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Originally Posted by Chris
Do you wish to continue using your existing Sky box as well as a new Freesat box? If so, then yes, you need an additional cable - you will also need a new widget to sit on the arm attached to your dish. The widget is called an LNB (low-noise blocker) but to run two set-top boxes you will need a 'dual LNB' that is capable of feeding two different boxes simultaneously.
Every satellite set-top-box requires its own connection to the dish, as the box needs to send tuning instructions to the LNB attached to the dish as well as receiving signals from it.
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Right familiar with cable not so with satellite so bear with me.
.....if you wanted the equivalent PVR functionality to a V+ box you would need a triple LNB and three cables ? Assuming Humax or whoever make a triple tuner box, excluding a connection to the TV.
If I understand correctly on a satellite installation the "tuner" is in the LNB and the cable only carries the tuned signal not the full "bandwidth"?