Guest Rickyjf Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Hey guys/gals, this may be a stupid question but I've had the original foxtel installer out, the QA guy (from foxtel) and an independent contractor and it looks like there is no way to physically get two cables from the dish to the downstairs living area, (for IQ) and unfortunately we can't diplex the FTA because its crap coaxial cable and the construction of the house makes it impossible to chase in RG6. From the description given my the Foxtel QA (Area Supervisor) I understand that to run two iQ boxes in the one home they run two cables from the dish and then split them into four using a, well, splitter or somesuch. As it turns out Foxtel installed their own dish on our roof which is what our upstairs iQ is running off. We already have an RG6 foxtel type cable running downstairs from an existing dish. (So, two dishes, iQ running off one, the other runs downstairs with ONE cable) My question is, is it possible to split that RG6 cable from the original dish into two in order for iQ functionality? If not, can someone please explain what type cables they run from the dish ordinarily which allows them to split two into four. This is really bugging me, I know its extremely silly to want two iQ boxes, but, what can I say, we just bought a Sony Bravia 70" Full HD RPTV, (KS70R200), and it would be really unfortunate if we were without iQ functionality. Thanking you very much for any advice/info you could give me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extremeaudiowa Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Hey guys/gals, this may be a stupid question but I've had the original foxtel installer out, the QA guy (from foxtel) and an independent contractor and it looks like there is no way to physically get two cables from the dish to the downstairs living area, (for IQ) and unfortunately we can't diplex the FTA because its crap coaxial cable and the construction of the house makes it impossible to chase in RG6.From the description given my the Foxtel QA (Area Supervisor) I understand that to run two iQ boxes in the one home they run two cables from the dish and then split them into four using a, well, splitter or somesuch. As it turns out Foxtel installed their own dish on our roof which is what our upstairs iQ is running off. We already have an RG6 foxtel type cable running downstairs from an existing dish. (So, two dishes, iQ running off one, the other runs downstairs with ONE cable) My question is, is it possible to split that RG6 cable from the original dish into two in order for iQ functionality? If not, can someone please explain what type cables they run from the dish ordinarily which allows them to split two into four. This is really bugging me, I know its extremely silly to want two iQ boxes, but, what can I say, we just bought a Sony Bravia 70" Full HD RPTV, (KS70R200), and it would be really unfortunate if we were without iQ functionality. Thanking you very much for any advice/info you could give me. The issue they have is that with sattellite transmissions there are different channels on different polarisations. Normally the Set top unit will send a voltage up the cable to tell the dish which Polarisation to switch to... Now with IQ there are 2 tuners inbuilt (So you can watch one channel and record another and so on) so with a Dual LNB on the dish it is two cables to the unit so it can switch the frequencies in the LND on the end of the dish. Now when you have 2 IQ boxes they use a spliiter box designed specifically for this purpose or splitting the signal from the 2 different polarisations. IE they take 2 runs from the dish into the splitter one for horizontal polarisation and one for vertical and the splitter will have dual outputs for every set you need (IE: 2 leads from there to one box, 2 leads from there the the second box etc etc etc) I know with SKY in the UK they atually do Quad LNB's for the dish so no splitter needs and 4 leads from the satellite dish (IE to run 2 IQ boxes) but i dont think australia uses these I hope this helps what you wanted to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3v3 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Have a look at this page: http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/foxtel.html If you use a splitter, you should be able to view 2 Horizontal channels, or 2 Vertical Channels simultaneously, but the H channels use a higher voltage, which means you can't watch 1 H and 1 V channel at the same time. I don't have an IQ, but use a splitter to view the Sat using both a Foxtel box and an Aurora FTA box. st3v3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rickyjf Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I think I understand what you're saying. Thanks for a proper explanation, I'm not sure the Foxtel guys could have done as much hehe. At least now I know we've done everything possible and failed. BTW - I CURSE CHEAP ELECTRICIANS WHO RUN CRAP LOW GRADE RF CABLE EVERYWHERE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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