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new sky installation, is it SKY Q enabled?

  • 16-05-2017 11:10am
    #1
    bittihuduga
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    hi
    i got my sky installation yesterday in my new house.
    i currently have skyhd only. so the installer ran twin cable from LNB
    i asked him to add few more cables (more than twin) for future proofing for SKY Q
    (i thought sky q requires more than 2 inputs)
    he said current setup can be used for sky q later.
    can the white twin cable from lnb be connected to sky q box later on?
    i am just trying to avoid any new wiring in future...


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  • #2
    The Cush
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    I thought they were only installing SkyQ now?

    In any case only 2 cables are required for SkyQ, one for full band H and one for full band V from a SkyQ or Hybrid LNB. What LNB did they install (pic)?

    If you require Saorview at the main TV point later a separate cable will be required as the terrestrial signal cannot be combined with the SkyQ feeds.


  • #3
    bittihuduga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,945 ✭✭✭bittihuduga


    The Cush wrote: »
    I thought they were only installing SkyQ now?

    In any case only 2 cables are required for SkyQ, one for full band H and one for full band V from a SkyQ or Hybrid LNB. What LNB did they install (pic)?

    If you require Saorview at the main TV point later a separate cable will be required as the terrestrial signal cannot be combined with the SkyQ feeds.

    thanks. will take a pic and share later..
    i could see few empty points in LNB.. could be quad lnb
    coming from old days where each lnb output gave one feed to sky HD, i thought the 2 cables mean 2 feeds only. my bad knowledge.


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,889 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    bittihuduga wrote: »
    coming from old days where each lnb output gave one feed to sky HD, i thought the 2 cables mean 2 feeds only. my bad knowledge.

    New tech, legacy receivers required a cable for each tuner incorporated into the receiver, limiting the number of tuners installed. This full band capture (FBC) technology allows multiple tuners to be incorporated while only using 2 cables from a compatible LNB, SkyQ silver has 12 tuners and the basic SkyQ box 8 tuners.

    SkyQ also incorporates another tech called digital single cable routing (dSCR) which allows 16/32 tuners to be fed from a compatible dSCR multiswitch down a single cable for use in multi-dwelling units such as apartment blocks where the units may only have a single legacy cable from a multiswitch. All that's required is a new dSCR multiswitch to make each connected TV point compatible with SkyQ.


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