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Hiya, one for the techie staterlite group...
being a bit of a newb about this, but want to get the setup up before the F1 season starts.
I got the B&Q HD kit and setup and its pointing at 28E for the usual freesat channels.
now want to get the 19E RTL satellite - was wondering what i need, after searching the net i get confused ! my dish is a FIXED 65cm.
Do i need an (universal?) LNB holder bracker, a 2nd LNB in that bracket and some disqec switch to pipe into my reciever (thats has disqec settings in it on the menu's)
or do i get one of these fancy things that look like 2 lnb's stuck in one mount? or is that not 'flexible' enough to get both signals and also be at the right angles and skew and stuff.
many thanks for the input !
GO JENSON!!!!!!!!!!
you can either move the dish to 19.2 and lose the freesat channels or you will need a double lnb or 2 singles and move the dish so it is inbetween the 2 satellites, in which case your reciver will need to be able to switch between sats as well
Trailrakers?
There's some [url= http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?s=72567398fe2eec079a382fa8acb4c4b9&t=1512308 ]chat on digitalspy[/url] about just sticking the 19E LNB next to the 28E one on one dish and getting acceptable results. I've decided not to bother yet & see how I get on with just watching the Beeb and getting some of my Sunday afternoons back.
hmmm now i am a bit more confused, although thanks for the responses - looking at that digital spy....i thought the gap of 9 degrees would mean a huge distance between the 2 lnb's?? ive been looking a ebay brackets that have a big arm/....urmmm am i looking at the wrong things?
maybe those 2lnbs in one (monoblock are they called) would work then??? and i think they have inbuilt disqeccy things too....
Your reciever has the disqec built in this enables it to be used on more than 1 sat. The monoblock just scoops up the signal hitting the dish
so i dont need an arm/bracket or a 2nd lnb, one of those monoblocks with the 2lnb in them wouldbe fine?
? bump. before i order the bracket and lnb online today...
[hijack] another question whilst we're on freesat...[/hijack]
Changed the LNB from a twin to a quad a year or two ago - two feeds to the Freesat box to allow recording feature, third feed to an old Sky box in another room.
All worked fine to start with - could watch one channel and record another.
As time has gone on we increasingly get conflicts where we can only record what we are watching - very frustrating. Any hints on how to correct?
Signal is good for both feeds and we re-tune the channels fairly frequently.
I do find the freesat UI a bit clunky (on a Foxsat HDR unit) - so maybe some numpty user issues here!