Tuner B not being used?

[bow]

Hi, I just bought my first sat-box (Vu+ Duo obviously =).

My setup is this:
2LNB -> DiSEq -> input A
Box setup:
Tuner A - Simple DiSEqC A/B
Tuner B - Loop Through

When I record one channel most of the other ones are grayed out, what to do?

 

[dfdream]

Id say that when you are recording on tuner A the only signals passed on to tuner b is the same sat and transponder currently on tuner A.
The best option is to connect the second LNB to tuner B or to connect another cable to dual lnb on your favourite sat to tuner b.

 

[bow]

Then what would be the point of loopthrough?
I can already watch channels on the same transponder using the recording tuner, or am I misinformed?

 

[silverfox0786]

loopthrough allows even more channels to record and watch at the same time when on the same transponder

correct if im wrong me but i think its 6

 

[bow]

I also get "Tune Failed" when trying OpenPLi (which has the ability to set preferred tuner) when trying to use tunerB (no recording).

 

[sagheer_ahmed]

same is here
anybody to explain in detail ?

 

[bow]

Not sure I got it right, but browsing the forums I arrived at this conclusion:
When B is in loopthrough, it is only able to show channels with same frequency/polarization as A, because there is no way for A to tell DiSEq or LNB to deliver more than one thing at a time. And if A is disabled, this leads to no signals being recieved at all.
Anyone with more insight feel like confirming or telling me I am wrong?

 

[silverfox0786]

basically that the loopthrough allows only watching or recording of more channel if you are on the same transponder 2 recording 1 watching

 

[bob1]

Never used loop through but shouldn't it let you record anything on the same polarization and band rather than just the same transponder, you should also be able to record more than 2 channels ,last time i tried i got up to 7 recordings and was still be able to view others, as long as it on the same transponder you should be able to record it ,even with one tuner.

 

[andyblac]

loopthrough allows even more channels to record and watch at the same time when on the same transponder

correct if im wrong me but i think its 6

it is 8

 

[punisher]

sorry to jump into the topic, but I have a single satellite with a dual LNB pointing at 28.2e with 1 port in lnb 1 and the other in lnb 2 and i wanted to know what the best tuner configuration would be to utilise recordings etc. would appreciate any help. at the moment i have tuner A set as diseq a/b port A at 28.2e and Port B at 28.2e and tuner B loopthrough Tuner A.

 

[silverfox0786]

set them both like this

Configuration Mode = simple
Mode = Single
Satellite = 28.2e
Send DiSEqC = no

 

[punisher]

whats the max possible recordings i can set at any one time? also is there a site or anything like that, that lists the channels that run on same transponder and that?

 

[silverfox0786]

king of sat wil show you all available channel and using 1 transponder you can have upto 8 but personally i dont think 1 transponder has that many channels lol