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REPASSAC

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I shall be building new house soon - (it will take a year) and the builder is suggesting a multimedia distribution system by Legrand. There are several types and the one which I think may be suitable appears to combine and distribute terrestrial and satellite to sockets which provide connections for both as well as Ethernet and telephone.

Now I think that to be able to distribute a signal single cable distribution (SCD) is needed.
The Foxsat manual states that this is supported (pages GB15, GB75) and this should be connected to LNB1. Does it actually work and is it likely that future models will support it?

| Thu 26 Apr 2012 14:00:05 #1 |
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Back in the early days someone tested a Foxsat-hdr with a SCD lnb (I think it was Nigel). The results were a bit mixed as I remember. A rich man like you should look at fibre optic lnb technology

| Thu 26 Apr 2012 14:17:26 #2 |
REPASSAC

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Hi GT have ordered a SCD lnb to play with - I had hoped for a reply from Barry - but for now I will play. It's been dispatached but not arrived as yet.

| Sat 5 May 2012 18:07:34 #3 |
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REPASSAC - 8 minutes ago »
Hi GT have ordered a SCD lnb to play with - I had hoped for a reply from Barry - but for now I will play. It's been dispatached but not arrived as yet.

It will be most interesting to see how you get on :-).

| Sat 5 May 2012 18:16:27 #4 |
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Sorry for lack of response to this one, but I had no definitive info, and my contact has been tied up with 'other stuff'

However as graham has stated Nigel did play with this early doors:

http://gonedigital.net/2008/12/16/unicable-and-the-foxsat-hdr/

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=940149&highlight=scd

| Sat 5 May 2012 18:24:07 #5 |
REPASSAC

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Many thanks Barry - hopefully Humax will stick with it. I have ordered one to play with. Will report any success.

| Sat 5 May 2012 21:35:28 #6 |
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Repassac have you seen this post ?

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=58150198&postcount=121

| Fri 11 May 2012 14:10:29 #7 |
REPASSAC

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grahamlthompson - 41 minutes ago »
Repassac have you seen this post ?
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=58150198&postcount=121

That post is very new - tested with the latest firmware from the linked pics. Excellend news. My Inverto Black Unicable "quad?" 40mm LNB with two legacy ports arrived and was awaiting for a wet day to play with it. http://www.inverto.tv/products/product.php?section=1&id=160

I am puzzled by the "Quad" on the box - Ahhh now I understand "The LNB allows for the connection of maximum six (Unicable enabled) Set Top Boxes with Single Tuner via two cables (or of maximum four STBs via one cable)"

Many thanks for your post - glad it all works and I hope that Humax continue to support it on their future G2 boxes.

| Fri 11 May 2012 15:17:04 #8 |
REPASSAC

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G.T. Interesting details on Unicable. It would appear that it's part of the G2 spec from what I have read. So I guess we will be hearing more about it.

I stuck it up on the cottage dish - will try and play with it in the next few days and report back.

| Thu 17 May 2012 16:22:26 #9 |
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REPASSAC - 48 minutes ago »
G.T. Interesting details on Unicable. It would appear that it's part of the G2 spec from what I have read. So I guess we will be hearing more about it.
I stuck it up on the cottage dish - will try and play with it in the next few days and report back.

Thanks for that - most interesting.

| Thu 17 May 2012 17:11:33 #10 |