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<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 225775" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi bellotaI use two HVR-4000s in TVE3. I used to use DVB-S but currently use DVB-T.When I used DVB-S I used a twin LNB on the dish (well, it was actually a quad but I wasn't using two of the LNBs). I thought (although I may be wrong) that each DVB-S tuner (on a card or in a Set Top Box) needed to be connected to its own LNB. This is because a LNB can only tune to one transponder at a time so if two cards are trying to tune to two different transponders (and Astra 2D I used to use has 4) it causes a conflict. From the details you have given you have said you are using a splitter rather than a twin LNB. This may be why everything worked OK with one SKYstar HD but there are problems with two HVR-4000s. There again it could be something completely different, but it is just a thought as to what the problem might be.By the way I am still using the 3.4b version of the drivers from around May 2007. These have worked fine for the 2 cards using the DVB-S tuners and now the DVB-T tuners (I haven't used both at once as a hybrid card setup yet). I should also mention I do not use DiSEqC so I can't help too much with the motor. The only thing is that I have read on the Hauppauge forums that the HVR-4000 drivers only currently support DiSEqC 1.0, which is switching between 4 LNBs. You would need DiSEqC 1.2 or above for motor control.I hope some of this helpsMew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 225775, member: 29012"] Hi bellota I use two HVR-4000s in TVE3. I used to use DVB-S but currently use DVB-T. When I used DVB-S I used a twin LNB on the dish (well, it was actually a quad but I wasn't using two of the LNBs). I thought (although I may be wrong) that each DVB-S tuner (on a card or in a Set Top Box) needed to be connected to its own LNB. This is because a LNB can only tune to one transponder at a time so if two cards are trying to tune to two different transponders (and Astra 2D I used to use has 4) it causes a conflict. From the details you have given you have said you are using a splitter rather than a twin LNB. This may be why everything worked OK with one SKYstar HD but there are problems with two HVR-4000s. There again it could be something completely different, but it is just a thought as to what the problem might be. By the way I am still using the 3.4b version of the drivers from around May 2007. These have worked fine for the 2 cards using the DVB-S tuners and now the DVB-T tuners (I haven't used both at once as a hybrid card setup yet). I should also mention I do not use DiSEqC so I can't help too much with the motor. The only thing is that I have read on the Hauppauge forums that the HVR-4000 drivers only currently support DiSEqC 1.0, which is switching between 4 LNBs. You would need DiSEqC 1.2 or above for motor control. I hope some of this helps Mew [/QUOTE]

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