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Someone told me it's a 2 GHZ splitter, is this true?

 

[Pinza]

Your last question about splitters was in the Shaw Cable Forum, where the correct answer is 1 Ghz.

For Bell TV, I would strongly recommend 3 Ghz but please NOTE splitters cannot be used in the same way as Cable, there are very specific installations when a splitter can be used.

 

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What do you mean by very specific?

 

[Pinza]

Well without going into details covered many times, you cannot take 1 line from the LNBF and use a splitter to feed 2 Receivers.

You should be looking at a Multiswitch.

What do you have now, Dish/Receivers etc.?
What do you want to add.?

I can then advise accordingly.

 

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Would this one work?

http://www.fatwiredist.ca/cart/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=336
It says it's bell approved

 

[Pinza]

Just because it is Bell Approved it will still NOT work for splitting 1 line to feed 2 Receivers.

 

[smootherator]

yeah that will not work to feed 2 receivers. Kind of misleading advertising there.

 

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So, is the best thing to do is to run a new line from the dish?

 

[Pinza]

No, it is NOT misleading at all. Nowhere does it say "Will allow splitting of 1 line to feed 2 Receivers".

It says "Bell Approved", which it is.

Bell produce and APL (Approved Parts List), it a product is NOT on the APL, it should NOT be used for any part of a Bell TV Installtion.

 

[Pinza]

As I asked in Post #4;

What do you have now, Dish/Receivers etc.?
What do you want to add.?

I can then advise accordingly.

 

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I have 1 dish....

I want to run 1 line into 2 receivers, 2 HD receivers for that matter. I have 1 dish.

 

[Pinza]

What do you have now.?

 

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I have 1 arm on the satellite dish. I have 1 working receiver, I want 2.

 

[Pinza]

Model of Receiver.? or is it HD.?

Does the Dish have space for a 2nd LNBF.?

 

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It's an HD receiver. It's a big dish and it has space for 2 arms, yes.

 

[Pinza]

Perfect, thanks.

You are not getting HD Channels, is that correct.

 

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Not at the moment, no. I didn't buy them.

 

[Pinza]

Well, firstly you do know that if you call Bell to subscribe to HD you will get the Upgrade for FREE.?

That said, what you need is another LNBF, 2 x SW21's and another line from the Dish. This is assuming you are using Single Tuner HD Receivers, 6100/6131 or 6141's.

This image is how the above will look.

Just ignore the Dual Tuner part that will be 2 Single Tuner Receivers.

 

[Pinza]

Or you could just get one of these, much easier and less cabling;

If then at some point you want to swap a Single Tuner Receiver for a Dual, you just add one of these behind the Receiver;

NOTE; It is NOT a Splitter..... Honest.

 

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thanks so much!