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2 digiboxes+cards on one sat dish
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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 108223" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Yeah, but be careful …..</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You can “split” the signal from lnb to 2 digiboxes, but has strange results so not worth doing. Depending on which channels selected, one box will “take control”, leaving the other with three quarters of channels “missing”. There’s also some risk of damage, depending on digibox make, from 18v coming out of one lnb socket and going back into other one, for which reason you must use a “satellite” signal splitter, advertised as having one output “dc blocked”.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">If you can reach the dish, then you might replace the lnb with dual output type. If lnb is held in “standard” circular bracket, that’s fine. Unfortunately, most Sky minidishes use a retaining pin instead, which means you need an lnb advertised as “Sky” (although electrically the same, you can’t easily fit “standard” lnbs to a “sky” dish; at least, I’ve never seen any kit for it. Look at the lnb pictures at cpc, to see what I mean, they have an “extra bit”!). As far as I know, there’s no “Sky” dual output ones, which means you’ll have to get quad output “sky”, more expensive!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Then you need a 2nd cable from other lnb output to other digibox, must be satellite grade, standard tv coax won’t carry sat signals more than a few feet. Wickes sell RG6U satellite cable, ok, but not waterproof, foam filled is better.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Good </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">UK</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> suppliers are Farnell components, <a href="http://www.cpc.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple">www.cpc.co.uk</span></a> (search there for “lnb”, and “satellite coax”). Also JW Hardy, <a href="http://www.jwhardy.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">www.jwhardy.co.uk</span></a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 108223, member: 192438"] [color=black][font=Arial]Yeah, but be careful …..[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]You can “split” the signal from lnb to 2 digiboxes, but has strange results so not worth doing. Depending on which channels selected, one box will “take control”, leaving the other with three quarters of channels “missing”. There’s also some risk of damage, depending on digibox make, from 18v coming out of one lnb socket and going back into other one, for which reason you must use a “satellite” signal splitter, advertised as having one output “dc blocked”.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]If you can reach the dish, then you might replace the lnb with dual output type. If lnb is held in “standard” circular bracket, that’s fine. Unfortunately, most Sky minidishes use a retaining pin instead, which means you need an lnb advertised as “Sky” (although electrically the same, you can’t easily fit “standard” lnbs to a “sky” dish; at least, I’ve never seen any kit for it. Look at the lnb pictures at cpc, to see what I mean, they have an “extra bit”!). As far as I know, there’s no “Sky” dual output ones, which means you’ll have to get quad output “sky”, more expensive![/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Then you need a 2nd cable from other lnb output to other digibox, must be satellite grade, standard tv coax won’t carry sat signals more than a few feet. Wickes sell RG6U satellite cable, ok, but not waterproof, foam filled is better.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]Good [/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial]UK[/font][/color][color=black][font=Arial] suppliers are Farnell components, [url="http://www.cpc.co.uk/"][color=purple]www.cpc.co.uk[/color][/url] (search there for “lnb”, and “satellite coax”). Also JW Hardy, [url="http://www.jwhardy.co.uk/"][color=blue]www.jwhardy.co.uk[/color][/url][/font][/color] [/QUOTE]
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