[vdr] Re: Can't use horizontal channels...

[Jan-Martin Raemer <jmraemer@gmx.de>]

Hi!

You (Steffen Koch <Steffen.Koch@sphinx-electronics.de>) wrote:

> Jan-Martin Raemer wrote:
> >add the Switch behind the existing:
> >
> >Sat --~5m--> Switch1 --~15m--> Switch2 --~1m--> VDR
> >             |-> other Receivers
> >
> This doesn't work. You would need 4 sat cables between the two switches 
> and some device to select the right polarization/band for the other 
> switch, because the switch assumes that the inputs are fixed hor/low, 
> hor/hi, vert/low, vert/hi.
> 
> Thats why switches won't work with quad-lnbs with integrated switch, 
> except if you have this device to switch the first switch.

Ok. So I'll have th split the cables... I have an Quad-LNB, do I need
all 4 cables if I only need the digital channels?

> sounds a bit confusing, I think. ;-))

I hope, I understood it...

Jan-Martin

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