FBC Tuner requirements

[2stein]

ah, they don't transmit full bands... but then the advantage of fcb-tuners is gone again.

[Trial]

Hi,
you did not understand. With unicable and FCB and only 2 cables you can get up to 8 transponder from up to 2 sat and each is completely free selectable. Without unicable you can only watch/record up to 8 transponder from 2 out of #ofsat * 4 bands. With or without unicable/jess FCB tuner have advantages.

ciao

[2stein]

Hi,
you did not understand.

could be :-)

With unicable and FCB and only 2 cables you can get up to 8 transponder from up to 2 sat and each is completely free selectable.

8 transponders concurrently? for that the fbc would require a full band as input. but doesn't unicable only transmit one tranponder at a time?
anyway...

[Trial]

Hi,
each FCB tuner gets more then 1 unicable SCR and therefore does not need full band because it simply transmits several transponder in this 1GHz.

Ralf

[2stein]

Hi,
each FCB tuner gets more then 1 unicable SCR and therefore does not need full band because it simply transmits several transponder in this 1GHz.

Ralf

ok, thanks... we are getting closer... :-)
so, i would need a unicable lnb or switch with 8 scrs to fully exploit the 2 fbcs?

[Trial]

Hi,
yes:-) Unicable or jess.

ciao

[2stein]

Hi,
yes:-) Unicable or jess.

ciao

ok, so unicable with 8 scrs gives us access to 8 transponders spread across all 4 bands.

however, it will not give us the super fast zapping when zapping to a channel that does not happen to be on one of the 8 tuned transponders.
this may not be a big deficiency as super fast zapping is not available for scrambled channels anyway.

[Arcy]

I have a Unicable LNB which is connected to a SAT>IP streaming box (Inverto IDL400S). This has four tuners which are set to match the four frequencies output by the LNB. Using the splitter supplied with the LNB for attaching a second SAT>IP box, I've extended it to tuners G and H of the Solo 4K. This worked fine except when I started up a client device connected to the Inverto receiver. While I was selecting and tuning a channel on the client (actually a mobile phone app), reception on the Solo 4K was interrupted momentarily a few times. The reason appears to be that both tuner contend for the lowest available LNB channel, and it takes them a few seconds to agree a settlement. Since I don't expect to need more than two SAT>IP clients, the solution I've found is to configure tuners G and H on the Solo 4K to channels SCR2 and SCR3, avoiding the use of SCR0 and SCR1 (the lowest channels). But of course this does limit the versatility of the FBC tuner.

[jonnyflash]

Hi,
I have Vu Solo2 with octo LNB/60cm solid dish. I have ordered Solo4k and was wondering what if any upgrades to cable/dish/LNB would be recommended?

[2stein]

Hi,
I have Vu Solo2 with octo LNB/60cm solid dish. I have ordered Solo4k and was wondering what if any upgrades to cable/dish/LNB would be recommended?

without lnb/switch upgrade the solo 4k will be no different than your solo2.
you need unicable to fully exploit the solo 4k fbc tuners.

[nsw9154]

just did a ebay search for 4k LNB's and almost every ordinary one said 4k even the ones that i have, very confusing

[jonnyflash]

Would you have a link to what I need?

[abu baniaz]

just did a ebay search for 4k LNB's and almost every ordinary one said 4k even the ones that i have, very confusing

An ordinary one will recver 4K transmissions. You will not gain the benefits of the FBC tuner in the Solo 4K if you use it though.

As mentioned above, Unicable LNB

[jonnyflash]

Will the original sat cable do?

[rossi2000]

yes
im going to get something soon, but im going to have to get someone to come and fit it for me, my dish is above the gutter so fecked if im going up there to change it