I have this dilemma. I have 2 CP decoders.
1 - PVR 7000
2 - HD 5500s
As having previously one decoder and one hole in the wall outside the building and not wanting to drill another outside, I bought a converter - Unicable Quad 40mm LNB, 2 Legacy Ports, Inverto (1210, 1420,1680,2040 MHz), I connected it with a cable coaxial to the splitter (ZLA0636, 3-way, 5-2450 MHz) located inside the building and from the splitter further with coaxial cables to set-top boxes in two rooms. The one to the second HD 5500s decoder with a thinner cable (does it matter?) Than to the first decoder and thinner than the cable from the antenna to the splitter. Everything works, but if there is no current, then the second decoder, after reconnection, there is no signal and you need to connect it to the main antenna again bypassing the splitter, the time on the display jumps in, which means that it caught the signal from the antenna, disconnect and give again to the other room until the next power outage. This is one problem.
And the second is that after reading a few posts in this forum, I found that what works for me should not work and I'm already lost. Also after reading the CP instruction for PVR HD 7000, which says that the cable from the antenna should be connected directly to the LNB1 socket, and not to the splitter, I got in doubt. I mean, can I break something? In decoders and converter. Short circuit and these things. Also with this thinner coaxial cable to the second decoder. I am a layman, so I would like to ask for a too unpleasant statement, if you can of course ask
Oh, both of these decoders normally support a unicable converter.
1 - PVR 7000
2 - HD 5500s
As having previously one decoder and one hole in the wall outside the building and not wanting to drill another outside, I bought a converter - Unicable Quad 40mm LNB, 2 Legacy Ports, Inverto (1210, 1420,1680,2040 MHz), I connected it with a cable coaxial to the splitter (ZLA0636, 3-way, 5-2450 MHz) located inside the building and from the splitter further with coaxial cables to set-top boxes in two rooms. The one to the second HD 5500s decoder with a thinner cable (does it matter?) Than to the first decoder and thinner than the cable from the antenna to the splitter. Everything works, but if there is no current, then the second decoder, after reconnection, there is no signal and you need to connect it to the main antenna again bypassing the splitter, the time on the display jumps in, which means that it caught the signal from the antenna, disconnect and give again to the other room until the next power outage. This is one problem.
And the second is that after reading a few posts in this forum, I found that what works for me should not work and I'm already lost. Also after reading the CP instruction for PVR HD 7000, which says that the cable from the antenna should be connected directly to the LNB1 socket, and not to the splitter, I got in doubt. I mean, can I break something? In decoders and converter. Short circuit and these things. Also with this thinner coaxial cable to the second decoder. I am a layman, so I would like to ask for a too unpleasant statement, if you can of course ask
Oh, both of these decoders normally support a unicable converter.