I have a question about setting up sattellites and receivers. I was wondering if it would be possible to connect two receivers in two different rooms to one satellite? Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...
I have a Pansat 2500A and i will buy another receiver as long as i can have it in two rooms. The dish is a small dish network dish with 1 LNB and i dont know what switches you are talking about...
if you want to hook up 2 receivers in two different rooms, most likely your lnb will have an extra port for that extra receiver. if you want to hook up, up to 4 receivers use a dp34 switch. what dish,LNB do you have?
I agree with fta tester, if you want to hit more than 1 satellite your gonna need a DISEqC switch. your original question was "I have a question about setting up sattellites and receivers. I was wondering if it would be possible to connect two receivers in two different rooms Please any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance..." notice you said to one satellite
I also have problem getting signal from both satellites with DP Twin LNBF, I remember I was able to download channels from both satellites one time and next time I changed bin couldn't do it any more, I am convinced it is in the bin.
If you have a one of these all you have to do is setup as indicated above. Remember a DishProPlus LNB can be used, but it is a headache to make work. With the twin all you do is run a line directly into receiver and configure as stated earlyer.
Perfect Scan with Dish500 and DishPro (Twin or Quad) LNB
-First you will need to reset factory defaults
-Then go into your Antenna Setup and configure
NOTE: If you are using Fortec or Pansat you will need to unselect the bird you are not scanning. To do this, use the arrows on your remote to deselect the sat.
- You will then set your LNB type to Standard and select the port on the DISEcQ where for this sat (119 = 1 & 110 = 2).
NOTE: If you are scanning 119 then 110 should be unselected and in the DISEcQ option it should read NONE.
- Now commence your blind scan.
NOTE: At the end of this process do the same for next sat repeating the steps above. Once you have completed all scans you will need to go back and reconfigure your antennas as follows:
For Fortecs and Pansats:
LNB TYPE = DishPro DISEcQ -- 119 = 1 and 110 = 2.
The remaining options will stay the same. Keep in mind that depending on your location you may or may not have any signal on the first TP that appears in your settings for 119. Do not alarm yourself with this.
For Viewsat Owners the steps are pretty similar, but all you do is turn the LNB Power Off in the Antenna Setup.
Once completed you will need to reconfigure as follows:
JJJ...U cannot possibly receiving 2 sats with 1 LNB...its IMPOSSIBLE!...unless u have a motor.
U may have 2 LNB's combined into 1 casing with 2-4 outputs, these are twin or quad LNB's...and that type LNB has an internal switch...and each output is cabled directly to a receiver, and will carry 2 sat signals (82-91, or 110-119)...
there are 3 types of these Twins LNB's also, Dish Pro (DP), Dish Pro Plus (DPP), and Legacy...The Dish Pro/and DPP series actually say "Dish Pro" on them with their logo...the Legacy twin/quad will NOT work with Pansat receivers..The Dish Pro LNB will work and is very simple and FTA friendly, BUT the Dish Pro Plus is a nightmare and is not recommended for FTA use..
sorry to all my original question had a mistake. I am wondering if it is possible to connect two receivers to one sattelite DISH...my bad and any help would be appreciated.
