spiltting signal from one dish to 16 receivers

[n0qcu]

Right now I have 3 SW64 and a SW44 feeding 15 tuners.
7 of the tuners get 61.5,110,119,AND 148
5 get 110,119 and 148
and three get just 110,119 and I could add upto 5 more at this time.

 

[TuxCoder]

I count 17 tuners in your signature. Some of those not in commission at the moment?

 

[n0qcu]

The 322 is at the other house.

 

[meat321]

my tvs so far

I finally got around to taking photos of some of the tv systems. No nothing is complete and its a mess from moving in still but the important thing is their hooked up. The first pick is my baby, its a sony da90esg rceiver, dvp700 dvd, xbr hd digital 53" projection tv, re-6 center, l7 bookshelves for rears, and cerwin e312 towers with sub-150s (15" 200 watt self powered subs) up front. the plasma is an Ilo 42" in the bed room . and down stairs is the old faithfull 45" mitsubishi(cerca 1989) Sorry wireless glitched and the pics didn't load.

 

[Titan_Wireless]

Actually, using DP-Splitters, you can operate up to 24 tuners with DP equipment (using 6 DP-34 switches). With DPP, you can have up to 48 tuners (using 6 DPP-44 switches).

Farmsatguy,

With reguard to your DPP statment. Can you run 48 tuners using the 6 DPP-44 switches from one Dish? If so what LFNB/Dish/splitter combo would you use?

Thanks.

 

[Titan_Wireless]

Actually, using DP-Splitters, you can operate up to 24 tuners with DP equipment (using 6 DP-34 switches). With DPP, you can have up to 48 tuners (using 6 DPP-44 switches).

Farmsatguy,

With reguard to your DPP statment. Can you run 48 tuners using the 6 DPP-44 switches from one Dish? If so what LFNB/Dish/splitter combo would you use?

Thanks.

 

[dodge]

hey meat

what the hell do you need that many tuners for, 6 on 1 tv, I thought i was crzy with 3 tuner on 1 tv
1 for watching nascar
1 for recording the packers game
and the third to record trucks on tnn

 

[stone phillips420]

packers, if not vikes at least bears

 

[DNSdishdude]

it can be done but only with switches however only 4 switches can be trunked per lnb the receiver can only power that many after that its 2nd dish time(for dishnetwork systems)and,yeah do you live on a castle that is a HUGE job even for 2 techs unless all the lineruns were already done and all that was left to be done was dish and switches

 

[Titan_Wireless]

it can be done but only with switches however only 4 switches can be trunked per lnb the receiver can only power that many after that its 2nd dish time(for dishnetwork systems)and,yeah do you live on a castle that is a HUGE job even for 2 techs unless all the lineruns were already done and all that was left to be done was dish and switches

DNSdishdude,

I thought you could only put 3 DPP44 switches together? I need the ability to run 24 single lines, but have the ability to run 24 dual tuners if needed. Thats why I want to do it with DPP since you could run 2 tuners off of one cable. I have seen a pdf that has the setup for the 24 lines and 48 tuners but I get confused because it has a second dish in the doc and I want to do it with only one dish. see attached pdf. Can someone explain this to me?

Thanks,

 

[Smith P.]

I'm not that dude , but for sure I can tell you: doesn't matter number of dishes - you could connect only one LNBF ( one satellite ), but it should have two outputs or you should split one output by DP-approved splitter for feed that two rows of DPP44.
Practically the method should works for DP LNBF and DP34s.

 

[SimpleSimon]

I've got no idea how P.Smith's comment applies to a Dish500 DishPro setup, but whatever.

Anyway, back to the original question.

First, only THREE switches can be strung together - giving the famous 12-feed maximum.

Second, a DP Quad has the necessary outputs to drive two strings of switches using one Dish500. One string uses ports 1 & 2, the other uses 3 & 4. IN THAT ORDER.

 

[Titan_Wireless]

Thanks! Thats just what I needed to know. That would give me access to 110 and 119 right? And if I needed another orbit I could use an Ibracket on the Dish500 and another LNBF for say 121?

Big Thanks Simon

 

[SimpleSimon]

Negative. A Dish500 can only grab 2 DSS birds. In this case 110/119.

121 (and 105) are FSS satellites that require linear LNBFs, and a considerably larger dish (SuperDish).

However, that aside, your switches CAN handle either type (DSS or FSS) of additional DishPro feed. Legacy or non-E* LNBFs need not apply.

Caveat: There is one weird way to get only the odd transponders of a FSS bird using a non-SuperDish LNBF. Never mind unless you really need it.

 

[farmsatguy]

Actually, using DP-Splitters, you can operate up to 24 tuners with DP equipment (using 6 DP-34 switches). With DPP, you can have up to 48 tuners (using 6 DPP-44 switches).

To clarify this (I waited to see what responses I'd get ), here is an example that will work. OK...ready?

In my area we use SuperDish setups (105). The 119 LNB is a DP Dual - one feed starts a chain of 3 DP-34's(or DPP-44's); the other feed which we use to sight it in is then used to start another chain of 3 DP-34's. Typically, the 110 LNB is also a DP Dual (just with the case removed) - do the same thing as 119. As for the 105 FSS feed, us a DP Splitter to shoot the 105 to each of the 2 chains. On some older SuperDish's (type 2's mainly), many of them had a DP Single for 110; just use a DP Splitter on that one too. All done! Oh, except for a ton of wires going to....where ever the receivers are!

You now have two chains of 3 DP-34's off one dish for a total of 6 DP-34's (or 44's as needed).