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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 18963" data-attributes="member: 174998">ok, amdaley28 - then this is exactly the question you raised with me by PM and which I'd started answering by PM. I'll now stop the PM thread and pick it up here.Your best solution is a 12v switching device (often called a smart priority switch) &quot;between&quot; the two receivers such that the 7000 acts as master and the 9600 as slave. That's an arrangement I have so that I can use a Nokia9600 with Overflow to scrutinize feeds/etc located on the main motorised system driven by my Echostar dvr7000. I have set them up in such a way that the 7000 drives the dish, but can relinquish control of the LNB to the 9600.Here's a thread I'd posted here a couple of years ago with more info:<a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=1357" target="_blank">http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=1357</a>The descriptive link there still works: <a href="http://club.euronet.be/christian.denivelle/gen.html" target="_blank">http://club.euronet.be/christian.denivelle/gen.html</a>The LNB is connected to the &quot;input&quot; of the switch, and the receivers are connected respectively to the A and B (or master &amp; slave) outputs. A wire is connected to a 0/12v switching source that will switch voltages on powering down one or other receiver. Often this is pin8 of the TV scart on the receiver, but some receivers have 0/12v switching connectors as well. In any event, the switch reacts to the voltage change and flips state, such that the LNB input switches from A to B output. This allows the other receiver to grab control of the LNB.As I said in my PM, I'll check all the connectors and LNB &amp; switching settings in my 7000 &amp; 9600, and report here. The good news is that you should go out and buy yourself such a switch, because it works just fine for me (though I do recall it took some experimentation to get it working).2old</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 18963, member: 174998"] ok, amdaley28 - then this is exactly the question you raised with me by PM and which I'd started answering by PM. I'll now stop the PM thread and pick it up here. Your best solution is a 12v switching device (often called a smart priority switch) "between" the two receivers such that the 7000 acts as master and the 9600 as slave. That's an arrangement I have so that I can use a Nokia9600 with Overflow to scrutinize feeds/etc located on the main motorised system driven by my Echostar dvr7000. I have set them up in such a way that the 7000 drives the dish, but can relinquish control of the LNB to the 9600. Here's a thread I'd posted here a couple of years ago with more info: [url]http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1357[/url] The descriptive link there still works: [url]http://club.euronet.be/christian.denivelle/gen.html[/url] The LNB is connected to the "input" of the switch, and the receivers are connected respectively to the A and B (or master & slave) outputs. A wire is connected to a 0/12v switching source that will switch voltages on powering down one or other receiver. Often this is pin8 of the TV scart on the receiver, but some receivers have 0/12v switching connectors as well. In any event, the switch reacts to the voltage change and flips state, such that the LNB input switches from A to B output. This allows the other receiver to grab control of the LNB. As I said in my PM, I'll check all the connectors and LNB & switching settings in my 7000 & 9600, and report here. The good news is that you should go out and buy yourself such a switch, because it works just fine for me (though I do recall it took some experimentation to get it working). 2old [/QUOTE]

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