Stacker / De-Stacker

excollier

excollier

Bikes, Booze, Rock & Blues
My Satellite Setup
TD 64 and Humax Foxsat HDR with Raydon's custom firmware
My Location
County Donegal - furthest outpost of the EUSSR
I recently fitted a quad lnb to a zone 2 dish for a relative who has moved up from standard Sky to Sky+HD.
Sky refused(as usual) to go into the attic to bring the cable through. Thats why I supplied and fitted it an fitted the cable, I got the spare quad back from the relative.
However I could not get the cable from the attic to the longe via the existing route, as the spark had routed the cables in avery complex route (ie not vertical).There is on existing RG6 down to that room and a good quality signal to that point
I had to connect to one of the existing old brown co-ax cables (typical electricians spec) to bring in this second feed, needless to say the signal is crap and the box refuses to record.
To my main question: could I (successfully) use a stacker/de-stacker to use the existing single RG6 downlead from the attic to get a viable twin feed to the Sky+hd box, i.e. are they any good? And where do I fit it (the stacker)? Near the dish, or at the top of the downlead to the lounge?
 
Stacker/destackers are one of those things that you have to "suck it and see". Some folk have reported that they work fine. However I know at least one shop that stopped selling them a few years ago due to the high number of returns. (Mainly due to installing them on unsuitable cabnle runs)
 
Yes, seems to be the consensus, I have posted around the fora, and I am beaten by the RG6 type downlead, it seems.
Not my problem though. But I hate to see them paying for a function they can't use properly.
I will have to convince then to drill a couple of holes to get the Triax TX100 down to that room.
They are talking about cancelling the record facility, but I can imagine the response from Sky...
Thanks.
 
Stick the HD box in single feed mode - at least then it will have some functionality
 
Analoguesat said:
Stick the HD box in single feed mode - at least then it will have some functionality
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I will try that. Does the Sky +HD have a loop through lnb f like the Foxsat HDR? I dont do much with Sky equipment, so I never paid attention to the rear panel of the +HD box.
What function will it give? Record one and watch different prog from the same TP?
 
Im not sure - I've got a standard Sky+ box. :)

I would have thought it should work on channel on the same polarity & within same hi/lo band, or for recording when they are out
 
Try swapping the two feeds round on the back of the Sky box first. Many have tuner 1 and 2 incorrectly marked up, and the recording may fail simply because the poorer lead is on the main input.
 
Thanks , I will try that, if that works ,then happy days!
 
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