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jonathan399 · 25-07-08, 02:04 AM

yeah sorry about the lack of info gents, i'm prob lookin at 2 living rooms and 3 bedrooms so that'd be 5 in total(pretty good at mathematics me!)
or 6 if i twin tuner the main living room.
would i need to run all 5(or 6) co-axials to the dish. i suspect i'll just be looking at a sky/astra/freesat reception for the time being so a fixed dish would be best.
if i used an octo LNB, does the reception quality suffer as opposed to a quad setup. If i'm only using 6 out of 8 lnb's will it still recieve ok or do all 8 need to be utilised?
whats the best dish/lnb setup to go for?
i'm not too sure what sort of STB to go for. i take it i'll need an official skye box to recieve there channels. is that the only option available. what difference does a dreambox/technomate type of set-up offer in comparison.
i assume wf100 cable is the same standard as pf100 etc, just a different brand.
Thanks for the time gents.

25-07-08, 02:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
jonathan399 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 70 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: home wiring setup yeah sorry about the lack of info gents, i'm prob lookin at 2 living rooms and 3 bedrooms so that'd be 5 in total(pretty good at mathematics me!) or 6 if i twin tuner the main living room. would i need to run all 5(or 6) co-axials to the dish. i suspect i'll just be looking at a sky/astra/freesat reception for the time being so a fixed dish would be best. if i used an octo LNB, does the reception quality suffer as opposed to a quad setup. If i'm only using 6 out of 8 lnb's will it still recieve ok or do all 8 need to be utilised? whats the best dish/lnb setup to go for? i'm not too sure what sort of STB to go for. i take it i'll need an official skye box to recieve there channels. is that the only option available. what difference does a dreambox/technomate type of set-up offer in comparison. i assume wf100 cable is the same standard as pf100 etc, just a different brand. Thanks for the time gents.