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Humax Foxsat HD-R + DiSEqC + Saorsat = ?

  • 09-01-2011 12:33am
    #1
    rurs
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    Presuming Saorsat goes live in a few months time, how realistic is adding a second orbital position to the Humax in Freesat mode?

    I'm particularly intrigued by the following line which appears all over the web in the sales blurb:
    "Non-Freesat stored channels can be viewed in EPG (some with Now & Next info)"

    How does this work in practice? Has anyone added channels not on 28E to the EPG? I'm presuming it's the Freessat EPG being referred to.

    As an aside, this simple multiswitch looks like a neat solution for a single room install.
    Two 2x1 DiSEqC switches, two outputs, plus a terrestrial combiner for good measure, in a single unit.

    Any reason why it shouldn't work?


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  • #2
    watty
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    Humax is Very awkward for "other channels" You'd really want a DTT TV set for "ordinary" Irish Digital TV" watching and use the PVR just to record Irish TV.

    I think http://www.johansson.be/en/products/SFU/DST/MS.html is an obsolete and limited product. It would need a Sat IF splitter fed by Ka-band LNBF for two of the inputs. A Quad LNBF for 28.2E will work with it leaving two outlets for a Sky box.

    Go for EMP Centauri or other similar Multiswitch with 6 to 16 outlets (to allow for expansion) and 2 or 4 Quad or Quattro inputs. (Quattro only cheaper if you don't already have a Quad). Ka-Sat (Saorsat) will only need a single output ka-band LNBF connected to only one of four inputs on a multiswitch. The true Multiswitch works with Sky as long as Quad or Quattro (depending on model of multiswitch) for 28E is on ports 1.

    You can use 2 x Diseqc for a PVR. You need a Sat-IF splitter the for the two Ka-Sat ports from the single output Ka-band LNBF.

    I only know of single output waveguide/flange type LNBF for ka-band at present. Do not use something for DirecTV ka-Band as that is an incompatible circular polarised system.

    Some Freesat HD boxes are easier on "other channels" (like Sagecom, but it's no use without new Firmware as it has no Diseqc modes). The Humax Foxsat does work awkwardly and has been used with Diseqc and 28E + 19E etc.. It has NOT been tested with "other channels" that have MHEG5. That will be interesting. Especially if there is a Saorview/Saorsat MHEG5 EPG application. http://www.saortv.info/about/mheg5/ and http://www.techtir.ie/blog/watty/why-mheg5-epg

    http://www.saortv.info/satellite-saorsat/


    It's premature really to purchase anything till the service starts. Do note you need either a Multifeed dish, or a second separate dish as per here: http://www.saortv.info/satellite-saorsat/saorsat-reception/

    Nearly five months still to wait (till May 2011).


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