Multiswitch. for quad LNB?

[Ashley Booth]

Is there multiswitch available that will take a quad LNB i/p as opposed
to a quattro LNB? I'm looking so an 8 o/p unit.

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[Bill Wright]

Ashley Booth wrote:
> Is there multiswitch available that will take a quad LNB i/p as opposed
> to a quattro LNB? I'm looking so an 8 o/p unit.
>

Vision used to do one, but they discontinued it a while back. You can
get 22kHz tone inserters and you could get the 13 and 18V from outboard
PSUs, but it's a faff.

Bill

[Ashley Booth]

Bill Wright wrote:

Thanks Bill. Sounds like it's a lot easier to change the LNB.

[Peter Duncanson]

On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:45:20 +0000, Bill Wright <bi...@invalid.com>
wrote:

I've found one online.
Go to:
http://www1.conrad-uk.com/
put the following into the search box on the left and click on "Search":

MULTI-SWITCH MS58C 5/8 QUAD-COMPATIBLE

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[Graham.]

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Graham.

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"Bill Wright" <bi...@invalid.com> wrote in message news:id5u33$h6n$1...@speranza.aioe.org...

This one clames to be "Quad LNB compliant: Yes" What do you think?

http://snipurl.com/1k85a9

[Peter Duncanson]

That's the same one I found. That short url produces an error because
the way the website works. I explained how to get to the correct page in
my other post.

[Bill Wright]

Fancy that! By the way guys, that electric fire on the front page looks
rather like one I bought for £6 from Asda in an emergency. The motor
stalled after not very long and the thing then produced a lot of smoke
and scared us.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

Graham. wrote:
This one clames to be "Quad LNB compliant: Yes" What do you think?

Why not?

Bill

[Ashley Booth]

Peter Duncanson wrote:

Looks a bit pricey.

[Andy Burns]

Peter Duncanson wrote:

Actually your link failed and Graham's worked for me (unless it's the
sequence of visiting the site twice that does the trick).

[Peter Duncanson]

Interesting. Your guess could be right.

[Ron Lowe]

On 01/12/2010 16:05, Ashley Booth wrote:
>
> Is there multiswitch available that will take a quad LNB i/p as opposed
> to a quattro LNB? I'm looking so an 8 o/p unit.
>

Some of the Antiference iSYS 7 units provide the necessary signals to
use a quad, the ones with the 'T' suffix:

http://www.antiference.co.uk/isys7-stand-alone-irs-multiswitches

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Ron

[Bill Wright]

It's about normal for retail isn't it?

Bill

[Bill Wright]

Bob Latham wrote:

>> MULTI-SWITCH MS58C 5/8 QUAD-COMPATIBLE
>
> Ok, dumb question. Can you cascade these from another switch thereby
> converting 4 outlets from a conventional switch to 8 outputs?

I suppose you could, yes. It's never occurred to me. You could also fit
splitters on the dish feeds and thus not lose the use of four outputs on
the existing switch. You would need to use splitters that had DC pass on
one output, so one switch would power the LNB. With the original switch
powering the LNB the ability of the second switch to control a quad
would be irrelevant. The splitter loss is negligible because on any
normal installation because the signal levels throughout are far above
receiver threshold levels.

>
> My Father lives in an apartment block
In the penthouse or even higher?*

and of course there is only one
> output to each apartment. As we've heard mentioned on here before they're
> worried about the cost of upgrading and there are only a few people who
> wish to. If so, Ł80 for the switch and what could they expect the extra
> cable run to cost?
How long is a piece of string? For the earth bonding, cable, and
triplexed outlet, maybe Ł120 to Ł160 if it's a reasonable cable route.

Bill

*Just being silly. I got some snow in my lug hole and it's got through
to my brain.

[Bill Wright]

Bob Latham wrote:

>
>>> My Father lives in an apartment block
>> In the penthouse or even higher?*
>

> Eh, no. Apartment 1 ground floor. :-)

Are you sure the old Devil isn't in the basement?

Bill

[Paul Ratcliffe]

I thought it was in the detail.