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Pushing down two LNB feed over 1 cable

  • 04-08-2011 04:21PM
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Just wondering has anybody here tried using LNB combiner/multiplexers to push down 2 LNB feeds over 1 (good quality) cable?

    Would the quality be good enough for HD?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Newtown90


    **Picked OP up wrong sorry!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭almighty1


    Glenviewjf wrote: »

    You need a diseqc switch mate!

    Thanks man. So I dont need to decombine at the STB end?

    Do the Sky+ boxes support diseqc? I can check my exact model when I go home.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭Newtown90


    almighty1 wrote: »
    Thanks man. So I dont need to decombine at the STB end?

    Do the Sky+ boxes support diseqc? I can check my exact model when I go home.

    ****e i picked you up wrong sorry..

    Forget my diseqc switch!

    I thought you were going for two different sat postions!

    You can get a dual core cable!

    That would mean just one cable running through the house and split at either end... Into the two inputs of the lnb and in the two tuners of the sky+ box...

    Seen that cable around the net, ill have a look later..


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭almighty1


    Glenviewjf wrote: »
    ****e i picked you up wrong sorry..

    Forget my diseqc switch!

    I thought you were going for two different sat postions!

    You can get a dual core cable!

    That would mean just one cable running through the house and split at either end... Into the two inputs of the lnb and in the two tuners of the sky+ box...

    Seen that cable around the net, ill have a look later..

    I cant rerun the cable. I have to push it down over the existing cable. Think this might do the job. Anybody ever used them?

    http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=21_25&product_id=282


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 782 ✭✭✭gibo_ie


    almighty1 wrote: »
    I cant rerun the cable. I have to push it down over the existing cable. Think this might do the job. Anybody ever used them?

    http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=21_25&product_id=282

    yep! Stacker/Destacker, i used this very one from satellite.ie on crappy coax cables in my apartment block for Sky + and got it to work very well. Not 100% quality but not far off... Good buy!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Stacker destacker will work as previous poster said but you will need a fairly good cable minimum of rg6 to get it work properly, however some thomson hd boxes dont like them so steer clear of them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭NewHillel


    steveon wrote: »
    Stacker destacker will work as previous poster said but you will need a fairly good cable minimum of rg6 to get it work properly, however some thomson hd boxes dont like them so steer clear of them.

    I've used them with an early Thomson HD box, over crappy cable. Had problems with some channels on the second feed, but still better than a single feed. However, best avoided, if possible.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,372 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    almighty1 wrote: »
    I cant rerun the cable. I have to push it down over the existing cable. Think this might do the job. Anybody ever used them?

    http://www.satellitetv.ie/shop/index.php?controller=product&path=21_25&product_id=282

    Thats a great price for the unit in fairness


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