newbie help with sat

[zetecturbo]

hi guys new to all this sat tech.where do i start.
moved into new house and im having the full hd sky pack installed next week in 1 room and skyplus in bedroom,my question is id like to get as many channels as possible so was tinking of a motorised dish ,wud i need to have 2 separate dishes,ie 1 for sky and another being motorised for freeview and the likes or wud it be possible to have 1 motorised dish with an octo lnb with the sky connected and another freeview box to controll the motor and have the 2 boxes connected to my tv and say a few more boxes in other rooms on the spare outputs of the lnb.thanx in advance for help

[Robbo]

Best to keep the motorised and Sky system totally separate. It can be done, but it won't be without problems as the Sky receiver really expects to permanently be receiving signals from 28E.

[zetecturbo]

thanx for the reply robbo is there any way of me putting the 2 dishes in place but using the same cabling sumhow as i dont wanna have to run loadsa cables into the house and around the inside if u know wat i mean

[southernsatellite]

No you will need two cables as you will be using different dishes

[zetecturbo]

thanx for the reply ian(i think) ,im in ireland can u recommend a motoried dish setup and receiver u do also is whats better a motorised dish or the WAVE FRONTIER 90CM TOROIDAL DISH u do as was thibnking of this which wud be best

[Robbo]

A motorised dish is better normally. But if you want to feed multiple rooms, the Wavefrontier is better.

You need one cable per receiver. i.e one for the sky box (from sky dish) and one for whatever receiver you will use for a motorised dish.

[zetecturbo]

ok so no matter wat system i use il have to run separate cables.but i wanna try and not have 2 dishes,wud it be possible to use the wavefrontier and have yhe lnbs onit to pickup a few sats and then another lnb to pickup sky all cables running to a switch den into receiver but the sky feed will run to its own receiver and not tru the switch.wud this be possible ,bear in mind im new to all this and searching the net so maybe i have it wrong

[Robbo]

Yes one dish is possible, depending on which satellites you aim to pick up, it is possible using offset LNBs to have 28E plus other satellites that you want to pick up. A standard (80cm-1m)dish can be used for up to about 20 degrees total spread (maybe more). The Wave Frontier can do about 40 degree total spread I believe.

Yes, it is possible to have the switching in one place. The switching arrangement would depend on how many satellites you want to feed into it, and how many receivers (or tuners) you want to run off it. Whatever, you need 1 cable into the house per receiver/tuner.

Yes, the cable for the sky box can be run not going through the switch, or through a switch if port 1 used.

To know what switching arrangement options you have, you need to decide how many sats you want, and how many tuners you want to supply, the feeds to the sky box needs to be allowed for too.

[zetecturbo]

thanx again rob,if iwas to go with the wave frontier,how many sats cud i get, including sky which will be a quad lnb as il have sky hd and sky plus boxes,so i think il need 4 cables for just that alone separate,so then how many other sats cud i pickup with the dish and how many lnbs wud i need ,i only intend to have the multiple lnbs feeding 1 tv along with the skyhd,

[Analoguesat]

Wavefrontier - up to 16 lnb's, with a minimum of one cable coming off each lnb!