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Looking to replace my old Sky Boxes for VU+ Duo 4K SE boxes
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<blockquote data-quote="GabrielKnight" data-source="post: 1119834" data-attributes="member: 417127"><p>All 3 rooms were installed with 2 cables each when Sky+ was installed. No cabling was added when Sky Q was installed.</p><p></p><p>The main Sky Q box still has two cables plugged into the back. The 2 miniboxes in the other rooms have no connectors for cables at the back. They connect to the main box over WIFI, but I assume the cables still work as they still come out of a splitter.</p><p></p><p>From the online research I've done, the latest non-Sky satellite boxes use the European standard SCR (Unicable).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cable_distribution[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Sky's LNBs use a proprietary standard to be a PITA. Official FreeSat (TM) boxes are perhaps programmed to accept this standard. Non-sky boxes use Unicable (not Sky LNBs) as far as I understand?</p><p></p><p>Sky SCR not working on Unicable setups</p><p></p><p></p><p>I do have an opton for 'SCR LNB' on my Sky Box rather than the 'Wideband' (suspect i.e. Skys own version) option it's locked to, so reading the thread above (bearing in mind its 5 years old and Sky Q has become more compatible) I suspect the Sky Box can be made to work with a Unicable LNB but am almost certain it can't be done the other way?</p><p></p><p>Would a Unicable SCR LNB still be split in the same way as my cables are? Ie would the way my cables have been installed be ideally compatible with this LNB?</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">No links to other satellite sites allowed here.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GabrielKnight, post: 1119834, member: 417127"] All 3 rooms were installed with 2 cables each when Sky+ was installed. No cabling was added when Sky Q was installed. The main Sky Q box still has two cables plugged into the back. The 2 miniboxes in the other rooms have no connectors for cables at the back. They connect to the main box over WIFI, but I assume the cables still work as they still come out of a splitter. From the online research I've done, the latest non-Sky satellite boxes use the European standard SCR (Unicable). [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-cable_distribution[/URL] Sky's LNBs use a proprietary standard to be a PITA. Official FreeSat (TM) boxes are perhaps programmed to accept this standard. Non-sky boxes use Unicable (not Sky LNBs) as far as I understand? Sky SCR not working on Unicable setups I do have an opton for 'SCR LNB' on my Sky Box rather than the 'Wideband' (suspect i.e. Skys own version) option it's locked to, so reading the thread above (bearing in mind its 5 years old and Sky Q has become more compatible) I suspect the Sky Box can be made to work with a Unicable LNB but am almost certain it can't be done the other way? Would a Unicable SCR LNB still be split in the same way as my cables are? Ie would the way my cables have been installed be ideally compatible with this LNB? [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]No links to other satellite sites allowed here.[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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