Switching Satellites

I have a Linux satellite box, which only has on tuner, but I have two Static dishes (one for Sky Italia/Germany and one for Sky UK). Every time I want to watch a different satellites channels, I have to take out the sat wire from the back of the box.

My question is, is their a switch or something similar, where I don't have to keep changing the wire from the back, other than getting a twin tuner box?

si78art said:

you need to get somewhere a lnb switch 4 or 3 in and 1 out, than you need to get in the software to turn on ports, if there is the first lnb on astra 19.2 then in the first port put astra 19.2 an so on, then save it and scan
happy watching without changing wires,

I have three seperate lnbs in one dish, astra, hotbird and eutelsat 16, i made it by myself through a dreambox

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Can I not put the LNB switch near the box rather than on/near dish?

xXTomXx said:

if you had several lnb´s for every sat(19,2/13/28,2) you just need a diseqc 4/1 switch. it doesnt matter how much dishes you have. you can install the switch outside, near the dishes, so you only need one cable to the receiver.

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Do you lose a bit of signal, if you use a diseqc switch?

Will I need an uncommitted Diseqc switch, if i'm using a monoblock for Sky Italia and Sky Germany?


If so, where's the best place to buy one, can't see any on Ebay.

carl59c said:

TRY LOOKING AT A SATELLITE/CABLE TV MANUAL A B SWITCH ABOUT £3 ON EBAY

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Will this work with a monoblock line?

carl59c said:

YOUR POST ASKED FOR A SWITCH TO WORK SKY UK AND ASTRA 19e IF YOU HAVE THE MONOBLOCK LNB ON ASTRA 19e IT WILL PICK UP HOTBIRD 13e SAME DISH, SKY UK SECOND DISH, A B SWITCH, DISH 1 ASTRA 19e/13e, DISH 2 SKY UK, HAD ONE YEARS AGO ASTRA/ HOTBIRD, AND THOR, 2 DISHES ONE BOX A B SWITCH WORKED FOR ME

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How do I configure my tuner with this switch?

What tuner settings do I use?

I think I will have to change the tuner settings every time I change from 28E to 13/19.2E (monoblock), as the receiver will not have the satellite channels (channels will be grayed out), if the wrong satellite is selected.