Hi,
at the moment I use 2 satellites (Astra1 @ 19.2E, Hotbird @ 13.0E) with 3 budget cards and cables (2x Astra from a quad LNB, 1x Hotbird from a single) with the capabilities patch. In the future I may need to cut down the 3 to 2 cards / cables. I know I will need to replace the quad LNB by a quattro, or maybe both LNBs by two duals. The question is, how can I use a 3/2 multiswitch, and how will VDR know where the 13.0E programs are, or the 19.2E, respectively.
TIA!
Harald Milz schrieb:
Hi,
at the moment I use 2 satellites (Astra1 @ 19.2E, Hotbird @ 13.0E) with 3 budget cards and cables (2x Astra from a quad LNB, 1x Hotbird from a single) with the capabilities patch. In the future I may need to cut down the 3 to 2 cards / cables. I know I will need to replace the quad LNB by a quattro, or maybe both LNBs by two duals. The question is, how can I use a 3/2 multiswitch, and how will VDR know where the 13.0E programs are, or the 19.2E, respectively.
TIA!
Hm, i would do it this way: replace your single LNB with a dual LNB, and buy 2 disec-c switches. then link them together this way:
*----------* *-----------* *--------* | quad LNB |----------------| disec-c | | | | |- | switch |--------------| Card 1 | | |- *--------| 1 | | | | |-------|----* *-----------* *--------* *----------* | | | | *----------* | | *-----------* *--------* | dual LNB |-------* *---| disec-c | | | | | | switch |--------------| Card 2 | | |----------------| 2 | | | *----------* *-----------* *--------*
this way you can record with both cards both Sat-positions. To tell vdr which port of the switches is connected to which Sat-position you have to setup the file disec.conf Christoph
On 15/01/2009, C.Scheeder christoph@scheeder.de wrote:
Harald Milz schrieb: Hm, i would do it this way: replace your single LNB with a dual LNB, and buy 2 disec-c switches. then link them together this way:
*----------* *-----------* *--------* | quad LNB |----------------| disec-c | | | | |- | switch |--------------| Card 1 | | |- *--------| 1 | | | | |-------|----* *-----------* *--------* *----------* | | | | *----------* | | *-----------* *--------* | dual LNB |-------* *---| disec-c | | | | | | switch |--------------| Card 2 | | |----------------| 2 | | | *----------* *-----------* *--------*
this way you can record with both cards both Sat-positions. To tell vdr which port of the switches is connected to which Sat-position you have to setup the file disec.conf Christoph
So is the quad LNB now acting like dual LNB? a waste of a quad LNB?
Theunis Potgieter schrieb:
On 15/01/2009, C.Scheeder christoph@scheeder.de wrote:
Harald Milz schrieb: Hm, i would do it this way: replace your single LNB with a dual LNB, and buy 2 disec-c switches. then link them together this way:
*----------* *-----------* *--------* | quad LNB |----------------| disec-c | | | | |- | switch |--------------| Card 1 | | |- *--------| 1 | | | | |-------|----* *-----------* *--------* *----------* | | | | *----------* | | *-----------* *--------* | dual LNB |-------* *---| disec-c | | | | | | switch |--------------| Card 2 | | |----------------| 2 | | | *----------* *-----------* *--------*
this way you can record with both cards both Sat-positions. To tell vdr which port of the switches is connected to which Sat-position you have to setup the file disec.conf Christoph
So is the quad LNB now acting like dual LNB? a waste of a quad LNB?
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more or less, if the two other ports aren't used by other receivers.... but i think it's less expensive to replace only one LNB, isn't it?
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:37:42AM +0200, Theunis Potgieter wrote:
On 15/01/2009, C.Scheeder christoph@scheeder.de wrote:
this way you can record with both cards both Sat-positions.
Great, that should work. Thanks for the hint!
So is the quad LNB now acting like dual LNB? a waste of a quad LNB?
It's already there. A waste would be to actually replace it. It may need replacing by a quattro or dual, though, because a quad already contains a multiswitch.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 09:10:17AM +0100, C.Scheeder wrote:
replace your single LNB with a dual LNB, and buy 2 disec-c switches. then link them together this way:
*----------* *-----------* *--------* | quad LNB |----------------| disec-c | | | | |- | switch |--------------| Card 1 | | |- *--------| 1 | | | | |-------|----* *-----------* *--------* *----------* | | | | *----------* | | *-----------* *--------* | dual LNB |-------* *---| disec-c | | | | | | switch |--------------| Card 2 | | |----------------| 2 | | | *----------* *-----------* *--------*
Maybe a twin or quad monoblock is the better solution ... have to try.
On Thursday 15 January 2009 07:35:15 Harald Milz wrote:
Hi,
at the moment I use 2 satellites (Astra1 @ 19.2E, Hotbird @ 13.0E) with 3 budget cards and cables (2x Astra from a quad LNB, 1x Hotbird from a single) with the capabilities patch. In the future I may need to cut down the 3 to 2 cards / cables. I know I will need to replace the quad LNB by a quattro, or maybe both LNBs by two duals. The question is, how can I use a 3/2 multiswitch, and how will VDR know where the 13.0E programs are, or the 19.2E, respectively.
I do not think that it is easy to setup with a 3/2 multiswitch.
I have found a disec multiswitch for two twin LNBs to two receivers at Conrad Electronics (article no. 257281) for 52 EUR. I think something like that should work well. There are other multiswitches for more receivers available, but they are also more expensive, of course ;-)
Kind regards, Stefan
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