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newsshooterderek
08-11-2006, 10:16 AM
Can I run three Tivos off of one dish? I have one of the new dishes for HDTV and want to add a third HD Tivo.
AstroDad
08-11-2006, 10:24 AM
Sure, if you want to use both tuners in each one you will need a 6x8 multiswitch. Google WB68 to find one.
newsshooterderek
08-11-2006, 11:16 AM
I'm going to have this installed by DTv. Will they have the 6X8 multiswitch?
AstroDad
08-11-2006, 11:49 AM
I'm going to have this installed by DTv. Will they have the 6X8 multiswitch?

Yes, but you have to be careful that they give you the right multiswitch. Currently, the Zinwell WB68 is the ONLY approved multiswitch for the 5lnb dish. Many will try to give you another one. It may seem work in the short term, but I don't believe it will pick up two of the satellites.
Adam1115
08-11-2006, 12:04 PM
Yes, but you have to be careful that they give you the right multiswitch. Currently, the Zinwell WB68 is the ONLY approved multiswitch for the 5lnb dish. Many will try to give you another one. It may seem work in the short term, but I don't believe it will pick up two of the satellites.

Wait. Say I get a 5lnd dish, is there a way to switch the non-ka capable receivers with a standard multi-switch and connect the H20 or HR20 straight to the dish? Or do you hAVE to get the WB68?
AstroDad
08-11-2006, 12:27 PM
Wait. Say I get a 5lnd dish, is there a way to switch the non-ka capable receivers with a standard multi-switch and connect the H20 or HR20 straight to the dish? Or do you hAVE to get the WB68?

You can cascade two multiswitches (say a 5x8 and a 6x8) and achieve this, in fact, that is what I am doing right now.

I have the 4 "regular" outputs feeding to a 5x8 switch, then four outputs from the 5x7 into the 6x8 along with the 2 "flex" outputs from the satellite straight to the 6x8.

Once you have it that way, you can use the remaining outputs from the 5x8 to your mpeg2 receivers and the outputs from the 6x8 to your mpeg4 receivers.

The advantage to this setup is that you can still diplex the OTA off of one of the 5x8 outputs for your HR10(s), which you can't do with an output from a 6x8
Arcady
08-12-2006, 01:24 AM
I never heard of a 5x7 multiswitch. Is that something new?
AstroDad
08-12-2006, 08:02 AM
I never heard of a 5x7 multiswitch. Is that something new?

:D

Make that 5x8, not sure what I was thinking