Posted by ws on 02/09/07 12:35

The directTV box will only work on the satellite sending videoguard
encryption.
"Unregistered" <not@home.com> wrote in message
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> You need something like this:
>
> http://www.skyvision.com/store/mi3500024.html
>
> (it's hard to see, but the DBS feed is mounted beside the main feed.)
>
> You can jury-rig something similar yourself, as other people have done.
>
> But really, it makes more sense usually to give the DTV box its own
> dish. It can pick up multiple sats at once, and you can set up
> recordings on it without having to worry about where the dish is aimed.
>
> arguellesjc@gmail.com wrote:
>> I'd like to know if any of you have tried (...and succeeded) in setting
>> up a multi-standard configuration... with a single dish (6 feet) and as
>> many LNB's as needed.
>>
>> I already have an FTA receiver (actually I'm using a SkyStar-2 PC
>> Card), and I'm trying to set a DirectTV box on another room... I
>> already have (from a previous DirectTV installation) a 3x4 Switch and
>> several Diplexers.
>>
>> Is this actually possible... and if not, what could be the
>> workaround...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> arguellesjc@gmail.com
>>

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