RE: Sky+ and terrestrial on 2 cables?

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Jones [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
>
> That was the reply I was hoping for.
>
> It's actually for a home I've been asked to help out with. There's
only
> been 2 co-ax ran to the roof, and no easy way of running more, seeing
as
> it's a flat roof house with no roof space.
>
> Regarding Quattro/Quad LNB's - am I right in saying that a Quattro
isn't
> needed until you need more than 4 feeds? I mean there's no saving on
> cables and with a Quattro you're always going to need a launch
> amp/switch.
>

Hi Steve,

You are correct, the Quattro/Switch combination isnt NEEDED until you want
more than 4 receivers. On my analogue systems, I could have used a couple
of
TWIN output LNB's instead of Duals and a switch as each of the two
receivers
I had at the time has two LNB inputs but that would have meant two cables
to
each receivers instead of the one that I already had. I'm glad I took the
dual/switch route as I later got another couple of single input receivers
and was able to use them for free to air Astra/Eutelsat as well. As an
added
bonus the spare LNB input on my main receiver was used for a homemade
motorised dish that I used to plonk onto a scaffold pole fixed in the front
garden. When not in use as a satellite mount I had a bird table that used
to
fit on the top of the pole.

Keith