RE: Fw: Ofcom confirms Freeview HD

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sean,


Wont work :(


You need 4 feeds as there are 4 bands. H Lo, H hi, V Lo, V Hi

With only 2 feed going into the switch you will only ever be able to select
2 of the 4 bands and if the SKY+ box decided to record from two different
bands to the one you were using on the freesat box something would not
receive the correct signals.

You might be able to do it with 4 feeds going into an 8 or 16 output switch
but even then you might have problems as they are designed for Quatro LNBs
which have the 4 distinct outputs. A switch might not send the correct
voltages and tones to switch your quad LNB to the right band.

HTH

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Sean
Sent: 04 April 2008 19:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Fw: [ukha_d] Ofcom confirms Freeview HD

OK I'll try that again as I must have been distracted towards the end :)

I have a quad LNB running a Sky HD box and  Sky plus box. Now if I want a
freesat dish I need at least one feed, which I don't have. I don't fancy
going up the ladder and installing a LNB with more feeds, so I am thinking
about installing a quatro switch in the loft off of one set of the 2 feeds
and using that to feed 2 boxes. Therefore 3 double feed boxes with a quad
LNB and a quatro switch.



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