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Re: More than one Sky box.



Sky+ has two tuners, but each one needs its own separate coax to the dish.
You cannot make a Y connection on the coax between a digibox and the dish.

The LNB is the box that sits in front of the dish and collects the
reflected
signal. It has an oscillator whose frequency is shifted according to a
signal the digibox puts on the coax. This reduces the frequency of the
satellite feed down to something the coax is capable of carrying.

That's why you need a double or quad LNB.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:55 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] More than one Sky box.


> Er um.....
>
> So one box has two tuners (Or whatever the digital equivalent is?) and
> one dish in?
> How do I get an additional card? Is it gona cost me?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Rob Mouser
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 August 2003 11:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] More than one Sky box.
>
> On Monday 11 Aug 2003 11:49 am, Rob Mouser wrote:
> > Do I need two runs from the dish? Or can I split at Node '0'?
>
> You need a dual or quad LNB, these can be picked up all over the show,
> from
> about 20 from memory.
>
> > I guess I need another viewing card?
>
> Yup.



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