Using my Sky Q dish for Freesat (UK), what do I need?

[Swindiff]

@Swindiff
I have the Kathrein SatIP server. It will work with a wideband LNB out of the box (as well as unicable and quad/quattro) and provides eight tuners. Its manual is here:
https://www.manuals.co.uk/kathrein/exip-418/manual?p=14
I've no complaints about it (other than it being expensive).

My understanding is that with the correct splitter you can split the two wideband signals (though I don't have any personal experience, I use a quattro LNB). 

Cheers

Did you have to worry about getting the H and V feeds round the right way on the Kathrein and if so how do you tell which is which?  I don't think it matters on the SkyQ box.

Just ordered one from Germany

[something_fishy]

I use a quattro LNB so I had to get the four feeds correct (High H, Low H, High V, Low V), that required a certain degree of trial and error.

With only two cables (H and V) surely it will be just a matter of try one way and if the channel scan is producing what you expect (a few hundred channels) then swap them round and try again.

[Swindiff]

I just wanted to make sure I could not do any damage by getting them round the wrong way?

[something_fishy]

I can only speak from direct experience with my kit. I've never damaged a quattro lnb plugging it into the wrong port.

[Swindiff]

As long as I trust AI

No, reversing the connection of wideband cables on a satellite receiver will not damage the receiver. Wideband LNBs, while having a single local oscillator, still output signals on separate frequency ranges for horizontal and vertical polarizations, but they don't have distinct high and low bands. Reversing the cables simply means you'll be switching the horizontal and vertical signal streams, which will result in an incorrect picture, but not damage to the receiver.

[Swindiff]

I have now got my Sat-IP server.  Got it set up but just want to check what setting I should have for the satellite to be able to scan channels?

Also just checking I have the frequency correct in the servers settings for the wideband LNB?

Thanks

[Swindiff]

I tried 28.2E and no channels discovered.  I could be that the V and H cables are round the wrong way, but just wanted to check which satellite I should be using before swapping them back and forth as its a bit of a PITA to get to, thanks.

[mvallevand]

Astra 28.2 (that I linked you to twice earlier) is correct. To save time during scanning you an make a smaller ini file and just scan maybe 10773.

Save this as 0282-short.ini in C:\Program Files\NextPVR\data\tuning\dvb-s

Code:

[SATTYPE]
1=0282
2=28.2E Single

[DVB]
0=1
1=10773,H,23000,34,S2,8PSK

Martin

[Swindiff]

Sorry Martin, that seems like a long time ago now. 50/50 chance and I got them round the wrong way. All working now. Thanks for all your help, it's really appreciated.

[Swindiff]

Is is possible to duplicate the channels from the 1st tuner to the other 7 or do they all have to be done manually?

Edit:  I just clicked on the 2nd tuner and my question has been answered