add a second box to motorised dish

[owenb]

hi guys qucik question i have 1.2 m dish, darkmotor question is if i add a second box can i watch both at the same time if they are on the same satelitte? also will one have to control the dish or will they both control it?


regards

owen

[sob1467]

Yeah it is possible to watch two channels add long add they are on the same transponder. The box which has the lnb in going into it will control the motor and the box which signal will be feed by the first box will not be able to control the dish.

[owenb]

can i just run two feeds from my quad lnb? will this work?

[Bulld0g]

Yes that will work

[owenb]

if say i had one downstairs one upstairs with a wire to each and the one was off downstairs would the one upstairs be able to move the dish?
regards

owen

and thanks for the help dont wanna buy a second box then not be able to use it

[b.csoma]

2 boxes

yes you can i have a quad lnb and i have 4 boxes connected to a 1m dish 2 up 2 down only 1 moves the dish but which ever satellite i am on you can only watch programmes from that sat but you can watch different channels like music upstairs and sport downstairs hope this helps

[dick b]

if say i had one downstairs one upstairs with a wire to each and the one was off downstairs would the one upstairs be able to move the dish?
regards

owen

and thanks for the help dont wanna buy a second box then not be able to use it

you can only control the motor at a 2nd location if its lnb input is looped out of the 1st(main)box which would have to be in stand by,if the main box is off it wont get any signal and if on the 2nd box can only receive channels on the same sat and TP of the main box.
if using a twin or more lnb one outlet would control the motor via the main box the other outlets can go anywhere you like and work fully even if the main box is on or off but only on the sat that the main box has sent it to.you could still use the loop out in the main box but as set out in my 1st paragraph.

[owenb]

cheers for ur help guys

[southpaw]

Sorry for hijack guys but can anybody answer this , twin lnb , port 1 to dm800 port 2 to 500 , 800 has motor control , if 500 was switched off and 800 moved dish to another sat , then 500 switched on , would 500 automatically know were dish is pointing , and all good , or would 500 get confused , bit like me trying to explain this

[Elric]

Sorry for hijack guys but can anybody answer this , twin lnb , port 1 to dm800 port 2 to 500 , 800 has motor control , if 500 was switched off and 800 moved dish to another sat , then 500 switched on , would 500 automatically know were dish is pointing , and all good , or would 500 get confused , bit like me trying to explain this

i reckon you need to know the last sat that the other box was on

[Curious123]

Sorry for hijack guys but can anybody answer this , twin lnb , port 1 to dm800 port 2 to 500 , 800 has motor control , if 500 was switched off and 800 moved dish to another sat , then 500 switched on , would 500 automatically know were dish is pointing , and all good , or would 500 get confused , bit like me trying to explain this

Assuming the DM800 moved the dish to 28.2E and then you switched on the dm500. It would be pointless trying to watch 19.2E on the dm500 as your dish is pointing is to 28.2E so you would be ok on the dm500 if you wanted to watching something from that sat otherwsie it would just ignore whatever you tried to watch unless it was facing the correct sat.

[southpaw]

Assuming the DM800 moved the dish to 28.2E and then you switched on the dm500. It would be pointless trying to watch 19.2E on the dm500 as your dish is pointing is to 28.2E so you would be ok on the dm500 if you wanted to watching something from that sat otherwsie it would just ignore whatever you tried to watch unless it was facing the correct sat.

Would the 500 automatically know that the 800 has moved the dish tho , meaning in your above scenario would the 500 auto pickup the channels on 28.2 , if it had been turned off whilst pointing at 19.2 ? Thanks in advance


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[Curious123]

Would the 500 automatically know that the 800 has moved the dish tho , meaning in your above scenario would the 500 auto pickup the channels on 28.2 , if it had been turned off whilst pointing at 19.2 ? Thanks in advance


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On your DM800 you select a channel and the receiver moves the dish to the relevant satellite. On the dm500 you will only be able to to select a channel from the satellite that the dm800 has moved the dish to ie. the dm500 channel availablity is detemermined by the dm800 satellite positioning. Nothing automatic about the dm500 you will need to select the channel and in the case of the dm500 all sats will be balck except the one currently availble to the dm800.

[southpaw]

i think we getting our wires crossed mate , i know nothin auto about the 500 , what i am saying is this

12 pm , dish at 28.2 both boxes on ,
1pm , 500 turned off , 800 stays on
2pm 800 moves dish to 19.2 (500 still switched off)
3pm 800 still running on 19.2 , turned on 500 (for an everton match )

will 500 know it no longer at 28.2 and just auto know its pointing at 19.2 ?

think that explains my question better , hopefully ,
thanks in advance

[GastonJ]

The DM500 will not know where it is and need the tuner to be configured for use on the satellite transponders at 19.2 as a rescan.