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Re: MultiRoom FreeSat



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Wow!

Thats one hell of a cable bundle to bring back into the house!


On 16 Jan 2014, at 18:05, Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> You can also get OCTO LNBs that will directly feed upto 8 single feed
> receivers or 4 twin feed receivers in any combination
>=20
> http://cpc.farnell.com/_/ae8045/lnb-sky-mk4-octo-8-outputs/dp/AP02365
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Wayne Harrison
> Sent: 16 January 2014 01:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MultiRoom FreeSat
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> Hi all,
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> Thanks for all the replies, I've studied and googled some more and its
a =
lot
> clearer now (!)
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> So - if I get this right, a Quad LNB can serve up to 4 (potentially)
> separate devices independently. I say potentially separate because you
ha=
ve
> a TV that has a recorder, that /could/ take 2 feeds to a single
device. W=
ith
> the Quattro LNB - you feed each of the 4 'modes' to a distribution box
wh=
ere
> 'it' makes the decision based on the request of the TV what 'mode' to
sen=
d
> down. (maybe not the right terminology here but I hopefully correct
> concept).
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> If you have two TV's (receivers etc) that both select the
Horizontal/Low
> 'mode', but differing channels - they can both work? ie they are not
> exclusively assigned. Hence the more than 4 receivers option.
>=20
> That said and I've got it correctly - I've managed to find Quattro
LNB's =
on
> CPC but could do with a few pointers on these distribution boxes. Peer
> mentioned a box that can also take in a terrestrial antenna also so
> theoretically, you could be sending 3 connections to a room that has a
> satellite feed for TV as well as an antenna feed and a DVR recorder!?
>=20
> The only question remaining is cost of these boxes and how well the
famil=
y
> goes down the whole satellite route :rolleyes:
>=20
> Link to a Quattro LNB -> http://go2.pw/K4iA6D
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> Thanks all again!
> Wayne.
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Wow!<div><br></div><div>Thats one hell of a cable
bundle to bring back into the
house!</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On
16 Jan 2014, at 18:05, Keith Doxey &lt;<a href="mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx";>ukha@xxxxxxx</a>&gt;
wrote:</div><br
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1;"><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height:
1.22em; font-family: Georgia;"><p style="line-height:
1.22em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">You can also get OCTO LNBs th
at will directly feed upto 8 single feed<br style="line-height:
1.22em;">receivers or 4 twin feed receivers in any
combination<br style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><a href="http://cpc.farnell.com/_/ae8045/lnb-sky-mk4-octo-8-outputs/dp/AP02365";
style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Verdana;">http://cpc.farnell.com/_/ae8045/lnb-sky-mk4-octo-8-outputs/dp/AP02365</a><br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">-----Original Message-----<br style="line-height:
1.22em;">From:<span
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a
href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxx
xxx"; style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family:
Verdana;">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>[<a
href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Verdana;">mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>] On Behalf
Of<br style="line-height: 1.22em;">Wayne Harrison<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">Sent: 16 January 2014 01:17<b
r style="line-height: 1.22em;">To:<span
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a
href="mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family:
Verdana;">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">Subject: Re: [ukha_d] MultiRoom FreeSat<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">Hi all,<br style="line-height:
1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;">Thanks
for all the replies, I've studied and googled some more and its a lot<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">clearer now (!)<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">So - if I get this right, a Quad LNB can serve up to 4
(potentially)<br style="line-height: 1.22em;">separate
devices independently. I say potentially separate becau
se you have<br style="line-height: 1.22em;">a TV that has a
recorder, that /could/ take 2 feeds to a single device. With<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">the Quattro LNB - you feed each
of the 4 'modes' to a distribution box
where<br style="line-height: 1.22em;">'it' makes the
decision based on the request of the TV what 'mode' to send<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">down. (maybe not the right
terminology here but I hopefully correct<br style="line-height:
1.22em;">concept).<br style="line-height:
1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;">If you
have two TV's (receivers etc) that both select the Horizontal/Low<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">'mode', but differing channels -
they can both work? ie they are not<br style="line-height:
1.22em;">exclusively assigned. Hence the more than 4 receivers
option.<br style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">That said and I've got it
correctly - I've managed to find Quattro LNB's on<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">CPC but could do with a few
pointers on these distribution boxes. Peer<br style="line-height
: 1.22em;">mentioned a box that can also take in a terrestrial
antenna also so<br style="line-height:
1.22em;">theoretically, you could
be sending 3 connections to a room that has a<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">satellite feed for TV as well as
an antenna feed and a DVR recorder!?<br style="line-height:
1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;">The only
question remaining is cost of these boxes and how well the family<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">goes down the whole satellite
route :rolleyes:<br style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br
style="line-height: 1.22em;">Link to a Quattro LNB
-&gt;<span
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a
href="http://go2.pw/K4iA6D";
style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Verdana;">http://go2.pw/K4iA6D</a><br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">Thanks all again!<br style="line-hei
ght: 1.22em;">Wayne.<br style="line-height:
1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">------------------------------------<br
style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height:
1.22em;">Yahoo Groups Links<br style="line-height:
1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;">
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