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Old 26-12-2011, 20:20
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just checking, i have a Panasonic tv with built in freesat so if i run 2 new satellite cables from a quad lnb for the foxsat and keep the original plugged into the tv then there is nothing stopping me recording 2 programmes on the foxsat and watching a 3rd on the tv?
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Old 27-12-2011, 01:02
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As long as you have three dedicated feeds from the LNB you will have no problem whith this.
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Old 27-12-2011, 10:12
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just checking, i have a Panasonic tv with built in freesat so if i run 2 new satellite cables from a quad lnb for the foxsat and keep the original plugged into the tv then there is nothing stopping me recording 2 programmes on the foxsat and watching a 3rd on the tv?
Under the right circumstances you can watch a third while recording two with just the Foxsat (in some cases even be able to use live pause).

For example recording BBC1-HD and BBC-HD you can watch any other channel and live pause it.

The programme up down will cycle through available channels and list shows those you can still view.


http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-...-1-or-2-cables
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Old 27-12-2011, 10:45
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just checking, i have a Panasonic tv with built in freesat so if i run 2 new satellite cables from a quad lnb for the foxsat and keep the original plugged into the tv then there is nothing stopping me recording 2 programmes on the foxsat and watching a 3rd on the tv?
As Masteriser and grahamlthompson have said, you'll have no problem with that arrangement - in fact it's identical to mine (see the panel on the left of this post).

When I had the dish fitted I had all 4 feeds from the Quad LNB connected to two face plates on the same wall - much to the bemusement of the guy taking the order - so I can run the Panasonic TV, Foxsat HDR and have a spare connection for future expansion. (Humax, if you're reading this, a triple-tuner Freesat PVR would be great )
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Old 27-12-2011, 11:32
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[quote=mjr;55524983. (Humax, if you're reading this, a triple-tuner Freesat PVR would be great )[/QUOTE]

A firmware mod for the existing model that enables up to four channel recording the hardware is already capable of (a la icord) would be handy sometimes
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Old 02-01-2012, 14:29
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Under the right circumstances you can watch a third while recording two with just the Foxsat (in some cases even be able to use live pause).

For example recording BBC1-HD and BBC-HD you can watch any other channel and live pause it.

The programme up down will cycle through available channels and list shows those you can still view.


http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-...-1-or-2-cables
On a similar theme but a different setup.

I have a Humax HDR with each tuner fed by a different dish.
Tuner 1 is fed from a Sky dish with quad LNB and 1 cable directly to tuner 1.
Tuner 2 is fed from a larger dish with 3 LNB's pointing to 28.2, 19.2 and 13.
The LNBs are connected to a single diseqc switch and the "common" then connects to tuner 2.

I've set the Foxsat Antenna setting to "Two Cable(Different)"

Diagnostics report Tuner 1 100% Strength 100% Quality, Tuner 2 85% Strength 100% Quality on BBC1 Oxford (10817V).

Reception from all 3 satellites is good (no rain fade).

However, I get recording conflicts. For example when recording BBC1-HD (10847V) and BBC-HD (10847V) simultaneously, I can only watch one of those 2 channels.

It appears as though the Foxsat is behaving as a single cable setup with no loop through.

What can I do to get the full functionality of the twin tuner in Freesat alongside my requirements for 19.2 and 13?

If I've missed out any information which might help, then please let me know.
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Old 02-01-2012, 14:33
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I had a similar problem when I first set up my Foxsat-HDR. Went back to factory defaults and it has been happy ever since. I can only assume at some point during the original setup process it decided there was only 1 feed so decided to ignore the second regardless. I couldn't see a way to alter this other than in initial setup.
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Old 02-01-2012, 14:38
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Hi Lurch,
I've recently done a factory reset and ended up at the same point. Can you remember the sequence you went through?
I know you have to do a Freesat tune first before you can get into non-freesat mode but what after that?
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Old 02-01-2012, 14:43
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Hi Lurch,
I've recently done a factory reset and ended up at the same point. Can you remember the sequence you went through?
I know you have to do a Freesat tune first before you can get into non-freesat mode but what after that?
I just plugged it in, followed the on screen prompts and then did a Freesat tune. Don't think I did anythig out of the ordinary, just let it do what it wanted pretty much.
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Old 02-01-2012, 14:48
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Purely a guess here, might be worth swapping the cables at the back of the Foxsat HDR so that Tuner 1 is fed from the DISEQC switch?
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Old 02-01-2012, 15:09
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Purely a guess here, might be worth swapping the cables at the back of the Foxsat HDR so that Tuner 1 is fed from the DISEQC switch?
Correct with only 1 switch it has to be on tuner 1.

http://foxsat-hdr.wikispaces.com/DiSEqC
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Old 02-01-2012, 15:20
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Graham, mjr, I'll give it a try. Many thanks for the information.
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Old 02-01-2012, 16:49
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OK, I found my mistake. I was telling the Humax that the Connection Type was Two Cable(Different).

Following through the link posted above by Graham at point 7 the instructions say to leave this setting alone and go straight to Satellite Setting. The last few times I've been through this I changed the Connection Type at this point.

So this time I've followed the instructions to the end and all seems OK but my Connection Type is still Two Cable (Same)

Now look at point 10 and the Connection Type is Two Cable(Different) How/where did that change?

When would the Connection Type ever be Two Cable(Different)?

a ps to the above
at point 8 the highlight is over the Tuner. With Two Cable(Same) there is no option to get to Tuner 2by pressing right arrow. This is only available if you have Two Cable(Different)
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Old 02-01-2012, 17:05
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Two cables(different) means you have two cables with at least one of them having a lnb on a different orbital point. (normally of course by a diseqc switch). Presumably as soon as you add another satellite to the switch it changes the setting for you.
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Old 02-01-2012, 17:12
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Ahh, OK.
I am obviously overthinking the setup. KISS

SWMBO now has the remote control so testing for now has stopped
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