Help with multiswitching

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dssnosher

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My Satellite Setup
DM500
My Location
Ukraine
Gents,

I've spent quite some time now on trying to solve this and the result is little luck and an overwhelming amount of confusion.

I have a dual lnb pointing at nss6 @ 95e(dishtv). My goal is to be able to receive signal on 6 devices.

Signal locked, lines in. Direct line into receiver works well. The disco starts when i plug 13v/18v into 2x6 switch and power on more then 1 device. As soon as second device powers on, the picture on the first starts to break.

I've been reading this forum and seems like i have missed the fact that Dishtv transponders operate on two osciliators and that a 22khz switch is needed in order for all devices to get signal. The only confusion is that i tried second device on lower oscillator and same polarity and the signal would still break.

Can someone shed some light on how to do this properly?
 
We do have a few North american members who will be more familiar with your sat providers, over here in europe we mostly have a seperate quattro LNB for each satellite, so that would be two blocks of four inputs into the multiswitch.
 
Then perhaps you need to change your Member Profile?
 
You should be able to get an octo LNB which has 8 independent outputs.

Or what rolfw suggested would work too.
 
Captain Jack said:
You should be able to get an octo LNB which has 8 independent outputs.

Or what rolfw suggested would work too.
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Wot you still doing on the board Alex ?
Surely you should be bladdered off yer face and chained naked to a lamp post by now ?
 
Tivù said:
Then perhaps you need to change your Member Profile?
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My location represents my place of residence but my posts often are about hardware issues in different parts of the world. Changing my profile every time to reflect a region in question wouldn't make sense.
 
Ok, but the alternative would be to include sufficient info in the OP.

Otherwise, people respond in good faith but, inadvertently, inaccurately :)
 
rolfw said:
We do have a few North american members who will be more familiar with your sat providers, over here in europe we mostly have a seperate quattro LNB for each satellite, so that would be two blocks of four inputs into the multiswitch.
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How would I know if quattro is required? The frequency ranges from 11037 and 12729 and operates in both V and H polarities. I have checked Dishtv operator LNB and they only have 1 output. Is only 1 output required for single receiver and quattro is required in order to multiswitch? If so, then it makes complete sense now......

Captain Jack said:
You should be able to get an octo LNB which has 8 independent outputs.

Or what rolfw suggested would work too.
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Saw those LNBs! Can these be easily retrofitted into prime focus dish?
 
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Tivù said:
Ok, but the alternative would be to include sufficient info in the OP.

Otherwise, people respond in good faith but, inadvertently, inaccurately :)
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I agree: and will correct in future posts :) I thought mentioning "nss6 @ 95e(dishtv)" would suffice :(
 
Is the following normal behavior:
Using 1 device through multiswitch shows LowH, LowV, HighH, HighV
Using 2+ devices: Only HighH works if first receiver is tuned to HighH tp. Likewise for V.
This is using 2x6 switch.

Does this mean we need Quattro LNB and 9x8 switch?
The part that confuses me is that only 1 device is able to see all 4 combinations.
 
You need a quattro LNB i n this case. These provide independent, fixed outputs of each of the 4 bands no matter what the receiver is telling them to do (that'll be the switch's job to decide).
 
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