Patent ID: 8422982

Claim:
A method for energizing a multi-channel Low Noise Block Converter integrated with a Feed containing multiple Low Noise Block Converter circuits, the Low Noise Block Converter integrated with a Feed connectable to multiple Integrated Receiver Decoders, comprising the steps of: detecting the number of Integrated Receiver Decoders present; energizing all of the Low Noise Block Converter circuits when more than one Integrated Receiver Decoder is detected such that the Low Noise Block Converter circuits are not energized individually selectively; and energizing one Low Noise Block Converter circuit when only a single Integrated Receiver Decoder is detected, by detecting the presence or not of a frequency tone and detecting the level of the voltage supply and selecting the single Low Noise Block Converter circuit which is to be energized by using an Low Noise Block Converter selection decode circuit to operate said one selected Low Noise Block Converter circuit.