running 2 stb's from two switches <moved>

[trixterboy]

when I use my lime and viewsat at the same time I seem to get signal loss on the lime, as it seems the viewsat overpowers the lime and the lime freezes, would a signal amplifier help the situation, to give more juice to the lnb's to send signal to both stb's? as I understand it is the stb that powers the lnb's, and so i assume when i turn on 2 stb's the power is split between the both or all from viewsat and lime gets overpowered?

I have 2 emp's and 4 signals coming into both switches, and lots of rg6 coax in between the stb and the switches...

any advice???

[Bigpineguy Retired]

Moved to a better spot for you to get help...


BPG~

[WillDekkard]

when I use my lime and viewsat at the same time I seem to get signal loss on the lime, as it seems the viewsat overpowers the lime and the lime freezes, would a signal amplifier help the situation, to give more juice to the lnb's to send signal to both stb's? as I understand it is the stb that powers the lnb's, and so i assume when i turn on 2 stb's the power is split between the both or all from viewsat and lime gets overpowered?

I have 2 emp's and 4 signals coming into both switches, and lots of rg6 coax in between the stb and the switches...

any advice???

Is your dish system grounded? Most switching issues arise from a lack of grounding the dish(es), cables(using a 2.5GHz block), and especially switches. These must be grounded using a solid copper wire to an earth ground.

[trixterboy]

yes the cable going into the house is grounded in the cable box with a block, what next?

[WillDekkard]

yes the cable going into the house is grounded in the cable box with a block, what next?

Ground the switches and the Dish to an earth ground.