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<blockquote data-quote="BGonaSTICK" data-source="post: 93714" data-attributes="member: 176912"><p>Hi Lee.</p><p></p><p>The Astra 2 sats used for S*y are at 28.2E and on a new 80cm dish you might be pushed to get that and sats round to say Hotbird on 13E.</p><p></p><p>A better arrangement IMO would be to leave your existing setup exactly as it is, and buy a seperate 80cm dish with maybe two LNB's, one pointing at the Astra 1 satellites at 19.2E and the other at the Hotbirds at 13E. There are many standard setups (inc bracketry) to do this. There is even a 'split' LNB called a monoblock which is actually 2 LNBs and a switch built in, and which is set the required 6 degrees apart. </p><p></p><p>Then you are just looking at a second single cable run to the location of your new receiver, which could either be a simple free to air box for under a hundred quid or so, or something which may allow you further expansion - say with a CI slot for a CAM.</p><p></p><p>'Digibox' means S*y box. That's not what you want. You just want a good FTA box. Read up some, then come and ask more. It must have DiSEqC to perform the LNB switching.</p><p></p><p>Most of the best selling boxes are good VFM. </p><p></p><p>HTH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BGonaSTICK, post: 93714, member: 176912"] Hi Lee. The Astra 2 sats used for S*y are at 28.2E and on a new 80cm dish you might be pushed to get that and sats round to say Hotbird on 13E. A better arrangement IMO would be to leave your existing setup exactly as it is, and buy a seperate 80cm dish with maybe two LNB's, one pointing at the Astra 1 satellites at 19.2E and the other at the Hotbirds at 13E. There are many standard setups (inc bracketry) to do this. There is even a 'split' LNB called a monoblock which is actually 2 LNBs and a switch built in, and which is set the required 6 degrees apart. Then you are just looking at a second single cable run to the location of your new receiver, which could either be a simple free to air box for under a hundred quid or so, or something which may allow you further expansion - say with a CI slot for a CAM. 'Digibox' means S*y box. That's not what you want. You just want a good FTA box. Read up some, then come and ask more. It must have DiSEqC to perform the LNB switching. Most of the best selling boxes are good VFM. HTH [/QUOTE]
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