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[bappida69]

Hello,

I am a newbie to the world of FTA and have been looking at the forums/FAQs etc for almost 2 weeks now. I think I have understood the concept behind FTA but have very basic question about what I need to buy to set up FTA. Here's the information:

I purchased a house and my previous owner had SuperDish installed on the roof. I can see LNBs(2?)from down below. Owing to the height of the installed dish, I can't get up to see the dish in more detail. But from my neighbour I understood that the previous owner used to have good quality dish coverage for many years. I have subscribed to cable for some time. So the questions are:

(1) If I buy an FTA receiver, would I be able to hook it to the existing set up that I have. If yes, how would the connections look like. I noticed that there is a onq 2x6 video setup in the bedroom where the wires are connected(I am guessing from the roof). So if I have a receiver, where would all the wires be connected to.

(2) Is the SuperDish enough for receiving FTA?

I am sure these are very basic questions but I really searched but could not find the answers. Any help/directions is more than welcome.

Thanks in advance

 

[updatelee]

superdish imo is much to small for any fta use. you might be able to pickup the odd super high power tp, but I wouldnt bother.

sadoun has some excellent packages where you get the dish, lnb, motor and ird for a very competative price.

 

[techno935]

Superdishes are good for Dish Network receivers only cause the superdishes have internal switches. True FTA receivers have no avail for internal switch settings like that of a superdish.

Maybe I'm wrong about that statement, but either way, you're better off getting a 30" or more dish, linear (standard) Ku LNB, and maybe a motor down the road one day.

 

[Tron]

The Superdish IS designed to pick up linear Ku, but the vertical axis is somewhat undersized. It will work, but I wouldnt' recommend it unless you have a blindscan-capable receiver since the Ku LNB (and the DBS one for that matter) is stacked. This means the LNB takes all signals from both polarities and puts them into a single polarity, "stacking" one polarity in a frequency range above the other.