johnycarper Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I hope someone can answer this question I am about to buy a new tv and dvd recorder/player can I use one of these to allow the two feeds so I can watch one channel and record another.http://www.amazon.com/Antronix-CMC2002H-2-Way-Splitter/dp/B001E4OH1EThanks,John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 When you say "the two feeds", do you mean you have a device to give you two channels at the same time from your one satellite dish? Or are you talking about having one UK channel and one French one? If the former, I think you would need two leads and also two TVs in order to (a) see what you are programming on the recorder and (b) play it back. Apologies if I have misunderstood your question. Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jako Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 The simple answer is: NONot even for watching and recording two French TNT channels. A DVD recorder is ancient history, you need a TNT/TNTSAT/CanalSat/Freesat/Sky (whatever you want to watch) decoder with at least two tuners and a harddisc recorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnycarper Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hi,What I am about to buy is a new tv that has a freeview and a freesat decoders on so I can watch freesat on my dish here in France and when we finally go back to uk I could watch freeview via an aerial..What I want to know if I also buy one of the new pvr recorders can I have one lead from the dish and then split it so as to have two feeds,this would then possibly give me the ability to watch and record at the same time.Hope this makes sense,John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 You can't split a single LNB the way you want you need a twin LNB with two cables. You can buy a twin cable that is two cables 'glued' together so you can pull it through as one cable. You then pull them apart slightly at each end in to two seperate cables. One goes to the TV and the other to your pvr recorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnycarper Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Thanks Quillan that's what I wanted to know,is that cable easy to buy and where please.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I believe you are best buying it online as I have not seen it in the Brico's but then I have not bought any myself. Have a punt round the Internet to see what you can find. Somebody else may 'come along' on the forum with a good suggestion of where to buy. Go for quality and not price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 More than anyone could want to know about cables can be found herehttp://www.aerialsandtv.com/cableandleads.htmlCertainly not cheap but great quality and their website has a very useful Tips section. I rekoned that I was only going to run cables onces so i wanted to do it right but in fact I did it once (badly) then did it again using quality materials. The result was a huge jump in signal quality from low 70% to solid 96%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Don't be tempted to use a baseplate outlet either. Leave enough cable for future use and don't put joints in the cable. It should be one continuous length from LNB to decoder. Every joint you make drops the signal quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnycarper Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Sorry not said thanks sooner and the information has been useful and at least I now know what I have to do.First think will be to try and find someone to get up on roof and run the new cable,on the way back to France now with new tv,sat box and sound bar cannot wait to get it all going.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Oh crikey - I see life in France is still as complicated as ever!!Just use filmon.com - 10 hours free recording of whatever and whenever you like. You do have the internet in France don't you ???DVD and MP3 players are due to 'expire' during 2014 - defunct due technological advances......Chiefluvvie :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elamessa Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Filmon is fine at the moment but how long will it be before the authorities close it down!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Oh dear - we're all doomed......If Filmon should disappear (???) then you can just use the on demand 'players' - most channels have them now and you can even download for offline viewing from most of them.....you know 2014 and all that.....Chiefluvvie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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