Setting up two dishes on Solo 2

[doink1955]

then its back to earlier post. check what cables go where and if its a toneburst
or disecq. BTW. if you wanted to use the full twin tuner facilities for both sats.
you will need two switches. one for both lines. if your out and about at moment,
pop into your local shop and pick a couple up. there cheap enough. i think disecq
is better for what you want to do.

 

[hammyboy]

i have a similar set up with

1 feed from 28.2e into tuner a
i have 2 other sats, 13.0e & 19.2e which each go into a port on 4 way disecq switch with then output from disecq switch to tuner b

tuner a is setup for single simple 28.2

tuner b is set up for disecq a/b with 13.0 & 19.2 assigned to a & b in the config

and it works well however unfortunately i have only 1 feed from 28.2 which limits me with recording single transponder. if i had twin feed from 28.2 i would put the other into port c of the disecq switch and set up tuner b for disecq a/b/c/d with the relevant sats assigned to each of a/b/c.

hope this helps

 

[doink1955]

yea well i would guess that 28.2 is the priority sat. so if he thinks he wouldnt need to watch
and record at same time off hotbird, then a switch on say tunerA from 28.2 and 13.0. and
a straight feed without a switch from 28.2 into tunerB would suffice.:smiley_yup:

 

[Stu5]

Thanks guys my head is spinning all these ideas. Lets get it working first then we can take it to the next level.

Thanks for all the help.

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[doink1955]

sorry m8. we sometimes forget when we knew sod all and how
we thought we would never get our head around it.

 

[Stu5]

Okay got the ladder out and had a look, 13e has a cable coming from the lnb and going into the diseqc switch (lnb2), 28.2 has a cable going direct to the receiver and one going to the diseqc (lnb 1), then finally there is a cable from the diseqc switch to the receiver.

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[abu baniaz]

Solution to your problem is in post 13. Here is a picture of the settings for the tuner which has the diseqc cable

 

[Stu5]

Thats great, thank you abu. How do I add a bouquet for 13e?

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[abu baniaz]

You can use AutoBouquetsMaker to make bouquets for 13E too. See the ABM guide on the VIX download site. Link also in my signature. This would probably be best in terms of self updating.

 

[Stu5]

I used it for 28.2 its a great job. Next one might be a silly question once, before I use ABM is there a way I can tell if my cables are in the correct tuners? I can't physically check as I loose track of which cable is which once they go into the wall

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[abu baniaz]

Set both tuners identically as diseq a/b. Leave the satellite as automatic. It will scan conencted sats automatically detect the sats and populat the entried for you. Label the cables afterwards.

 

[Stu5]

You don't have the lottery numbers do you?

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[Stu5]

So just set them up as in your photo? Then scan

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[abu baniaz]

My previous photo is based on info that you knew which cable was which. You later said that you were not sure which cable was which. At this point I said to set to automatic so taht it automatically detects what you have. Following picture depicts both set to auto as well of one with scanning process. When it finds the satellites, the names will be populated.

 

[Stu5]

Brilliant, thank you very much.

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[Stu5]

That worked a treat, tuners are now properly set up, on to getting the channels up now. Thank you to all that contributed. Feel like I learnt a few things in the last 24 hours.

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[Stu5]

Okay, so some hotbird channels are showing up now but when I go to watch a channel I am just getting a blank screen, I am getting now and next information but no picture. Any ideas?

 

[Stu5]

Not sure if this next bit of information is of any use but.....

When I go into Menu/Setup/Service searching/Sat finder

Tuner A
Satellite 28.2e is showing 81% SNR / 91% AGC

Tuner B
Satellite 28.2e is 85% SNR / 91% AGC

But for Satellite 13.0e SNR and AGC are both 0%

Thanks

 

[hammyboy]

That worked a treat, tuners are now properly set up, on to getting the channels up now. Thank you to all that contributed. Feel like I learnt a few things in the last 24 hours.

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might be a good idea to do a settings back up so you wont have to go through the process again in case of any future image upgrade problems etc
ham

 

[Stu5]

Hi hammy, how do backup?

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