recording and watching different channels

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mikethemadmonk

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Sorry if this is old hat, bear with me I'm a noob!
I live in France and have one dish to receive freesat.
To record one channel and watch a different program at the same time,I am told I should have two cables going in the back.
Does this mean I need another dish, or is the one cable split in some way.
We were recording a show last night and I wanted to watch the match but is kept saying "Bad or poor signal"
Any help gratefully accepted.

| Wed 16 Oct 2013 12:17:15 #1 |
grahamlthompson

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On the back of the Foxsat there are 3 connections. To use both tuners on a single cable you need a short length of coax with as f connector on each end. You simply connect the middle connection tuner 1 out to tuner 2 in.

You won't get the capability to record any two channels at the same time but it will make a big difference as to what you can record and also what 3rd channels are viewable by recording two.

See

http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-can-i-record-and-watch-using-1-or-2-cables

| Wed 16 Oct 2013 12:25:07 #2 |
Donj

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If I may add, its fairly cheap and easy to fit a twin LNB onto the dish and run a new shotgun (twin) cable then you can use its full function.

| Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:53:18 #3 |