Multi Switch with Bell & FTA receivers

[jgwhite]

Hello All,

I am looking for a switch solution to run both FTA and Bell receivers.

My hardware

2 - Bell 6131

1 - SV8000

1 - Toroidal T55 - 82, 91, 110, 118/119

1 - 18" oval for 61.5

1 - 9x4 Multiswitch

2 - SW 21


Currently I have the 2 Bell receivers come from the dual LNB 82 and 91 into 2 - SW21 and the SV8000 has 61.5,110, and 118/119 LNB into the 9x4 multi switch.

Before I had the 61.5, I tried a having 82, 91, 110, 119 on the multi switch but the Bell receiver did not work so I had install the 2 SW21's.

What I would like to have is the SV8000 all 5 (61.5,82,91,110,118/119) and the Bell with 82 and 91

I would also accept the SV with only the 4 (61.5,91,110,118/119) if I could reuse the multi switch.

So basiclly I need to split the 82 and 91 LNB into the 2 Bell reciever Sw21's and into the multiswitch.


Would appriciate any ideas on how to accomplish this


Cheers,


John

[Terryl]

Some of the Bell receivers may not like to play with the LNB's used for the T-55, also the 9 x 4 switch might not play well with them, and unless you used the M20-R LNB for 82 and 92 you also may have a bit of a problem, if you used the dual output LNB's for 82 and 91 then you could use the SW 21 switch to run the second output on the 2 LNBs for those satellites to the Bell receiver.

[Terryl]

This may help.11859

[WillDekkard]

To use what you have to work for all 5 sats to the SV8000 and for 82 and 91 to work on your Bell receivers you will need 3 more switches: two 3x4 multiswitches and 1 more SW21 or a 22KHz switch. The other option to keep it simple would be to use a 4x1 DiSEqC switch in place of the 9x4 multiswitch - still need the other 3 switches.

You would place one 3x4 on 91 and the other on 82. Your 2 SW21s would be fed from the 3x4s to output to the 2 6131 receivers. A 3rd feed from each 3x4 would feed the 4x1 DiSEqC along with feeds from the 110 and the 118/119 LNBs. The Output from the 4x1 would input to that 3rd SW21 or 22KHz switch along with a feed from 61.5. The SW21/22KHz switch would then output to your SV8000. If you use the 9x4 multiswitch you will need 2 feeds from each of 110, 118/119, 91's 3x4, & 82's 3x4.

Of course this only works if those Toroidal LNBs play nice with the switches as per Terryl's caution.