Once upon a time Mike Thomas shaped the electrons to say... > Why five LNBs? I would have expected two for each room (since there are two > tuners) for a total of four. Is the fifth for HD locals (and if so, wouldn't > I need one for each room, totaling six)?
Doesn't work like that - LNBs are shared between rooms, a 3LNB dish can handle 2 dual-tuner units, actually it can handle many dual-tuner units, with enough ports on a multiswitch. I forget - I think each LNB handles a different satellite locations, and for a long time they were installing 3LNB dishes, but with the HD installs they seem to be installing 5LNB dishes now - could be because of the new birds they're putting up. It isn't like there is one LNB tied to a tuner, one LNB can pull in multiple channels at a time, but it is something to do with either the signal or the position, I'd have to look it up to remember. -MZ -- <URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org> Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer, me. "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 <URL:http://www.megazone.org/> <URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/> Eris
