622 Qam Qbox

[light200]

Can someone please explain what the QAM QBOX is, and what it actually does?
It is my understanding that it allows for an apartment building or MDU to distribute SAT signals over existing coax into a home, then connect this QBOX to convert the signal back to a DISH SAT signal? Also, how will this relate to the supposedly "new qbox" that DISH just announced to allow HD in a QAM distribution? Also, does this technology allow a single DISH 1000 installed on the building to distribute SAT signals to multiple apartments (assuming proper headend equipment)? Thank you

 

[Smith P.]

We don't have any info about Dish head end for MDU. Some info about the Q-BOX has been posted at Dish site and here.

 

[Jim5506]

QAM is the method of encoding digital signal used by most cable systems. QAM box is used by apartment systems similarly, satellite dish receives signal, but uses QAM instead of 8vsb encoding to send programming to receiver.

 

[kb7oeb]

Dish uses QPSK or 8PSK, 8-VSB is used for over the air broadcasts (I'm guessing typo )

 

[Smith P.]

Yeah.

Sat signal - QPSK/8PSK
OTA - 8VSB
Cable - QAM[256]

 

[satstar]

In an apartment complex, the QPSK modulated satellite frequencies are converted to QAM modulated frequencies that are then assigned to a standard cable TV channel. A standard cable ready TV cannot receive these channels without a QAM receiver. Dishnetwork has some receivers that are QAM receivers and a MDU subscriber can get all of the Dish packages just as if they had their on dish. However what they decided to do was utilize their standard QPSK receivers by developing a Q Box which is a small rectangular device that interfaces QAM signals to QPSK receiver. However the QPSK box must be Q box ready. You can't take any QPSK receiver and use a Q box.

 

[Kru83]

In an apartment complex, the QPSK modulated satellite frequencies are converted to QAM modulated frequencies that are then assigned to a standard cable TV channel. A standard cable ready TV cannot receive these channels without a QAM receiver. Dishnetwork has some receivers that are QAM receivers and a MDU subscriber can get all of the Dish packages just as if they had their on dish. However what they decided to do was utilize their standard QPSK receivers by developing a Q Box which is a small rectangular device that interfaces QAM signals to QPSK receiver. However the QPSK box must be Q box ready. You can't take any QPSK receiver and use a Q box.

you sound like my FSM when i first asked him about Qam Box......

 

[whatchel1]

Fsm ?

you sound like my FSM when i first asked him about Qam Box......

FSM? Free Speech Movement, Federated States of Micronesia, Finite state machine, or Flying Spaghetti Monster?

 

[Kru83]

FSM? Free Speech Movement, Federated States of Micronesia, Finite state machine, or Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Field Service Manager.

but i like flying spaghetti monster.