Support of single-LNB/satCR/unicable?

[Danielorum]

Thank you all for your replies. So now i know that my TM supports this unicable lnb. Right now, i have a quad lnb, with 2 cables, where 1 goes to each tuner. But when i record 2 shows at once, i can only watch recordings. Will the unicable solution resolve this problem, or is this a limitation of my TM stb?

I also also tried with an external tuner, with a cable from the quad. But i can only use this, and and 1 of my internal tuners, at the same time. Or my 2 internal tuners, and not the external... what gives???

Please speak to me, as if im a complete newbie to all of this, satellite lingo

Thanks again!!

[2stein]

no, unicable will not make a difference if you have 2 cables connected with the 2 tuners.
it would make a twin receiver with just one cable attached a real twin receiver... but you have 2 cables, so no improvement.

to eliminate your bottleneck you need more tuners... maybe a quad box.
and then unicable comes into play again.

p.s. don't understand why the 3rd external tuner doesn't cooperate with the 2 internal ones.

[Danielorum]

Right, that makes alot of sense.. Thanks for your reply.. perhaps i need to try with a different tuner. The one im using is a: Mystique SaTiX-S2 tuner.

[bentleyboys]

Hi, Sorry to jump in but really struggling to understand this. i have solo 4k Unicable lnb connected via splitter to A and B inputs.Latest Vix loaded I have set scr different on both A and B is this correct or should they be the same scr number?

At the moment I have 4 tuners in total across the 2 inputs

Just for info I also have a spare legacy cable free which i could add to a or b if it would give more tuners available? my wife records a LOT!

I keep reading 8 scrs are possible with uni and solo4K but cannot get this any which way I try

Any help appreciated

Many thanks

[Huevos]

If you have a Unicable LNB you will need to configure all tuners, not just first 2.

[bentleyboys]

Hi Huevos Do i set the channel scr the same on all 8? I have set a different scr on A, B, C, D at present and nothing on EFGH

Thanks for the help in advance

[bentleyboys]

Thanks Huevos I have set ABCD tuners as unicable and set them on separate scr channels 1-4 is this correct or should they be on the same on e.g. scr 1?

On signal finder i get 100% on the 4 tuners set this way and can record 4 channels

Based on this can you then advise what the other 4 should be set to EFGH to give the full 8 available

Really appreciate the help as justified the box to give the wife multi channel recording :-)

[2stein]

each tuner needs to have a different scr. so, how many you can set depends on whether you have an lnb with 4 scrs or a switch with 8.
if you have 8 you can set e-h to scr5 - scr8.
and you only need one cable connected to a.
p.s. just read that you have a unicable lnb, so you can only configure a-d... e-h will remain unusable.

[Huevos]

Some Unicable LNBs have more than 4 scr's. What LNB is it?

[Danielorum]

I Will be moving into my newly purchased home in a couple of months. I will then try to set up the unicable lnb and dish, and report back how it works. Thanks for all your support guys!

[zino]

From what I understand:
An FBC tuner with a unicable LNB, same as having 4 tuners on same sat
An FBC tuner with a standard LNB, same as having 1 tuner with loopouts for that quadrant (high/low/h/v)

Unicable can supply upto 8 tuners
FBC can virtually tune 4

If I had a Unicable LNB, and say Solo 4k with 2 x FBC tuners... Do I need 1 feed (wire) from the dish - split the feed using a splitter,feed into the 2 FBC tuners...
or
2 independant unicable feeds needed frm the dish - no splitting?

To summarise my question:
Solo 4K says the 2 x FBC allows upto 8 channels to be recorded at the same time
Do need a single feed from a Unicable LNB, which is then split inside the house next to the Solo 4K
or
The Unicable LNB needs to have 2 separate Unicable feeds to the Solo 4K?

[bentleyboys]

Hi I have just picked up whilst in Germany and new Unicable 2 32 channel lnb connected it to my solo 4 but am struggling in adding the extra tuners.

lnb is SP-IDLU 32UL40 UNMOO-OPP

on the config I have selected

unicable user defined
SatCR1
Freq 1496 Ch 16 on paperwork with lnb
LOF/L 09750 (was on this not changed by me)
LOF/H 10600 (again unchnged)
Threshold 11700 (unchanged)
connected no
DiSEqC None

Only on 28.2 BTW

When I go to signal finder it shows no signal

If I select old unicable LNB it has signal but only 4 SCRs available need the 8

Very confused

Any help appreciated

[2stein]

there is a file unicable.xml that specifies the scr frequencies for the lnbs.

 		<manufacturer name="Inverto">
 			<product name="IDLP-40UNIQD+S" scr1="1680" scr2="1420" scr3="2040" scr4="1210"/>
 			<product name="IDLB-QUDL-UNI2L-OPP" scr1="1210" scr2="1420" scr3="1680" scr4="2040"/>
+			<product name="IDLB-QUDL42-UNI2L-1PP" scr1="1210" scr2="1420" scr3="1680" scr4="2040"/>
 		</manufacturer>

i recently added the last one.
so, just copy the line, change the name and add scr5 to scr8 accordingly.
that should be it.

CH1 1210MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH2 1420MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH3 1680MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH4 2040MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH5 984MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH6 1020MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH7 1056MHz (EN50494+EN50607)
 CH8 1092MHz (EN50494+EN50607)

[Huevos]

Use channels 1-8.

[2stein]

Unicable can supply upto 8 tuners
FBC can virtually tune 4

If I had a Unicable LNB, and say Solo 4k with 2 x FBC tuners... Do I need 1 feed (wire) from the dish - split the feed using a splitter,feed into the 2 FBC tuners...
or
2 independant unicable feeds needed frm the dish - no splitting?

To summarise my question:
Solo 4K says the 2 x FBC allows upto 8 channels to be recorded at the same time
Do need a single feed from a Unicable LNB, which is then split inside the house next to the Solo 4K
or
The Unicable LNB needs to have 2 separate Unicable feeds to the Solo 4K?

you only need one cable connected to tuner a. all other tuners will be configured to connect internally.