Unicable LNB Sky Dish

[peterb999]

Hello all,

I wonder if you could help me.

I have just bought a VU+ Solo 4k from Ebay. I currently have a normal Sky dish and LNB and I want to replace it with a unicable LNB with an additional legacy port.

I live in the north of england and I think the dish is 60cm. I need the legacy port to run an old Freesat box in the bedroom.

Am I right in saying I could buy this LNB :

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/gt-sat-gt-s1dcss24-unicable-lnb-1-legacy?search=unicable lnb

and then buy this bracket to connect it to my Sky LNB :

https://www.world-of-satellite.co.u...lnb-holder-for-mk4-zone-1-or-2-satellite-dish

Also, am I right that I will then be able to record 8 channels at the same time? At the moment I can only record a couple before some channels get greyed out.

Any advise is very welcome,

Thanks

 

[abu baniaz]

Correct on all three counts although you will get a lot more than 8 channels.

Please refer to the guides in unicable section if you need them.

 

[peterb999]

Great, thanks for the reply.

 

[abu baniaz]

I forgot to add, if you can add a Terrestrial tuner, that is an even better setup. What is the current receiver you have?

 

[peterb999]

Hi,

It's a VU+ Solo 4k which does have an empty slot for a DVB-T2 so I might get one of those as well.

 

[abu baniaz]

Sorry, I was asking what the solo 4k is replacing.

 

[peterb999]

Hi,

Apologies. It is replacing a Sky Q box.

 

[abu baniaz]

Ok thanks. How many satellite cables have you got connected to the solo 4k at the moment? If not two, are you able to? The LNB end need to be connected to the universal outputs.

 

[peterb999]

Hi, at the moment there are two cables going to the Solo 4k but I will be using one of the cables to fee a Freesat box so I was hoping that a unicable LNB would mean I only needed one cable and then use a splitter etc.

 

[peterb999]

Just to update the thread. I ordered the LNB and arm and finally got around to installing it.

Following the guides on here I was able to get it all working, I even had an older VU+ Solo 2 box and have put that in my bedroom connected using client mode. It all works really well.

Thanks for your help, and thanks to the forum for the excellent guides, etc.