Splitting signal from motorised sat

[gracieboo]

Hi guys hope someone can help here. I was thinking of installing a quad lnb to run two different recievers. But then someone said that if i was only going to watch one reciever at a time i should just split the cable from motor and connect a two way dc by pass splitter and have cable runs to both reievers. So before i started i made sure everything was fine checked my dreambox was working with good signal then went outside and checked the motor light was shinning. I then turned off all the power went up into the loft and cut the the cable from the motor and connected up a Three way dc by pass and joined the cut cable to it again. Ive now come down stairs and im getting no signal at all. Suerly its not because ive connected a three way and not a two way as out lined in an illustration by i think dick b. If you read this dick b all help appreciated many thanks.

[smirnoff_rules]

l think if u use a splitter with sat it splits the signal too one vertical and one horizontal so it dont work , thats why we have lnbs with extra feeds

[cactikid]

safer also to use one feed from each lnb and no splitting cable.

[RuberDuck]

you can not reliably split the feed without some for of amplification kit. the easiest and cheapest way is to use a dual / or quad feed lnb so each box or tuner card has it's own feed.

[smirnoff_rules]

as were talking about this if u have a quad lnb and want to run 5 boxes there must be away around this ?

[Rodbouy]

Get a Octo lnb.

[smirnoff_rules]

Get a Octo lnb.

lv got more wires running down my house that the sub station at the top of the road , was hoping to not add another

[RuberDuck]

as were talking about this if u have a quad lnb and want to run 5 boxes there must be away around this ?

as rodbuoy says either Get a Octo lnb. or pay through the nose for a expensive amplified distribution kit to be installed and you can have as many feeds as you like.

you cant just go splicing wires as it will seriously degrade the signal and potentially damage the receivers and lnb / motor.

also i should have pointed out and i know it's obvious but only one feed can drive the motor if you have more than one feed to the motor it could go skitzo and kill it self and maybe any thing else it's connected to.

[gracieboo]

Thanks guys but im sorted. It was just a matter of leaving the inner copper wire in the coaxial longer than normal and alls fine no real lost of signal or quality at all. So has cost me only ?2.25 for a three way dc splitter off fleabay rather than ?25 for the quad lnb.

[gracieboo]

as rodbuoy says either Get a Octo lnb. or pay through the nose for a expensive amplified distribution kit to be installed and you can have as many feeds as you like.

you cant just go splicing wires as it will seriously degrade the signal and potentially damage the receivers and lnb / motor.

also i should have pointed out and i know it's obvious but only one feed can drive the motor if you have more than one feed to the motor it could go skitzo and kill it self and maybe any thing else it's connected to.

I here what your saying but i only ever intend to have one box on at a time, if i go down the route of multi boxs i will get the quad connected. many thanks guys

[smirnoff_rules]

sounds a pain to me m8

2 Way Indoor Signal Splitter for NTL Virgin Sky DC Pass | eBay

Sky applications:- this will only work if you use 1 sky box at a time.if you want to watch 2 boxes at once you will require a quad lnb from our other listings.

[RuberDuck]

I here what your saying but i only ever intend to have one box on at a time, if i go down the route of multi boxs i will get the quad connected. many thanks guys

well dont be at all surprised if you end up having to buy an new LNB within a few weeks.

[gracieboo]

well dont be at all surprised if you end up having to buy an new LNB within a few weeks.

Yeah seriously??? Have you came across this situation before im just going on something suggested by another member called dick b. And hes always been spot on with everything hes helped with

[RuberDuck]

Yeah seriously??? Have you came across this situation before im just going on something suggested by another member called dick b. And hes always been spot on with everything hes helped with

yes i am serious, i dont just make posts for the sake of it.

i have been in this hobby for over 22 years and i have seen lnb's damaged by people splitting the feed rather than using a dedicated multi feed lnb.

now maybe you will have no such issues and i do hope dont, but you could easily end up damaging the lnb as well as the receivers it's hooked up to if things go wrong. i am not saying it will happen but it could and i have see the ens results with my own eyes when it has gone wrong.

[dick b]

Yeah seriously??? Have you came across this situation before im just going on something suggested by another member called dick b. And hes always been spot on with everything hes helped with

hello mate, I"ve been running 2 boxes with 1 motorised dish for some time via the 2 way splitter route and you will not damage anything.just dont have both boxes on at once.I use this system so I can have the feed to a box I tinker with during the day and the feed to a box in the front room for the evening,I put the splitter in to replace an A/B switch as it avoids having to manually switch it over.as in all these things you have to know what you are doing.
you cant have motor control in two different places with multi outlet lnbs only one outlet can control the motor.If you are concerned fit an A/B manual switch but its a pain having to switch over every time you change rooms and those splitters with dc bypass are a good answer.