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Split Signal from Sky Dish

  • 18-12-2007 9:26am
    #1
    Duke Fame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭


    If I buy a new reciever from ALDI or the like could I split
    the signal from my existing Sky dish and get both boxes to work.
    one with my sky sub and one with the freeeview stations. I dont like the
    idea of two dishes on the house.


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    If the secondary receiver has a loop-though of the satellite feed, you can connect the LNB to the input of the secondary receiver and connect the output to the Sky digibox. This setup won't allow you to use the boxes independently, however -- the non-Sky box will take over control of the LNB in deciding what band and polarity to use. This could be fine for occasional use. You'll experience the same thing by splitting the signal (not recommended).

    To overcome this, you don't necessarily need a second dish. You can replace your current LNB with one with two or more outputs and feed each tuner separately.


  • #3
    sparkyjo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭sparkyjo


    you just need to get a double LNB and run a new cable to your new reciever and away you go

    the LNB is just the bit that the cable connects in to at the end of the dish and you can pick up a double or quad version fairly cheap on here or ebay

    this way you can us both at the same time and no lose of signal


  • #4
    Duke Fame
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭Duke Fame


    Thanks eternet, That sounds like a bit of work. I might
    just put up the second dish.


  • #5
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    you dont need a second dish just a different LNB
    like this on ebay 310006482473
    http://search.ebay.ie/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=quad+lnb


  • #6
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Yup, just buy a Quad LNB to put on your existing Sky dish, would be handier and tidier, and usually there is no need to realign the dish.


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  • #7
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    I have a SkyHD box but if I were to get a a cheap Sky box for FTV channels (on the card that actually came with the HD box :)), would this work or would the signal strength be too degraded to work properly?


  • #8
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Kaiser2000 wrote: »
    I have a SkyHD box but if I were to get a a cheap Sky box for FTV channels (on the card that actually came with the HD box :)), would this work or would the signal strength be too degraded to work properly?

    No you cannot split a cable coming from the dish

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  • #9
    Sam Radford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Sam Radford


    The definitive answer: http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/split_signal.htm


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