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Hi,
After being the happy owner of the fox-t2 box for a couple of years, we have moved house and the new home has a dish. So I have placed the fox-t2 in the kitchen/diner and bought the freesat hdr 1000s for the living room. Connected the existing satellite cable, gone through the setup to find I need a second cable if I wish to record and watch at the same time (which of course I do)
I had no idea I would need two cables for the freesat box. The fox t2 only required the one aerial cable to record two and watch a 3rd, I never realised satellite worked differently.
As far as I am aware there is only one cable running from my dish to the living room. What do I need to do to get a second cable connected. Can I buy some sort of splitter to attach to the existing cable which will then connect to both inputs on the humax? Do I need to buy and connect a second cable to fix to the dish and run down to my living room, through the wall and into the humax? If this is the case, is this easy enough for a novice?
Any advice and info on what my options are would be great.
Many thanks
Greg
PS – On a seperate issue, the box seems to work ok but the ondemand says unavailable. I can watch ondemand by either going back in time on the guide or via showcase but not through the ondemand section. The box is updated to latest software.
The box has an internal loop through to allow dual recording with one cable. The second channels you can record are of course limited compared to a second cable. To get full functionality you need a second cable back to the lnb (assuming it has spare outputs, if not a new lnb is required). If the lnb has a spare output and the dish is accessible it’s a relatively simple job to run a new cable.
http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-can-i-record-and-watch-using-1-or-2-cables
There’s a separate thread re your lack of on demand.
Many thanks for your reply. I have had a look and my dish only has a single lnb so I have ordered a quad lnb and 15m twin coax cable. Hopefully, I’ll get it all setup without issues.
Thanks again.
gtrance – 3 hours ago »
Many thanks for your reply. I have had a look and my dish only has a single lnb so I have ordered a quad lnb and 15m twin coax cable. Hopefully, I’ll get it all setup without issues.
Thanks again.
A factory reset is necessary after installing a second feed. Make a note of your recording schedule as they will need to be re-input. (Existing recordings will be kept)
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