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Originally Posted by Beak
Hmmm... the switching seems to be the sticky wicket.
I guess I need to know how to switch (without buying an FTA receiver). I've tried using a splitter to run coax to the c and ku coax inputs. That doesn't do anything. Would I be able to use an external 0/22KHz switch somehow?
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Hopefully someone who has done this will help, but I think that lnbf already has the switch inside, but you need some way of sending the 22khz up the coax. I don't think that the 4DTV can do this, but I may be wrong. I forget which model the 922 is, is that the full IRD version or the sidecar? I don't have a 4DTV myself, I use a DSR4200, which is similar to a sidecar, and it doesn't have any way of sending 22khz.
I would think that the easiest thing for you to do would be to run a second COAX up there. I *THINK* that if you disconnect that little jumper coax, that you could then have one coax for C and one coax for Ku, and let the 4DTV select between the 2 coaxes. I assume that you now are just feeding the
C band side of the 4DTV???
If the 922 model is the sidecar, then I'd recommend that you pick up a cheap DVB receiver and slave the sidecar off the dVB receiver. I have one of my 4200s running off my Fortec Lifetime. The DVB receiver should be able to select between C and Ku. It will be a bit clunky, having to switch sats on an analog receiver, then switch bands on the DVB receiver then select channel on the 4DTV, but it should work. However if the 922 is the full blown IRD, then I think if it were me, I'd run a second coax up there.
Hopefully someone who has dealt with this has a simpler way.