Patent ID: 7826791

Claim:
Satellite broadcast receiving and distribution equipment for in use receiving satellite broadcast signals in the form of vertical polarization signals and horizontal polarization signals and/or left-hand circular polarization signals and right-hand circular polarization signals, said receiving and distribution equipment distributing received satellite broadcast signals to a plurality of satellite receivers which supply desired broadcasts to respective sources, the equipment comprising: a satellite dish that in use receives the satellite broadcast signals in the form of vertical polarization signals and horizontal polarization signals and/or left-hand circular polarization signals and right-hand circular polarization signals; a head-in processor for in use being coupled to the satellite dish, the head-in processor including a low-noise block converter and having a coaxial output for connection to a coaxial cable that in use distributes received satellite broadcast signals to the plurality of satellite receivers; said head-in processor including converter circuitry structured to in use convert vertical polarization signals and horizontal polarization signals and/or left-hand circular polarization signals and right-hand circular polarization signals the satellite dish receives into non-interfering signals and apply said converted non-interfering signals simultaneously to the coaxial cable via the coaxial output, the processor in use enabling multiple different frequencies and polarities to be transmitted simultaneously to the plurality of satellite receivers via said single coaxial cable; the plurality of satellite receivers each having a coaxial cable input for in use being coupled to the coaxial cable, the plurality of satellite receivers each controlling selection of polarization on the coaxial cable to be provided thereto via the coaxial cable input thereof so the satellite receiver can receive and provide desired broadcast signals to a source coupled to said satellite receiver.