What LNB have I got?

loofer

Just had SKY+HD installed today. I wasn't present at home when it was done so couldn't ask the installer.

Typically is it a Twin or Quad LNB that is used?

Reason I'm asking. I've still got my ancient SKY box, which I was watching Free-to-Air up until yesterday.

I want to use this in the spare room. Would it be a simple case of connecting another coax cable to the new dish and feeding that into the old sky box?

Alternatively, should I just cut the new coax cable (from behind the SKY+HD box) and add a splitter, then running a new coax cable through to to the other room to old sky box? Hope that makes sense.

The only snag is that the new coax looks like a twin cable. Will thi still work with old sky box?

philbostavros

Hi Loofer

They usually install at least a quad LNB so you should be able to see the 2 spare outputs (may have a cover that needs sliding back to reveal)?

In theory, you should be able to run a single cable from the spare port to your old digibox. Techies on this forum will be able to confirm.

Regards

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

Philbostavros is right. Standard install is to put on a quad LNB.

Don't split the existing cables. Run a new cable from the dish to the room you require.

Edit - Beaten to it by Will.

loofer

Thanks guys. Just did a visual check from on the ground, had a look up at the sky dish. It does appear to be a quad LNB.

The new SKY cable occupies two of the LNB ports. just out of interest, why does it use 2?

I've got spare coaxial cable that was used with my old Virgin Media connection, has F connector at each end. They seem to have used the same type of coax cable for Broadband, Phone and TV back then.

macman

Sky+ requires a twin feed, one for each channel. Otherwise you could not watch one/record another, or record 2 different channels at once.

Rusty!

loofer wrote: »

I've got spare coaxial cable that was used with my old Virgin Media connection, has F connector at each end. They seem to have used the same type of coax cable for Broadband, Phone and TV back then.

They still do!

spike7451

loofer wrote: »

I've got spare coaxial cable that was used with my old Virgin Media connection, has F connector at each end. They seem to have used the same type of coax cable for Broadband, Phone and TV back then.

It's a higher quality cable than that used by Sky due to it being better screened against signal ingress or egress.
(more expensive too! My whole house is wired up with it!:D)

Spike (ex NTL/VM Engineer)