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    Unicable setup - help / advice needed

    I am going to install a unicable setup as I have just moved and have no dish at the moment so I can start from scratch.

    Currently have a VU+Duo2 with 4 tuners

    Thinking of getting:

    Unicable Quad 40mm LNB, 2 Legacy (1 splitter*) (IDLB-QUDL42-UNI2L-1PP)

    Also thinking of standard Sky dish will i need an adapter to make it fit?

    and finally does anybody know if this splitter will work for unicable:

    http://www.screwfix.com/p/4-way-spli...ll-ports/69265

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    If you are just going to use a 4 channel LNB what is the point?
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    Single cable down the side of my house really - 4 cables looks horrible plus in the future when I get a FBC box, I can just keep the cable and change the LNB

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    I have very bad experiences with the VU dual tuners and a Unicable LNB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob van der Does View Post
    I have very bad experiences with the VU dual tuners and a Unicable LNB.
    Rob a serious question! Are there any receivers that work out of the box with Unicable, without any additional work?
    Just seems that Unicable seems to need a lot of time, effort and drivers to get it to work and I haven,t seen a benefit apart from cables.
    Gigablue Quad 4K & UE 4K
    .........FBC Tuners:
    ------------------> DUR-Line DCR 5-1-8-L4 Multiswitch to 1.5M dish(28.2E)
    ------------------> Spaun SUS 5581/33 NFA Multiswitch to 80 cm dish(19.2E)
    .......................> FBC & DVB-S2X into 90cm dish (27.5W) Opticum robust Unicable LNB
    AX HD61, Edision Osmio 4K+, Zgemma H9Combo, Octagon SF8008 , gbtrio4k, h9se using Legacy ports on multiswitches
    Zgemma H9 C/S into Giga4K

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    Unicable should work just fine (and 'out of the box'). And it is very easy to setup. It works just fine for me for all my boxes EXCEPT for VU DUAL tuner boards.
    But remember: I'm just talking about one Unicable LNB, not about Unicable switches or Unicable II (Jess). So no idea if that makes any difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob van der Does View Post
    Unicable should work just fine (and 'out of the box'). And it is very easy to setup. It works just fine for me for all my boxes EXCEPT for VU DUAL tuner boards.
    But remember: I'm just talking about one Unicable LNB, not about Unicable switches or Unicable II (Jess). So no idea if that makes any difference.
    Again bcause I am totally ignorant on this subject, I thought Jess was Unicable?
    Gigablue Quad 4K & UE 4K
    .........FBC Tuners:
    ------------------> DUR-Line DCR 5-1-8-L4 Multiswitch to 1.5M dish(28.2E)
    ------------------> Spaun SUS 5581/33 NFA Multiswitch to 80 cm dish(19.2E)
    .......................> FBC & DVB-S2X into 90cm dish (27.5W) Opticum robust Unicable LNB
    AX HD61, Edision Osmio 4K+, Zgemma H9Combo, Octagon SF8008 , gbtrio4k, h9se using Legacy ports on multiswitches
    Zgemma H9 C/S into Giga4K

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    Quote Originally Posted by twol View Post
    Again bcause I am totally ignorant on this subject, I thought Jess was Unicable?
    JESS is Unicable II @twol


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    Vu+ Ultimo 4K with 3TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Twin Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 4K with 1TB HDD, Dual FBC (Sat) tuners, 1x Hybrid DVB-C/T/T2 tuner
    Vu+ Solo 2 with 1TB HDD 'White Edition', 2x DVB-S2 tuners
    Mut@nt HD2400 with 1TB HDD, 4x DVB-S2 tuners
    Fixed 28.2E Technomate 65cm Mesh Satellite Dish with Inverto Unicable II/JESS LNB and Inverto Unicable Splitter
    Fixed 28.2E Sky Zone 1 45cm Satellite Dish with Octo LNB
    (All receivers installed with the latest Dev build)

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    Ok - I didn't realise there were issues - what kinds of problems do the VU+ tuners experience?

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    They won't switch normally from an occupied tuner (e.g. because a recording is going on) to a free tuner.
    But as I said: this only applies to the dual-tuneboards.

    'Jess' is just a brand name of a Unicable II manufacturer.

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