13/19/28 on 80cm dish, how many LNBs, cables, etc?

I am planning to replace my Sky dish with an 80cm one I just bought.

This one I got has 3 LNBs already, don't know what type yet. I also have the existing LNB from the existing Sky dish and a quad one from Sky aswell so I guess this is enough.

I will be pointing the dish to get 19.2E/28.2E (from West London). I will be using a Vu+ Duo2.

But I am not sure about couple of things, can anyone advise please?

1. I assume the LNB I have on the Sky dish is a twin LNB, is this correct (ex Sky+ HD subscriber here)? As I have a two cable feeds in the house.
2. In order to get both satellites, I will need to add another twin LNB and cables down to the flat, right?
3. If I want, and if possible, to get 13/18/28, will I need an extra LNB and two more cable feeds, is this correct?
4. Ultimately, if I want 13/18/28, I need 3 twin LNBs and 6 cable feeds to my receiver?
5. Will I need a DiSEqC switch at all?

i have a 60cm dish , 3 single lnbs to receive 13e,19e and 28e all going into a diseqc switch into a tm5402 m2

Diseqc switch would be the best route position this near the dish with all the lnb feeds running into the switch. Then you will have just one cable to do say 13 and 19 from the switch, you can run one more cable from the 28e lnb directly to the other spare tuner and been a quad lnb you could also run a feed to the switch. That would give you watch and record on 28e.

Ferret said:

Diseqc switch would be the best route position this near the dish with all the lnb feeds running into the switch. Then you will have just one cable to do say 13 and 19 from the switch, you can run one more cable from the 28e lnb directly to the other spare tuner and been a quad lnb you could also run a feed to the switch. That would give you watch and record on 28e.

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So I would need an 8 way DiSEqC switch?

And the set-up you recommend is 2 twin LNBs (13/19), 4 cables into the DiSEqC switch

AND

quad LNB with two more cables into the switch and two to a separate box?

And this way I will have a three cable feed to my flat, the single one from the switch to my main box and the other two to spare box?

Please confirm if I am not saying anything stupid, I am obviously a newbie and need to get this clear in my head and it's getting a bit confused now with x LNBs, cables, switch, etc, etc .

carlozdre said:

So I would need an 8 way DiSEqC switch?

And the set-up you recommend is 2 twin LNBs (13/19), 4 cables into the DiSEqC switch

AND

quad LNB with two more cables into the switch and two to a separate box?

And this way I will have a three cable feed to my flat, the single one from the switch to my main box and the other two to spare box?

Please confirm if I am not saying anything stupid, I am obviously a newbie and need to get this clear in my head and it's getting a bit confused now with x LNBs, cables, switch, etc, etc .

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You said you already had LNB's i did not recommend twin LNBs but you could go that route and a 8 way switch if you want.

I'd like to go this route if this allows me to pause/record channels.

As I understood that with one cable feed from a LNB I won't be able to pause or record while watching another channel, is this correct?

That's why I mentioned 3 twin LNBs and two cable feeds of each one.

carlozdre said:

I'd like to go this route if this allows me to pause/record channels.

As I understood that with one cable feed from a LNB I won't be able to pause or record while watching another channel, is this correct?

That's why I mentioned 3 twin LNBs and two cable feeds of each one.

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Well if that is the case id go with 2 4 way switches both switches having its own tuner.

So you end up with each lnb having one feed per switch and then that switch into its own tuner.

Thank you very much for your help.

So in this case, would this Konig 4/1 (v2.0) work with my VU+ Duo2 then? The second box would probably be an Openbox V8S.

I'll get two of those and I don't even think I'll need to do any cabling as I have two going down to the flat already, am I correct?

The cabling will be between LNBs and switches. Use existing cables from switch to receiver.

Abu Baniaz said:

The cabling will be between LNBs and switches. Use existing cables from switch to receiver.

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Oh no, I get that, I will need 12 F connectors between 3 LNBs and 2 switches, right? But asking whether I can use the existing coaxial cable that runs down to my flat (2 feeds), as I understand the output from the switch is just a single cable!

Why am I asking whether that switch would work with my VU+ Duo2 is because it appear to be a v2.0 one but on the box specs I 've read 'DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2'?

If you had Sky+ HD, you have a shot gun cable to your flat. That is two cables stuck together. One for each switch. Yes, you can use the existing cables (shotgun cable) from diseqc switches to receiver's tuners.

Thanks! One more thing please so I can buy the switches today, will a DiSEqC v2.0 switch work with the VU+ Duo2? Had a quick look at the box's specs and it says DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2.

I am looking at this Konig 4 way switch.

Think the V2 is refering to the version of the switch and not the diseqc version.

Ferret said:

Think the V2 is refering to the version of the switch and not the diseqc version.

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Bought those switches then.

Thank you very much to all for your help.

Ferret said:

Think the V2 is refering to the version of the switch and not the diseqc version.

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Got my VU+ Duo2 box yesterday from WOS.


I'm looking to install my dish this week. This is the setup I have in mind, please advise.





One 80cm dish, 3 twin LNBs (13/19/28)
Two twin LNBs, 4 cables into DiSEqC switch 1, 1 output (maybe 13/19)
One twin LNB, 2 cables into DiSEqC switch 2, 1 output (Sky 28.2)
Both DiSEqC outputs into VU+ Duo2 tunners (got 2xTwin DVB-S2 tuners).
Is this doable, does it make sense?


Ideally I'd be able to record the odd football game, or a movie, whilst watching another, and generally pause TV.


I have the other box as well but I'd prefer to sell that and keep everything with my VU+.

I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that you need 1 cable from each LNB to both switches to enable you to record and watch at the same time.

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Like Abu has drawn you need each lnb feed to go into its own Tuner to record one and watch one.

Not getting anything, I must be doing something wrong. As I assume one DiSEqC switch output goes into upper port of tuner A (LNB In) and the other to tuner B.