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Re: In anticipation of SKY+.......


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  • Subject: Re: In anticipation of SKY+.......
  • From: "happy_hammer66" <bill.mcmahon@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:24:07 -0000
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i think your thinking of the various other forms of lnb's used with
larger dishes and analogue systems, . A standard Sky LNB is
a 'universal' type and needs only one cable,  a voltage signal from
the digibox is used to switch frequencies at the LNB.

we don't have sky+ in Ireland but i have a twin LNB and two digiboxes
hanging off it, one irish, one UK. The UK one gives me ITV/CH4/CH5
that i don't get with the irish one.

I would run four cables from the intended Dish location into the
attic and distribute from there. Maybe use a loftbox.

bill




--- In ukha_d@y..., Doogie Brodie <ukhad@d...> wrote:
> BUTLER, Tony, FM wrote:
>  > Okey doke.
>  > Any thoughts on the extra 2 lnb outputs & if it's worth the
hassle of
>  > plumbing them in?
>
> *prompts Keith/ someone else more knowledgeable to dive in*
>
> Erm, I might be wrong, but isn't a normal LNB a dual one.....
horizontal
> polarity and vertical polarity which gets switched between using the
> coax....? So a quad LNB is actually 2 * horizontal and 2 * vertical,
> therefore 2 coax wires is it full.....?
>
> .... or have I just made an idiot of myself on a public forum????
*rolls
> eyes*
>
> :)
>
> Doogie


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