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Originally Posted by Jose47
I'm going to hook up both receivers to a Quad. I do not have it yet but is coming. I thought I could get them to work independently of each other. Meaning, being able to move the dish from different locations. Like having one in my bedroom and the other one in the family room. I would have loved to control the SG2100 from both location but I don't see how that can be accomplished. Anyways, thanks for the info. |
I actually have this setup working right now. I have a quad LNBF that I am going to hook into a
DiSEqC switch this spring to get circular FTA. Right now, just the one cable going out to the motor and the dish. The 2nd receiver is slaved to the first receiver. I leave the rear power switch on both receivers in the ON position. I can use EITHER receiver but not BOTH at the same time. Either receiver can move the dish.
Lets say that receiver #2 is on G10R and receiver #1 is on
G25. The first thing that happens whenever I power EITHER receiver on using the front panel ON/OFF or the remote button is the dish moves to whatever was the last sat being watched.
I know this limits my viewing, but, my family does not watch FTA unless I am watching it, and I cant be in two places at once, so there is no chance of overlap.
I've not tried to power both receivers on at the same time because I don't know what the outcome would be. My thinking is that IF I tried to turn #2 on while #1 is on, that #1 would keep any DiSEqC signals from being passed to the dish.
With a quad, only one receiver could move the dish, but, how then would the 2nd receiver know which satellite it was pointed at? For this reason, I have chosen just to slave two receivers, which works great for my setup.