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<blockquote data-quote="Analoguesat" data-source="post: 945402" data-attributes="member: 176362"><p>Hiya welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>As you have discovered you cant successfully split the leads from a satellite dish AND use both sets of receivers at the same time. This is because the lnb (on the dish) is an active device switched by a combination of voltages and tones to one of 4 possible states.</p><p></p><p>lo band vertical</p><p>lo band horizontal</p><p>hi band vertical</p><p>hi band horizontal</p><p></p><p>If you want to use the boxes at the same time then you need to run separate feeds from the dish to the Openbox. If the lnb has only two outputs you need to replace it with a quad (4 output) lnb, ensuring the connections are waterproofed to stop rainwater getting inside the cables.</p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT - beaten by st1 - he types faster than I do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Analoguesat, post: 945402, member: 176362"] Hiya welcome to the forum. As you have discovered you cant successfully split the leads from a satellite dish AND use both sets of receivers at the same time. This is because the lnb (on the dish) is an active device switched by a combination of voltages and tones to one of 4 possible states. lo band vertical lo band horizontal hi band vertical hi band horizontal If you want to use the boxes at the same time then you need to run separate feeds from the dish to the Openbox. If the lnb has only two outputs you need to replace it with a quad (4 output) lnb, ensuring the connections are waterproofed to stop rainwater getting inside the cables. EDIT - beaten by st1 - he types faster than I do :D [/QUOTE]
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