Connect two Sky Boxes to one Sky Dish?

[ramkirhs]

Cheers for the info Robbo, much appreciated, will have a play. I've been pondering having a go at getting a second dish as well, in an effort to pick up other fta channels, possibly with the footie on but hadn't really known where to start. This site looks to be a god send!

[ramkirhs]

Another quickie, do i assume that my exisitng LNB that came with my Sky+ install is likely to be a quad LNB? I got the sky installed just over a year ago.

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If it has four outputs then it is likley to be a quad LNB.


Rgds


L.

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by ramkirhs

Another quickie, do i assume that my exisitng LNB that came with my Sky+ install is likely to be a quad LNB? I got the sky installed just over a year ago.

Yes as Lancelot says go and look at it, if it has four connectors on it, it will be a QUAD. Apparently anyway they don't generally fit a TWIN because there were problems with them, but they could have used old stock.


Regarding receiving other 'free' channels, with your Sky box(es) you already have everything that is available on the satellite cluster (28.2E=28.5E) that sky use. So to receive other 'free' channels you would need to point at different satellite(s), Either using a multi-LNB setup, or a motorised dish.

Have a look on http://www.lyngsat.com
19E.2E, 13E, 1W , 30W, 16E, 8E, 5E possibly more worth having a look at.

Robbo

[ramkirhs]

Thanks once again...I've gone from a mild curiosity to what i could possibly do with a spare sky box to now seriously considering a full on second satellite setup thanks to this place
Downside for you guys is to expect more stupid questions coming your way....

[Robbo]

Originally Posted by ramkirhs

Thanks once again...I've gone from a mild curiosity to what i could possibly do with a spare sky box to now seriously considering a full on second satellite setup thanks to this place
Downside for you guys is to expect more stupid questions coming your way....

That's my boy

Ask all the stupid questions you like. We'll try not to give stupid answers :roflmao:

Go on, get a motorized setup, you know you want to.

Robbo

[ramkirhs]

Originally Posted by robbo71

Go on, get a motorized setup, you know you want to.

Just been researching that Technomate receiver you mentioned on my other thread....seen this listed under its features...

# On Screen diseqc and usals positioner display- moves dish incase of rain and bad wheather
# Auto satellite finder- just turn usals ON and select, for example, HotBird and it will find it instantly

I'm gathering from that that if i've got a motorised dish I can use this usals(?) function to programme the technomate to point to the different satellites pretty much at the click of a button....sounds seriously cool 8). Cue massive argument with the missus tomorrow when i break the news that I'd now like to bolt a motorised dish to the side of the house!

[Robbo]

Those features are not unique to the Technomates, most satellite receivers can do those things, even the Lidl and Maplin cheapos.

USALS is just a natty program that works out how far it has to turn the motor to find your satellite based on your Latitude and longitude.

Diseqc 1.2 actually controls the motor down the coax caable that goes to the LNB. A lot of people use Diseqc 1.2 on its own, whereby you have to store all the positions one by one manually.

I didn't tell 'er indoors, I just put it up when she was at work. Too late once it was up :roflmao: :roflmao:


By the way, between us we've managed to knock this thread right off topic ops: so if you want to ask any more motorised questions it would be better to start a new thread. ( or perhaps a mod who can edit this section will split it off and move it )

[nanochickin]

Cue massive argument with the missus tomorrow when i break the news that I'd now like to bolt a motorised dish to the side of the house!

Once they see what slushy cr@p they can get on it they soon warm to the idea

[Cardiff]

Hi,
Pls I will appreciate any help in making my sky connections. I currently have a standard pace skybox (not sky +) and (I'm no longer on subscription so can view the free channels).
I want to buy a second sybox to be connected to my tv so I can be able to record one channel while watching another.
I was informed I only need to buy a 'splitter' (what's that?) and split the cable that came into my room from the dish into 2 and connect the second cable to the second box. But I read here somewhere that the connection would need a new LNB or something. Please can someone help me out.
2. Will I need a new viewing card for the second box?
3. How do I connect the second box to the tv as one skybox is already connected to the same tv and the tv only has one socket for an aerial?
Thanks.