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Humax freesat recorder

losgiganteskid
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Anyone know if its possible to record a programme whilst watching another when only one LNB feed exists ?

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  • Le_Kirk
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    Not possible; what are you going to use to feed the other signal from your satellite dish if you are using one of them to view?
  • debitcardmayhem
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    Le_Kirk wrote: »
    Not possible; what are you going to use to feed the other signal from your satellite dish if you are using one of them to view?
    not totally true it depends....if the two channels are on the same transponder
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  • Moto2
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    debitcardmayhem wrote: »
    not totally true it depends....if the two channels are on the same transponder

    Well, you can records 2 channels on different transponders but they'd have to be the same polarity and band
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  • missbiggles1
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    edited 28 November 2016 at 5:36PM
    Yes you can (I do) but not fully.

    You need to do a cross connect with the 2 inputs (apologies if this isn't the right terminology). We did it as a temporary measure but found that with the +1 channels and late night repeats you rarely need to miss anything.

    This explains it better.

    http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/faqs/how-to/operating-a-pvr-with-one-input/
  • Le_Kirk
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    edited 29 November 2016 at 9:58AM
    debitcardmayhem wrote: »
    not totally true it depends....if the two channels are on the same transponder
    Well, you learn something new every day.
    http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/faqs/how-to/operating-a-pvr-with-one-input/
    That does explain it very well, of course you do have to have a particular type of Humax PVR and do the input/output connection but it is worth remembering.
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