sky brain needed

[buddha]

hi people,i'm after a bit of advice,ive got a sky tv in the front room and want to have sky in the kitchen as well,i want a seperate box in the kitchen,the new box in the kitchen will be a hd one,the one in the front room wont be.

im gona run a co-ax and cat5 from the current position to the kitchen position,is this ok and do i need to run any other cables?

do i just split the cable from the dish in some sort or junction box and send one to each of the boxes,does the hd one need a higher grade of co-axil?can they both use the same bt line?

any help will be greatly apprieciated,all the best

 

[cp2009]

For Sky hd Or sky plus you need two feeds from the dish per box

 

[cp2009]

Also sky should take care of it when they install your hd box

 

[Theorysparky]

For Sky hd Or sky plus you need two feeds from the dish per box

2 coax feeds to each box ?

 

[Badger]

yes each box must have its own feed if a normal box it takes one feed but a sky plus box and sky hd need to feed, this is because the boxes use to seperate channels to view and record, not one take the 2 x cables from where the box in the kitchen will be direct to dish and leave coiled up ready for sky installer

 

[Badger]

also if you have a skyplus box already in lounge youll prob have a quad lnb (the things that recieves the satallite signal,

 

[Theorysparky]

Thanks Badger

im thinking of extra box in kitchen aswell

not so easy for the skyman in my house

 

[Apache]

Thanks Badgerim thinking of extra box in kitchen aswell

not so easy for the skyman in my house

We have the box in the sitting room and a separate feed into the bedroom with a freeview box.

With a remote control sender you can turn over from either location.

It is rare that we need to watch two sky programmes on different TV's but if the rare occasion arises we tape one! You can even tape 2 programmes and watch a third from the hard drive simultaneously.

Not worth an extra

 

[Robojin]

I presume that the kitchen is the room you watch most TV in, cause it would make sense to have HD in the primary viewing room not where it's just for background TV

 

[buddha]

thanks guys,so if i just run two co-ax's from new box in kitchen to dish position and let the sky bloke do the rest? how about the cat 5/telephone?

 

[buddha]

oh,and whats the best cable to use?what would the sky man prefer?

 

[Apache]

oh,and whats the best cable to use?what would the sky man prefer?

sky use 'shotgun' cable, two strands of co-ax attached together

http://cpc.farnell.com/nexans/cb02730/rg59-twin-shotgun-coaxial-cable/dp/CB02730

 

[Apache]

A link to some actually available!

http://cpc.farnell.com/nexans/cb02730/rg59-twin-shotgun-coaxial-cable/dp/CB02730

 

[buddha]

thanks mateGuinness

 

[buddha]

ive pulled the old shotgun cable that was stapled to the floor up so and run it under the floor boards now the tv says no video signal!!! i noticed some of the staple went right through the co-ax,and i pulled these staples out,i wonder if ive done the cable in?????

 

[bengie]

does sound like you've damaged something, with co-ax the sheath is used for the signal as well so it needs to be continuous.

what are you using the cat5 for?

oh and you can do your own ends easily enough, the last sky man i had left me a handful and they only twist on, no special tools needed

 

[Badger]

i use crimp on f plugs , much better connection, buddha did you remove the ends from the sky box while plugged in, and also remove the ends from the cable or not.

 

[buddha]

to be honest i cant remember,i put a scart lead from the skybox to the tv and the sky comes through fine so i dont think ive damaged cable now,just think i gota adjust av settings on telly,it was hooked up through amplifier and connected to telly via s-video lead,but without scart it just comes up on the tv saying no video signal,sounds like a small problem and not(to my delight)anything to do with the incoming co-ax