Quad lnb with terrestrial input

Supercell

Currently I have a quad lnb feeding the kitchen and living room (using three inputs in total) and was planning to run one more feed into another room in the house eventually .
I'd like to add Saorview and came accross quad lnbs on Powercity and Satworld that seemed like the answer to my prayers (was wondering how i was going to get terrestrial into each room without a mess of cables and add on combiners etc).

So I guess I would just feed one cable from the new aerial to the new lnb,then put a splitter at the end in each room and thats it?

Any problems with these, are they any better or worse than getting a multi feed from the aerial and then combining to each sat cable?

Which of the two are better if there is much of a difference :-

1) Flemming Quad LNB & Terrestrial in (€38.95)
2) Inverto Pro Quad Terrestrial LNB ($44.96)

Thanks for any advice.

Alun

As you already have the LNB, a slightly cheaper solution would be something like this ... http://www.satworld.ie/satellite-and-terrestrial-combiner-indoor-for-4-tvs.html but that would involve a bit of fiddling around with cutting cables and putting 8 F-connectors on etc. so for the extra €10 or so it might be an easier solution. Note you'll still need Sat/TV combiners http://www.satworld.ie/satellite-and-terrestrial-combiner-indoor.html (not simple splitters) in each room to split the signal whichever way you do it.

The Cush

Hadn't come across them before, looks like a good idea.

Eliminates the requirement for a sat/terr combiner at the dish/aerial end and a separate combiner for each sat feed if the aerial feed is required in 4 different rooms.

Regarding the difference, from the pictures they both look the same.

Can they be used on both Sky and non-Sky dishes?

Alun

The Cush wrote: »

Eliminates the requirement for a sat/terr combiner at the dish/aerial end and a separate combiner for each sat feed if the aerial feed is required in 4 different rooms.

You'll still need a combiner in each room where you need terrestrial though, won't you?

I agree though that it's a neat solution assuming they work as advertised.

The Cush

Alun wrote: »

You'll still need a combiner in each room where you need terrestrial though, won't you?

Yes, a combiner in reverse or a TV/SAT Diplexed Wall Plate.

Supercell

The Cush wrote: »

Yes, a combiner in reverse or a TV/SAT Diplexed Wall Plate.

That looks pretty neat, when i was putting up the dish initially and running the cables I was lazy and just drilled holes in the walls and ran the cables to the sat receiver (and siliconed the gap outside and in). I think I'l use this as an opportunity to tidy up a bit.

winston_1

The Cush wrote: »

Can they be used on both Sky and non-Sky dishes?

No,not really. Sky and non Sky dishes need LNB's with feedhorns matched to the dish shape. It is not clear which type these are. The Satworld site suggests you can use it on a Sky dish with an adapter. That suggests to me they are not Skyware LNBs and fitting to a Sky dish with such an adapter will give poor results.

http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/lnb.htm#oval

The Cush

This from Inverto's own website

this LNB is an ideal solution for satellite broadcast reception across Europe.

http://www.inverto.tv/products/product.php?id=77

for standard dishes then.

Tony

Yes I agree. It would be great though to have a sky type quad with this feature but unlikely as sky would not support it.

The Cush wrote: »

for standard dishes then.

ianmaxtec

i have used some of these lnb's with limited success, be warned the through loss on the terrestrial input is very high, and can result in reception issues

The Cush

ianmaxtec wrote: »

i have used some of these lnb's with limited success, be warned the through loss on the terrestrial input is very high, and can result in reception issues

Specs from the Inverto website

Frequency Range (MATV) 40 ~ 862 MHz
Insertion Loss (MATV) 13 dB
Isolation (MATV) 18 dB
Return Loss (MATV) 10 dB

http://www.inverto.tv/products/product.php?id=77

Supercell

Thanks Ian, good to get feedback from someone who has used these before. Keeping your comment in mind I think I better get a good quality aerial. I'm planning to do this next week if possible. Any aerial recommendations?, I'm in Loughlinstown with a clear line of sight to the Wicklow mountains from the roof where the aerial will be mounted.

Tony

We've installed small log periodics in that area without any problems so far.

Supercell wrote: »

Any aerial recommendations?, I'm in Loughlinstown with a clear line of sight to the Wicklow mountains from the roof where the aerial will be mounted.

ianmaxtec

tree rock (30) or kippure (54) depending on where in loghhlinstown, its always worth spending a few bob more on a decent aerial with good gain as well as build quality....and as tony mentioned a good log periodic or yagi aerial should be fine (unless you are in the hollow behind the silver tassie)