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Split Sky plus to Freesat TVThis section is for discussion on domestic multi-receiver systems for distribution of both terrestrial and satellite signals. Multiswitch, diplexer, triplexer, earct bonding, smart Priority switch, signal splitter, SCART doubler, video sender, remote extender, etc. | |
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Hi I am a newbie so apologies for the question. Can anyone help me please with the following. I have a sky+ box with the two cables connected. I have purchased a Panasonic TV that has a FreeSat receiver built in and I want to take on of the cables from the back of the sky plus box and split it into two. Then take one of the two cables and plug into the TV (so it can receive the Freesat) and plug the other one back into the Sky+ box. I have purchased a two way satellite splitter from Maplin and tried it out. I have tried connecting the sky box as the power pass connection and vice versa. But whichever way I try it, one of the devices does not work. Sky+ on Power Pass = Sky+ works, but TV has no signal on Freesat TV on Power Pass = Freesat received, but Sky+ does not. (I believe this is because the Sky+ sets the polarity and then the other device cannot work on all channels). Is there something I can buy that will enable this connection without the need for having new cables connected to the Sky+ Dish and drilling holes into my walls. Thanks in advance for any help | ||
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| Site administrator  Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S  The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | You cant split a satellite feed - you will need to run another cable from the dish to the new tv. | ||
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14-06-2009
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf  Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. | Sorry, but the only realistic way is to provide separate dedicated feeds from LNB Ports. Satellite reception is not a one way process simply involving the signal from the Dish being sent to the Receiver but is a two way process whereby each Tuner in each Receiver needs to send Band and Polarity switching signals back to the LNB. Try to split a feed and conflicts will occur. There are ways in which some limited (very limited) results can be achieved, but I wouldn't recommend anything other than separate Feeds. Edit: Tsk! | ||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | You need to type faster Tivu  | ||
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My System: IT: 2 x iMac 24 (OSX & OSX Server) 1 x Macbook Air AV: DM500, DM8000 | If you can manage with only being able to record one channel simultaneously on sky, you could just leave one cable in the sky+ and one cable in the freesat. Otherwise you are going to have to change the lnb on the dish from a dual to a quad and run some extra wires down! | ||
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