Patent ID: 8014449

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a transcoder functional block for processing a first signal having a first signal type thereby generating a second signal having a second signal type; and a microcontroller or a state machine, communicatively coupled to the transcoder functional block, for directing operation of the transcoder functional block in processing the first signal thereby generating the second signal; a first DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control) transceiver for interfacing the microcontroller or the state machine to an LNB (Low Noise Block Converter) of a satellite dish; and a second DiSEqC transceiver for interfacing the microcontroller or the state machine to a Set Top Box (STB); and wherein: the first signal type includes a first modulation, a first code rate, a first symbol rate, and a first data rate; the second signal type includes a second modulation, a second code rate, a second symbol rate, and a second data rate; and the microcontroller or the state machine being operative to coordinate communication and control of the STB and the LNB.