satellite 2 from 1

thebullsback

hi all, i know the basic answer is Dual lnb but is there anyway i can run more that one satellite receiver of one sat cable from my dish ?

fwor

No, not unless the users of both tuners want to watch channels on the same multiplex, all the time. The problem is that the tuner "drives" the LNB - in effect telling it to tune in to a specific multiplex. As soon as this happens on one tuner, the other will lose signal.

Last time I looked, Quad LNBs were actually cheaper than Dual!

Owain_Moneysaver

You need a dual (quad, etc) LNB to watch separate multiplexes, but you can run two LNB outputs down one cable using a stacker/destacker at each end if the cable is short enough and good quality.

http://www.satshop.co.uk/content69/Sky-Stackers.html