FTA, OTA & Cable Networking

[mannyj]

Guys -

I am interested in delivering FTA, OTA & Cable everywhere in the house. Can I use a multiswitch to link up several dishes and connect it to a Diseq
switch so that I can distribute the signals to multiple receivers ?

How does everyone do this ?

Regards,


Manny

 

[Tron]

A DiSEqC switch won't work for anything except satellite (it must be controlled by the FTA receiver). It is possible use 22k 4 x 4 multiswitches to distribute satellite signals from multiple LNBs to multiple receivers. If, for example, you have two dual output LNBs, you can connect them to the inputs of a 4 x 4 multiswitch to distribute to up to four receivers (a 4 x 8 will give you 8 receivers).

You can use a multiswitch with a built-in diplexer to combine OTA with FTA satellite over the same cable. An example of this would be a 5 x 8 multiswitch (the same as a 4 x 8 with the addition of an OTA antenna input). In this case, you would need diplexers at each receiver to separate the OTA signal from the satellite signal.

 

[mannyj]

Tron -

Thanks for your feedback.

I am looking into buying a toroidal dish T90 with 3 single high frequency LNB and 1 single low frequency LNB, connect that to a multiswitch and then to a diseq switch to deliver the signal to 2 tv's. I will look into integrating the OTA into this setup as well.

The dilema is the following. Should I buy the dish with 3 dual high frequency and 1 dual low frequency lnb ? Or should I let the multiswitch and the diseq switch distribute the signal.

Are there any specific multiswitches you recommend ?

Regards,


Manny

 

[Anole]

You might search back a month or two for a nice thread where Iceberg discussed his T-90 , LNBs, and switches.
He goes well beyond three LNBs, but I'm sure you'll get some good info.

Which four satellites were you thinking about?
Some have specific considerations, such as StarChoice - which was probably dealt with in the above thread, too.

 

[Tron]

For multiswitches, you'll need to use dual output LNBFs, as the multiswitch will assign one output as vertical (13v) and the other as horizontal (18v)...