Hi i got my sky connection hooked up and what a let down, i ordered 2 boxes, a sky+ box for the living room and a standard box for my daughters room, but it all went down hill from there,first the installer coulnt find the feed into my appartment, so i had to ring the builder,after he found 4 cables coming into my place, after doing a test ,he then tells me i only have 1 feed coming in so i will not be able to connect the 2nd box, i ring back the builder and he says put a splitter on the feed, but no says the intaller you cant split sky, so i had to cancel my 2nd box(cost me €50 to do so) and in left with no tv in the bedroooms.... AHHHRRRRGGGHHH,,, me poor daughter misses the funnies..what can i do ??
Well it's technically true that you can't use a standard splitter on a satellite signal. However, there is hope... There are splitters for satellite signals, but they are not called splitters. They are called switches. Basically it is just an advanced splitter custom designed for the special workings of a satellite signal. Good quality splitters are a lot more money than a standard cable splitter, but they are still within range. You can get a nice quality switch for around $50 in the US. If you want to do a search, a good name brand is Spaun. However, different types of satellite dishes need different types of switches, so you'll need to do research or talk to somebody who knows the specifics of Sky, as I do not.
I looked further into this issue and found out that using a switch from just 1 input from the satellite won't work. You might be able to get permission from your landlord to install another line to your rental. Then you don't need any extra equipment. However, if you can't manage that, I did find one other way, a way that would enable you to essentially split the line from 1 to 2. I guess there is a method called stacking. However, you need expensive equipment to do this, and you can only use 1 LNB (ie only 1 satellite). The price I saw for a setup was $350 US. I don't know if I am allowed to post links, but if you google 'sky multiswitch 1x2' the post I got my info from will be the second to last result on the 1st page.
Many thanks for your reply, i have heard of your 1st idea sps1 i think there called, but as you say that wont work, i cant really get an xtra feed from the dish because i live in an appartment complex, i do know that the inputs end in a small room behind the "opus" home entertainment system(that was alread installed when i bought the appartment), (i dont know if that will help my cause). Im not trying to rip anbody off, im willing to pay whatever it takes, i just want to get tv in the bedrooms.There are 4 cables that are behind that system, the sky guy said there is 1 feed and the other 3 are for the rooms. very badly thought out , the complex was only built last year.
Hi MGB, ye i think that will be my only option, even though its going to be a tricky job, would i be right in saying i should have 2 feeds for sky+ to operate the record properly, sorry if i sound silly its my 1st time having sky.
Yes and if you want a additional standard sky box you would need a third satellite feed. The question is how the signals from the communal dish are being distributed in your house. If there is a special distribution system it should be not so hard to get additional feeds.
i have no idea how the cables are feed in , i willl contact the builder,and look into getting more feeds in, in the meantime we will have to fight over the 1 tv receiver because i can only feed 1 at the moment.even if i could split that 1 feed in a cheap way until i could get a more permenant fix done , id be happy.
You could distribute the RF2 output of the sky box to other rooms but you get only the same sky channel in all rooms.
hi, ye i know i could do it that way but i dont want any cables showing so if i was to split it i wanted to do it in the press where the 4 cables enter the building, there is no cables on the exterior of the building, i did think of a sps1 switch but im told it wont work so i guess il just have to contact the builder, but im not getting my hopes up, you know what builders are like.they dont want to return to a compleated job
You simply cannot split a single satellite feed to get 2 receivers independently working. You could use the first one or the second one with a sps1. Only if the first in the chain use the same satellite band you could get a picture at the second one. The are 4 satellite receiving bands and the controlling receiver choose which band the lnb has to deliver at the cable.
There are 4 satellite receiving bands say A, B, C, D. If you choose a channel from band C the controlling receiver tell the satellite receiving unit i want band C and the unit send band C and there are only the channels from band C at the feed cable. If you choose a channel from band A there are only channels from band A at your feed cable. Do you hooked it?
so you can only receive 1 channel (signal) from 1 feed so if i have 2 boxes connected 2 ome feed and if 2 people are changing channels it will get confused what signal 2 send ?
If the priority receiver at the sps1 is tuned to band A you can get only channels from band A at the second receiver. If you unplug the priority receiver from mains the second receiver get full controll over all bands.
