Best V-Box ???

Fishpaste

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Does anyone know which is the best V-box???

How much signal loss is there in driving the dish when its connected up to a disque reciever instead of a 36v reciever.

Currently use a Andrews 1.2 dish with a pola mount and a superjack and an Echostar DVR-7000 receiver.

Say if i used my Humax HDCI-2000 and a V-Box would i loose some of the signal in the conversion to drive the dish?

Due to the extra connections instead of going straight to the LNB.

Any Idea's ??

Thanks.....:)
 

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As far as I know, the Vbox takes the DiSEqC commands from the box without interfering with the signals from the LNB, just as a DiSEqC motor doesn't interfere... :)

I haven't used one myself so I don't know who makes the best one, but a search of the forum might help you find the right one... :)
 

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There is a small insertion loss, it varies between boxes, there is a thread from a while ago where someone modified a box to reduce the insertion loss, it shouldn't be unacceptable though.

Can't recommend one I'm afraid, I have a Jaeger V-Box 1 which is a popular model, but haven't installed it yet, I gather the Moteck V-box 2 is well thought of also.
 

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