To use both tuners do you need both cables?

[XabiX]

Hello,

I just received my quad and it s the first time I have a dual tuner box. I was wondering if I need a splitter so both tuners get wired or if I wire one it's enough to be able to record one channel while watching another one.

thanks
XabiX

[Larry-G]

Ideally to get the best out of the tuners you need one feed from the LNB to each tuner card. I would not even consider a splitter as the feed can not be split in this way. I'm not sure with the Quad as i dont have one but as a temporary measure you could loop the feed from one tuner to the next but this still wont provide you will the full functionality of a dedicated feed to each tuner.

[XabiX]

there are only one input per tuner so no like the vu+ where you had a in and out on each tuner.
I will try to see if this work
thanks for the feedback

[Larry-G]

Im not sure but i believe like the Duo this box should have a internal loopthrough rather than needing a external one.

[Trial]

Hi,
I think since one of the last driver updates the Quad can also loop by software like the VU+ Duo. Look in the change log for the driver. As phoenix said 1 cable and loop is not the same as two real cables.

ciao

[Rob van der Does]

Indeed the Quad has an internal loopthrough (setting in the tuner config is sufficient).

[veskop]

Indeed the Quad has an internal loopthrough (setting in the tuner config is sufficient).

Is it working now?

[sanderson82]

Can I ask what benefit loop through gives you if you only have a single feed?


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[Rob van der Does]

It would give the second tuner access to all the transponders that are in the same 'quadrant' (polarisation H/V,frequency band H/L) as the first tuner is looking at.