On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 17:53 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Some have mentioned that some satellite receivers use the connection to
> control the LNB. In this case, I don't think this is the case, or at
> least it doesn't seem to be a problem. The thing is that we have two
> receivers. One is currently not in use, but it could be used. I want to
> connect this second receiver, to a location 50 m away. I figure that if
> I can connect two receivers to the LNB (AFAIK the cable would simply be
> split), the receivers can't do any individual configuration of the LNB,
> or else they could be fighting each other.

I don't know exactly which service you are using, but usually for DBS
type service two receivers will require 2 lines to the LNB, no way
around that. You cannot "split" the cable.

TTYL

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