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The only wire to the LNB is the coax, so it does it all. A custom
splitter could be hacked (DC isolation, etc) but it's not the easy $2 TV
splitter that was envisioned.
Regards,
Allan
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A.J. Carisse wrote:
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> Allan L. Kaminsky wrote:
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> > The receiver powers the LNB at the dish by sending DC up the coax. The
> > splitter is an RF transformer. This will probably short the DC to ground
> > and prevent anything from working.
>
> Hmm... I've never used BMI's KuBand setup (I run my own large dish with BMI's cable
> box), and if it is true that the receiver does send DC through the coax, this is
> going to be a problem. Standard receivers use separate wiring to power the dish
> motor and LNB, and I never imagined that this could even be done through the coax
> feed (which normally aren't designed for these sort of things). Obviously, if
> you're running 2 receivers, one has to be the master and one the slave. With
> standard satellite equipment, this isn't a problem, but if there isn't separate DC
> wiring, at the very least you're going to need special equipment to split, if it's
> even possible at all.
>
> Regards and Good Trading,
> A.J.
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