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jrsteeve |
posted on 6th Nov 12 at 13:59 |
Update: Stacker/De-stacker works! | |
noshua |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 21:25 |
Yeah the stacker provides 2 feeds Eckers. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 11:26 |
quote: Sorry, the timeline appeared messed up and didn't see eckers' post. Indeed it should work, will update once i've installed the bastard. | |
John |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 11:24 |
Not for the purposes of what eckers is saying though. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 11:22 |
quote: Depends on the wiring having no kinks or faults, the only parts I can see look fine but there could be issues with what runs through the walls. | |
John |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 09:05 |
The stacker will work fine as long as it's provided with 2 feeds, why wouldn't it? | |
eckers90 |
posted on 2nd Nov 12 at 08:50 |
ok from what i know. the reason why sky plus has 2 feeds is 1 for what your watching, and 1 for what your recording, you can have plus but have to watch what your recording. the stacker wont work. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 22:31 |
Oh and yes we do have a balcony but we'd struggle to fit it as it's pretty narrow and has a metal grill around it, the glazed ones are fine for it though apparently. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 22:30 |
Was £70 off ebay. How'd the dodgy box help? Would you be able to record more than one thing at a time? I'm all for being the rules! | |
noshua |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 17:53 |
How much did you pay? I'd personally put up with it and get a "dodgy box" :look: | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 16:51 |
I've ordered a stacker/destacker as it's the cheapest option for now, if it doesn't work I'll just sell it on. Should do though, there are spare connections in the riser cupboard, just need to work out which one mine is. | |
John |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 15:38 |
As long as they can get to the dish and there are either an extra feed at the LNB, or they can add another one, it's easy. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 1st Nov 12 at 12:58 |
So i've had a tv engineer look into it, long story short the stacker/destacker would be the simplest solution as the cable that's been installed is of a high enough quality - if it was shit it wouldn't work. There was the option to go down the route using an SCR but they're as rare as rocking horse shit. | |
ed |
posted on 31st Oct 12 at 18:50 |
Had the same issue in a flat I used to live in (actually have it now but don't have Sky so doesn't matter). We had the option to pay an installer to come in and give us an extra feed using a stacker/destacker thing I think. Was on a first come first serve basis as there weren't enough feeds available on each floor for every flat to have Sky+ - excellent foresight for a building completed in 2007! | |
noshua |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 22:44 |
I had the same problem a couple months ago, you either need a stacker/de-stacker or another line. As John said really. | |
Toby |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 22:29 |
Well I posed the question about it when I was looking at a flat and they advised would be done free under a home move and the only difference would be that it was a contractor and not sky themselves. Didn't go into the ins and outs of the type of dishes etc and she could have been wrong but that's what i got told. | |
John |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 22:23 |
Probably not in a flat with a communal dish/dishes. | |
Toby |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 22:13 |
This maybe a stupid question bit will sky not come and install a shotgun coax cable? | |
John |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 20:12 |
It doesn't need to be beside the LNB, you still need 2 feeds from the LNB though. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 17:29 |
It's this stuff - http://www.cyberselect.co.uk/range/1293 | |
John |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 17:08 |
There will be a technical way to do it but there's a 90% probability that the stuff you need isn't there. You'd then still need 2 feeds from the dish to multiplex. | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 17:07 |
There's only one cable/connection to use, the building was built before Sky+ existed, have just moved from a place with individual dishes. Without the second feed you're only able to record what you're watching, pretty useless. | |
Russ |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 16:36 |
are you just trying to use one cable from LNB to box? | |
jrsteeve |
posted on 30th Oct 12 at 11:11 |
Right so i've done a bit of back reading but can't seem to find the actual answer. It is possible to essentially send the dual feed down a single feed cable using the stacker/de-stacker system, but is it possible to just do it to one flat (i.e. mine) and can I do it myself? |