2 boxes, 2 tvs, one dish

[sideburnsdave]

Hi, I have recently subscribed to sky digital and so have one dish connected to an thomson receiver in our downstairs living room. However, I have a year old amstrad digibox attached to my upstairs tv. this is complete with remote and expired sky viewing card. I was wondering, can i connect the downstairs digibox to the old one and use both to control the sky tv in the same way the magic eye product works? basically, can i connect both digiboxes in a way that will receive the single satellite signal?

Thanks,

Dave.

 

[Topper]

Welcome to the forum sideburnsdave

If you swapped your sky lnb for a twin you could run one cable to one receiver and a the second to another. You would only however be able to watch FTV or FTA programs on the second stb unless you purchased a multiroom subscription

 

[rolfw]

No, you need a twin or quad LNB and a cable run from the dish to the second receiver. Quad LNBs are available cheaply on ebay.

 

[Prophessor]

That's what Topper said, right?

 

[rolfw]

Yes it is, but the posts were made witin seconds of each other, so didn't see Topper's post. ;)

 

[spiney]

Better would be: 1 box, 1 tv, 2 dishes!

 

[Topper]

That's what Topper said, right?

Lol yes Proph it has taken a couple of years :-worship and it only happens very very occasionally but it is possible to type faster than Rolf once in a while... perhaps he hit his thumb with a hammer

 

[rolfw]

LOL, how did you know?

It wast the left index finger actually, bloody cable clips.