[mythtvnz] Re: Best type of splitter for Sky + MythTV DVB-S

[Steve Hodge]

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On 2/11/07, Steve Hodge <stevehodge@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 2/11/07, Steven Ellis <steven@openmedia.co.nz> wrote:
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> > Interesting reading. Have a feeling that Dan's LNB is slightly offset to
> > allow for V + H in that the V signal is still visible enough when he is
> > on HPol.
>
>
> I was thinking that might be the case with mine. And it looks like the LNB
> might be aligned at a 45 degree angle. But then I should be able to tune any
> frequency on either polarity, right? I can't - I can only receive the 12671
> multiplex on V, for example. So I'm somewhat mystified as to how it works...
>
>

I finally got around to thinking about this some more and have figured out
what is going on. Sky has a couple of multiplexes on both V and H: 12519 and
12546. When MythTV tunes to TVNZ on 12486H the Sky box gets the H signal for
those frequencies (even though it's trying to tune V). So you should (and I
can) pick up the Sky channels on those transponders at the same time as the
TVNZ signal. When I first tested I happened to only test channels from these
two transponders (the preview channel and Sky Sport 1).

The channels on those transponders are:
12519V/H:
Sky Movies 1
Cartoon Network
Sky News
J2
CTV1
Preview

12546V/H:
Sky Sport 1
History Channel
Living Channel
Playhouse
Food TV
CTV2
CTV3
CTV4

Cheers,
Steve

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On 2/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Hodge</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com">stevehodge@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<span class="q">On 2/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Ellis</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a>&gt; wrote:
</span><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Interesting reading. Have a feeling that Dan&#39;s LNB is slightly offset to<br>allow for V + H in that the V signal is still visible enough when he is<br>on HPol.</blockquote></span><div><br>I was thinking that might be the case with mine. And it looks like the LNB might be aligned at a 45 degree angle. But then I should be able to tune any frequency on either polarity, right? I can&#39;t - I can only receive the 12671 multiplex on V, for example. So I&#39;m somewhat mystified as to how it works...
<br></div></div><span class="sg"></span></blockquote></div><br>I finally got around to thinking about this some more and have figured out what is going on. Sky has a couple of multiplexes on both V and H: 12519 and 12546. When MythTV tunes to TVNZ on 12486H the Sky box gets the H signal for those frequencies (even though it&#39;s trying to tune V). So you should (and I can) pick up the Sky channels on those transponders at the same time as the TVNZ signal. When I first tested I happened to only test channels from these two transponders (the preview channel and Sky Sport 1).
<br><br>The channels on those transponders are:<br>12519V/H:<br>Sky Movies 1<br>Cartoon Network<br>Sky News<br>J2<br>CTV1<br>Preview<br><br>12546V/H:<br>Sky Sport 1<br>History Channel<br>Living Channel<br>Playhouse<br>Food TV
<br>CTV2<br>CTV3<br>CTV4<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br>

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