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Ronnee

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#115803 7-Apr-2013 14:42
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Hopefully you will be able to help me with possibly a very basic question. I have read not only on this site but others as well and sort of have an idea of what we have to do, but would greatly appreciate your help and confirmation.

Current setup is satellite dish and vhf/uhf aerials. Cable went from dish to one receiver in lounge to receive satellite Freeview. A cable from the vhf/uhf aerial went to a splitter box and from there to tvs in two other rooms. This was fine while we were still able to get terrestrial signals to those two tvs but down south the changeover to satellite Freeview comes into effect on 28 April, and that flexibility will be out the window.

My questions are:
1. Can we use the same cables coming from the aerial to connect to the LNB, obviously changing the connections. Would this work to allow us to have Freeview independent of the tv in the lounge, using two more receivers so that we can independently change channels in each room?

2. We currently have one LNB (original Sky setup) with one output, but last year was given a Ku-Band Twin LNBF which has two outputs. Can we connect this other twin LNB somehow to the dish to allow a total of 3 cables to run from the dish? Is this possible, or is there another easier way.

My husband is a "DIYer" and just needs the instructions to be able to set this all up.

I appreciate your patience in helping us sort this out.

Ronnie

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trig42
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  #794843 8-Apr-2013 09:19
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Ronnee: Would this work ... replace existing LNB with a quad LNB and replace existing cabling (the thinner diameter which I assume is the older type) with 3 RG6 cables going from LNB to 3 STBs. Would this be feasible?

Unless your LNB is old, I would not bother replacing it.

Get a splitter that can split satellite: http://www.supremeantennas.co.nz/view/splitters-line-taps/f-satellite-splitters/splitter-3way-f-sat-ppass-1way.php

Plug your existing LNV into the input of that splitter, and get three new cables from that splitter to your three TVs (one in Lounge, 2 bedrooms). Easy peasy.

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