Satellite LNB - can it be split

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Where I live the TV signal is crap.

I have Virgin for the main TV and have been using my old sky plus box in my room with a single cable from the 1xLNB sky dish for watching TV in my bedroom.

A mate has moved in for a few months and the ideal would be to put an old sky box in his room, also from the Sky dish. Can I split the signal to go to each box?

I assume not and I need a twin LNB reciever but any idea would be great

Thanks
 
RobH said:
You need to get yourself a dual or quad LNB to put on the dish if you want to run two Sky boxes independently, they are not that expensive to buy. A Sky+ box usually has 2 feeds from the LNB to allow you to watch and record at the same time but it will work with 1 in a more limited operation.
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This is the plan, however I understand you need a different viewing card to record programs ?

It seems that way as when I try to bring up the planner, it won't let me?
 
Will I need to adjust the satelitte direction? I assume I would just swap the the single to a dual LNB.
 
dandos23 said:
As long as you are careful when replacing to LNB then it should be ok.

You will need to make sure that the LNB that you get is compatible with your model of dish as sky have changed their dishes a few times in recent years and you may find that it wont fit on the end. Any chance of a pic of the dish and LNB and I will be able to tell you which 1 you will need. :)
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Cool thanks. I assume that I cant record on my Sky plus box with the viewing card I have ? (Old suscription card that only allows freeview channels).

Thanks
 
What Dual LNB dish reciever can I use to attach two sky boxes to this dish:

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Cheers for the help

That dish is old, but I don't think it has had a proper sky suscription for a while. I am just using an old box so I can use it as a freeview aerial.

When the snow fell off the roof I realigned the dish (it was pointing at the floor). Its pretty easy using the sky signal test when you can see the TV - I was adjusting it by leaning out of the window.
 
Cheers - ordered the right one now.

A question related to the actual viewing cards. My housemate has got his Dad's old sky+ box this weekend, it came with a Yellow viewing card one and I have the blue one.

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The blue card allows Channel 5 and recording using the box (including HDD access), it also has the correct ITV region. The yellow card won't allow recording nor Five, Five USA, Fiver etc.

I've read that the blue cards are being replaced by white ones to FTV suscribers. Will this affect the blue cards that are left over from old sky suscriptions? Also what's the difference between the yellow and blue ones?

Cheers
 
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