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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
My proposed system conceived out of ignorance.
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<blockquote data-quote="BGonaSTICK" data-source="post: 55061" data-attributes="member: 176912"><p>Sorry, don't know about your telly (or your receiver!). I'll leave that to someone else.</p><p></p><p>A 'quad LNB' is something which normally refers to a single unit from which four individual connections are made. Not sure if that's what you mean, or whether you mean four separate 'single' LNB's mounted on a bracket.</p><p></p><p>If it's the former, then, as you are 'fixed', you will only get one of your (3?) listed sats at a time (four times over!).</p><p></p><p>If it's the latter (and that's what you'd need for three or four sats from one fixed dish) then you will need a 4-way diseqc switch to switch the four different inputs into your receiver (...and switched 'by' the diseqc 1.0 or better receiver).</p><p></p><p>Have a search on diseqc swithes from Google.</p><p></p><p>Astra 2 and Hotbird a long way apart, and although it has been done on a dish of the size you mention, it will need some careful setting up. Some of the experts on here have done it, so I'll let them comment further.</p><p></p><p>You will need some kind of instrument to help you set up. A sat-bleeper, or a cheap meter can be had for between £10 - £25.</p><p></p><p>If you have an infinite amount of time and patience, you can try and do it with either the signal meter on your reciever, or just tuning in a known transponder, and watching the telly-screen as you wobble about up your ladder!</p><p></p><p>The latter is possible, but easier to do on an analogue setup.</p><p></p><p>STICK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BGonaSTICK, post: 55061, member: 176912"] Sorry, don't know about your telly (or your receiver!). I'll leave that to someone else. A 'quad LNB' is something which normally refers to a single unit from which four individual connections are made. Not sure if that's what you mean, or whether you mean four separate 'single' LNB's mounted on a bracket. If it's the former, then, as you are 'fixed', you will only get one of your (3?) listed sats at a time (four times over!). If it's the latter (and that's what you'd need for three or four sats from one fixed dish) then you will need a 4-way diseqc switch to switch the four different inputs into your receiver (...and switched 'by' the diseqc 1.0 or better receiver). Have a search on diseqc swithes from Google. Astra 2 and Hotbird a long way apart, and although it has been done on a dish of the size you mention, it will need some careful setting up. Some of the experts on here have done it, so I'll let them comment further. You will need some kind of instrument to help you set up. A sat-bleeper, or a cheap meter can be had for between £10 - £25. If you have an infinite amount of time and patience, you can try and do it with either the signal meter on your reciever, or just tuning in a known transponder, and watching the telly-screen as you wobble about up your ladder! The latter is possible, but easier to do on an analogue setup. STICK [/QUOTE]
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