Split Single Cable Satellite Feed in 4

Pandybelly

Hi,

When I built my house many years ago, Sky was a single cable setup. The cable was fed through a small conduit underground to the house and the Sky box.
A few years ago, I got Sky HD and fitted a Stacker Destacker unit that allowed me split the single feed in 2 for the HD Sky box.

I now have a smart TV with satellite tuner built in and I would like to feed two cables to it for Freesat and 2 cables to the Sky HD box. I still have the single feed cable coming into the house. To add additional cables from the dish would be a nightmare with the location of the dish, the room where the TV is located and concrete yards. I cannot add more cables to the conduit as its too small.

Is it possible to split the single feed entering the house in to 4 to feed the Sky box and the Freesat TV? I intend dumping Sky but I need to keep the box to receive Eir Sports. Where I live, fibre broadband is but a dream.

Thanks in advance.

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Ten Pin

A unicable II LNB can be split up to 32 ways with one cable. Check that the TV is compatible. I think there's a setting in Sky boxes for it also, "SCR" or "dSCR" is how they refer to it.

Pandybelly

Ten Pin wrote: »

A unicable II LNB can be split up to 32 ways with one cable. Check that the TV is compatible. I think there's a setting in Sky boxes for it also, "SCR" or "dSCR" is how they refer to it.

Hi Ten Pin,

Thanks for the reply.
Can you send me a link to the unit you mentioned?
Do I need something other then a new LNB, e.g. a splitter box in the house?

My TV is a Panasonic Smart TV about 2 years old. Would it be compatible in your opinion?

Thanks.

Ten Pin

LNBs

For 32 devices
http://www.inverto.tv/lnb/192/programmable-lnb-with-32-ub

For 24 devices
http://www.inverto.tv/lnb/186/programmable-lnb-with-24-ub

Just search the part number for stockists, they have them on Amazon but shop around. If it's unlikely you'd need 32 separate devices then the 24 version will probably suffice.

Splitters
https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/satellite-and-terrestrial/universal-and-unicable-lnb/gt-sat-unicable-lnb

What's the exact model number of the TV?

Also search the menu of the sky box for a "single cable" option.

Johnboy1951

@Ten Pin

How is the LNB power managed on say an 8 way splitter like this?

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/satellite-and-terrestrial/universal-and-unicable-lnb/gt-sat-unicable-lnb/gt-sat-gt-sp81-8-way-satellite-unicable-splitter

Do all tuners provide power and they get linked together or is there some other arrangement?
I would be rather doubtful about all outputs having DC pass through - could it possibly generate ground loops in a premises if all tuners were not located together?
I guess a power injector for the LNB would be the right way to go.

Ten Pin

Splitter should probably have diodes to prevent frying the LNB and/or TV/STB.

The inverto splitter has them

The Unicable splitter embeds protective diodes to guarantee DC isolation between connected set top boxes.

http://www.inverto.tv/accessories/218/unicable-ii-4-way-splitter-5-2400mhz

Johnboy1951

Ten Pin wrote: »

Splitter should probably have diodes to prevent frying the LNB and/or TV/STB.

The inverto splitter has them

http://www.inverto.tv/accessories/218/unicable-ii-4-way-splitter-5-2400mhz

Thank you.

Pandybelly

[QUOTE=Ten Pin;107568268]

What's the exact model number of the TV?

Also search the menu of the sky box for a "single cable" option.[/QUOTE]

Hi Ten Pin,

Apologies for the late response but I was away for a while.

My TV is a Panasonic TX-50CX802B.

Thanks.