Satellite box setup question.

DopeTech

Hi, I bought a second satellite box recently. It only has sat tuners and no terrestrial one so for the moment until my usb tuner arrives I was thinking of using my old amiko alien 2 for the terrestrial channels. My question is, at the moment my satellite and saorview are coming in on one cable from the dish, they have a splitter on the end, one with a sat connection, the other a terrestrial one. If I am to connect the sat connection to one box and the terrestrial connection to another box simultaneously could this cause a power overload to the lnb or cause damage to either of the boxes?

Gerry Wicklow

Unlikely to cause damage but I would save myself the hassle and use the amiko until ready to fully change over.

Thurston?

Sir Dosser wrote: »

... My question is, at the moment my satellite and saorview are coming in on one cable from the dish, they have a splitter on the end, one with a sat connection, the other a terrestrial one. If I am to connect the sat connection to one box and the terrestrial connection to another box simultaneously could this cause a power overload to the lnb or cause damage to either of the boxes?

No, the terrestrial side of the splitter doesn't (or shouldn't) pass DC power.

DopeTech

Thanks guys for the replies. The new box does Iptv alot better than the aa2.