How many of you have two FTA receivers hooked up to one TV using the "LNB Output" on the primary receiver?
I've had my Openbox S9 receiver sitting next to my Optibox Anaconda receiver now for many months and sometimes swap receivers when performing experiments, dish alignments and product reviews. For some reason I "assumed" that the LNB Output would only be active if the receiver was powered on and even then the polarity would be determined by the primary receiver.
This afternoon after waiting 30 minutes for my Optibox Anaconda to perform a blind scan after performing a LNBF adjustment I decided to try connecting the LNB Output of the Anaconda to the LNB Input of the Openbox and have each receiver on their own TV Input. Having the Optibox Anaconda powered off I powered on the Openbox S9 and was surprised to see that the signal was being passed through. Motor control and polarity switching worked great on the second receiver. No longer do I need to swap out receivers disconnecting and reconnecting coax and video cables.
The only problem I've seen was an occasional white horizontal line across the screen while performing a scan and an occasional red horizontal line across the screen when switching channels when using the Openbox S9. Could this be caused by using the LNB Output of the Optibox Anaconda or does the Openbox S9 receiver have a problem when using the component outputs?
I'm now thinking of the benefits of using two receivers on one TV. Perhaps one receiver for C band and the other for KU band. Perhaps one receiver for testing and the other for primary viewing. I could also use the Openbox for fast blind scanning to find feeds and then input those into the Optibox.
I must admit the Openbox S9 still offers an awesome picture and has a fast blind scan. I also like how the SD channels automatically format to 16:9 to fit the TV screen.
Questions:
1) What is the best firmware version to use on the Openbox S9? I've never upgraded the firmware on the S9 since purchase several years ago and wonder if some of the problems (clock, timers, green output, etc) have been corrected and if new features / improvements have been made.
2) Could any harm be done to the primary receiver having the output connected to a secondary receiver during operation?
3) How many receivers could be daisy chained like this? For example could I possibly hookup 5 or more FTA receivers in my communications room for testing using only one receiver at a time? Up until now I was simply swapping the LNB Input, but if I could have them all connected at the same time that would be awesome.
I've had my Openbox S9 receiver sitting next to my Optibox Anaconda receiver now for many months and sometimes swap receivers when performing experiments, dish alignments and product reviews. For some reason I "assumed" that the LNB Output would only be active if the receiver was powered on and even then the polarity would be determined by the primary receiver.
This afternoon after waiting 30 minutes for my Optibox Anaconda to perform a blind scan after performing a LNBF adjustment I decided to try connecting the LNB Output of the Anaconda to the LNB Input of the Openbox and have each receiver on their own TV Input. Having the Optibox Anaconda powered off I powered on the Openbox S9 and was surprised to see that the signal was being passed through. Motor control and polarity switching worked great on the second receiver. No longer do I need to swap out receivers disconnecting and reconnecting coax and video cables.
The only problem I've seen was an occasional white horizontal line across the screen while performing a scan and an occasional red horizontal line across the screen when switching channels when using the Openbox S9. Could this be caused by using the LNB Output of the Optibox Anaconda or does the Openbox S9 receiver have a problem when using the component outputs?
I'm now thinking of the benefits of using two receivers on one TV. Perhaps one receiver for C band and the other for KU band. Perhaps one receiver for testing and the other for primary viewing. I could also use the Openbox for fast blind scanning to find feeds and then input those into the Optibox.
I must admit the Openbox S9 still offers an awesome picture and has a fast blind scan. I also like how the SD channels automatically format to 16:9 to fit the TV screen.
Questions:
1) What is the best firmware version to use on the Openbox S9? I've never upgraded the firmware on the S9 since purchase several years ago and wonder if some of the problems (clock, timers, green output, etc) have been corrected and if new features / improvements have been made.
2) Could any harm be done to the primary receiver having the output connected to a secondary receiver during operation?
3) How many receivers could be daisy chained like this? For example could I possibly hookup 5 or more FTA receivers in my communications room for testing using only one receiver at a time? Up until now I was simply swapping the LNB Input, but if I could have them all connected at the same time that would be awesome.
