John Bergqvist
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- Joined
- Jan 3, 2016
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- Age
- 32
- My Satellite Setup
- Single Sat - Dual LNB - 28.2E to DVB-S2 tuner card in PC.
- My Location
- Oxfordshire
A property I am thinking of moving into has an (to me anyway) unusual set up. The property has been recently renovated (not by me) and the renovator has wired the LNB cables from the dish in as follows:
The Satellite is a standard Sky minidish with a quad LNB, two of those are cabled up. However one of the two has been wired into the living room, and the other wired into the bedroom, both into proper faceplates as well I should add. I haven't been able to check for certain but it looks like they're wired in through the attic, and then down into the two rooms. Surely though for a modern satellite setup this is incorrect, as most Sky+ & Freesat boxes require you to use both the LNB inputs, which obviously can't be done if one of them is physically in another room!
So basically, is it correct (for most modern usage with a modern Sky or Freesat box), that the two LNB cables should be wired so they come out together, from the same point? I notice the only TV aerial point has also been wired not into the living room, but to the bedroom which also seems a bit counter productive... Due to the layout & doors etc. you can't simply use an extension cable without it being extremely cumbersome...
The Satellite is a standard Sky minidish with a quad LNB, two of those are cabled up. However one of the two has been wired into the living room, and the other wired into the bedroom, both into proper faceplates as well I should add. I haven't been able to check for certain but it looks like they're wired in through the attic, and then down into the two rooms. Surely though for a modern satellite setup this is incorrect, as most Sky+ & Freesat boxes require you to use both the LNB inputs, which obviously can't be done if one of them is physically in another room!
So basically, is it correct (for most modern usage with a modern Sky or Freesat box), that the two LNB cables should be wired so they come out together, from the same point? I notice the only TV aerial point has also been wired not into the living room, but to the bedroom which also seems a bit counter productive... Due to the layout & doors etc. you can't simply use an extension cable without it being extremely cumbersome...