Star Choice and FTA systems
Used nonstack lnbs
For those of you in Canada, you should be aware that
Star Choice
systems uses nonstack lnbs. And for those of you in the US, these are the ones used for True Free To Air Systems. There are so many kinds of them. The following pictures will show an example of a dual non-stack lnb and a single non-stack lnb looks like:
These LNBS are called linear feed. In fact, they DO NOT work for any of the American Satellites like
DSS
and
Dish Network.
Also, they don't work for
Bell ExpressVu
Systems. Obviously, there is an exception to this rule. These Linear LNBS work for 121W from Echostar since it used a linear feed to broadcast the international channels.
One common question we get asked by customers is whether a splitter works to add more receivers using these type of LNBs. The answer is NO. You see, these LNBs produce 14V to 18V. As soon as you add a splitter to it, the voltage drops by half. Therefore, you get to see less than 1/2 of channels in both receivers.
Infact, even if you were to add busters or amplifers, it won't work. Been there, done that. Definitely, it will work at the beginning, but after a while, the channels will start dissapearing.
Click here - to go back to satellite lnb page from nonstack lnbs webpage
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