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Humax Foxsat hdr lnb out?
Ok i will try keep this simple.
I am thinking of buying a Humax foxsat hdr and have an existing sky dish with twin lnb/2 cable feeds so i should have no problem connecting. However what i need to know is i need to connect a second freesat box up in another room so can i use the foxsats lnb out to connect up this 2nd box or do i need a quad lnb with a third cable. ? Has anybody tied this with success ? Thanks |
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It's far from an ideal solution. With the hdr on or recording the channels available to the sky box will be limited to ones sharing the same frequency band (high/low) and polarisation (H/V). The chances are you already have a quad lnb (Sky don't fit twins and they don't make twins for Sky miidishes). Pretty certain all you need is a length of coax and two f connectors
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Ok i will try keep this simple.
I am thinking of buying a Humax foxsat hdr and have an existing sky dish with twin lnb/2 cable feeds so i should have no problem connecting. However what i need to know is i need to connect a second freesat box up in another room so can i use the foxsats lnb out to connect up this 2nd box or do i need a quad lnb with a third cable. ? The LNB output isn't designed for that, it's basically an historical 'left over' from the box the HDR was developed from. |
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The "LNB1 Out" is looped into "LNB2 In" to run the HDR in single feed mode.
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The "LNB1 Out" is looped into "LNB2 In" to run the HDR in single feed mode.
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So in single feed and looping into lnb2 does that limit the number of channels i can watch while recording is taking place? What exactly are the penalties of this looping ?
It's a pretty serious restriction and means that you need to plan very carefully if you want to watch and record different channels or record two channels. |
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So in single feed and looping into lnb2 does that limit the number of channels i can watch while recording is taking place? What exactly are the penalties of this looping ?
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To try and answer your question about limitations.
Firstly it depends on which postcode you use. For instance if you a northern postcode you can dual record both BBC-HD channels and watch ITV1-HD (also live pause it). In round figures for most recordings being made by tuner 1 make a little less than 50% of the other channels available for recording. If one of the channels is a bbc1 switching to record a bbc region with the opposite polarisation can make the other a bit less than 50% accessible for recording. Off topic can anyone explain why my post count is the same for three consecutive postings
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Off topic can anyone explain why my post count is the same for three consecutive postings
![]() Post again and they all will show as 7,548 |
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Off topic can anyone explain why my post count is the same for three consecutive postings
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Thanks all. I think i will indeed get myself a quad lnb.
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