what cable to run

[mswesty]

hi
this has probably been asked a 1000 times but here goes....

about rewire a three bed where the cust has asked for "aerial points" to two bedrooms kitchen and lounge .

i think he is trying to end up with a multi room type senario.

so do i run coax to each room and they all end at the point where the decoder will be?
i presume single coax not twin?

hope this makes sense?

also is standard coax and sky coax two different things?
(realy showning my ignorance now!!)

cheers mw

 

[topquark]

Run satellite coax (that'll cover both scenarios). Where to run from will depend on what signals you want to carry. If it's sat signals then you'll want to run them either from a multiple port LNB (at the dish), or from a multiswitch (say in the loft).

One sat cable can be multiplexed to carry DAB, FM, Terrestrial TV and downconverted sat signal). If they want PVR type capability from SAT, ie sky (hd)+ then you'll prob want two cable feeds per room, if it's just terrestrial then one cable will do.

 

[Paul.M]

Topquark you are my cable guy. Do you look anything like Jim Carrey?

 

[topquark]

Topquark you are my cable guy. Do you look anything like Jim Carrie?

No mate, much uglier than that

 

[Paul.M]

No mate, much uglier than that

Are you sure? I've just edited and added a picture. You can't be as ugly as that.

 

[topquark]

BTW You should also be aware that there are additional costs to providing the signals over one cable (you'll need one combiner to join the signals together and then a splitter per room). Kind of obvious but thought it worth stating.

Best to draw out a plan and review it with the client. In particular ask what capability they need in each room (ability to watch independant channels means a receiver/decoder per room). Piping the RF signal from a central point is also possible, but that limits the capability to everyone watching the same channel.

 

[topquark]

Are you sure? I've just edited and added a picture. You can't be as ugly as that.

Yep I'm sure, really really ugly. Just look at the avatar, even that's an improvement

 

[Paul.M]

Yep I'm sure, really really ugly. Just look at the avatar, even that's an improvement

The lead roll alien from stargate is better looking than you?

 

[Ian B]

Probably too late now! but look at a distribution unit (for example here) which is usually located in the loft and feeds the main TV/Sky+ location via one of these (3 co-ax + Tel/cat5), and then run 2 co-ax to the other points from the distribution unit's location. That will give you the option to add Sky+ to the other locations at a later date (by diplexing in a UHF output from the distribution unit to one of the 2 feeds from the sat dish to the extra points.

It's worth getting an Octo LNB fitted to the dish and running 8 co-ax from that to the distribution location.

Always use good quality WF100 cable (if you get "CAI benchmarked" cable you'll know it's been tested and will be good, not some cheap stuff of unknown quality).