.

Each of those 4 outputs only outputs the polarity and part of the frequency band that is indicated.
For example, LH only outputs low band horizontal polarity, HV only outputs high band vertical polarity.

If you wanted an LNB with 4 outputs where each output covered the full band and both polarities you needed a Quad LNB, not a Quattro, they are different types of LNB.

A multiswitch that is suitable for your LNB will have 4 inputs corresponding to the 4 outputs from the LNB.
You will need 4 cable runs from the LNB to the multiswitch then as many cable runs out from the multiswitch that you need for your receivers/tuners.

It is a straightforward setup, good luck with it.
 

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A multiswitch, i have one. But is this some other type of multiswitch which can handle this lnb not the usual switch which handles universal LNB's? Or will it work on any LNB multiswitch?
 

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A multiswitch, i have one. But is this some other type of multiswitch which can handle this lnb not the usual switch which handles universal LNB's? Or will it work on any LNB multiswitch?

There are different types of multiswitch, it depends on the model you have. Some multiswitches can handle both Quattro and Quad LNB's, others Quattro LNB only.
If the multiswitch you have has 4 or 5 input ports, connect them up to the 4 outputs from the Quattro LNB and try it out?
 
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