[mythtvnz] Re: Conflicting voltage / signal on the same coax

Hadley Rich mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:37:12 +1200


On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:33:38 Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:29:17 Steve Hodge wrote:
> > All-ports-power-pass splitters are designed for this though. Are you
> > saying you know for sure that they have problems with more than one
> > output driving the polarisation signal?
> >
> > I see your point with the 22kHz tone. I hadn't thought about it because I
> > don't have a universal LNB (or one of those multi-satellite Sky ones).
> > But again, I expect the splitter to be designed to handle it without
> > causing damage to equipment. My splitter is labelled "two tap,
> > 5-2500MHz", which I assume means that the "tap" outputs won't pass the
> > 22kHz tone.
>
> My is a 4 way all ports power pass with a Sky box and two DVB-S cards
> plugged into it currently, it seems to work fine.

Bah, excuse the self reply, I meant to add that I'm using the 'new' Sky LNB 
with tone switch.

hads

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