Help feeding Sky HD to other rooms?
Discussion
Chaps, as a New Year's resolution - I am determined to feed my Sky HD to my bedroom & kitchen 
Problem is that my house is on split levels and the distance from the lounge where the Sky+ HD box is to the bedroom is about 17mtrs around the outside wall.
If you look at the diagram below I have marked up the dish and feed cables in bright blue. I am wondering if I could split the signal out the back of my Sky box (run one HDMI to my TV) and run another long HDMI cable (e.g. 20 mtrs) round to my bedroom (the red line) then split it again at the bedroom and drop a cable down through the floor into the kitchen below?
p.s. the lounge is at an intermediate level between the ground floor and bedrooms.
Thoughts?
p.s. I don't want multiroom because I just want to be able to watch the same programe in different rooms at the same time. (no kids you see)
Problem is that my house is on split levels and the distance from the lounge where the Sky+ HD box is to the bedroom is about 17mtrs around the outside wall.
If you look at the diagram below I have marked up the dish and feed cables in bright blue. I am wondering if I could split the signal out the back of my Sky box (run one HDMI to my TV) and run another long HDMI cable (e.g. 20 mtrs) round to my bedroom (the red line) then split it again at the bedroom and drop a cable down through the floor into the kitchen below?
p.s. the lounge is at an intermediate level between the ground floor and bedrooms.
Thoughts?
p.s. I don't want multiroom because I just want to be able to watch the same programe in different rooms at the same time. (no kids you see)
Edited by RichB on Saturday 31st December 18:27
HDMI splitters can be a pig at the best of times, your solution may work but your not going to know until you try it. You would have more chance success if you had the splitter behind your sky box and run both cables from there. If you do get it working then your not going to be able to control the sky box from the other rooms for this you will have to run a coax from RF2 to each room via its own splitter and a sky eye in each room. It may be worth looking into HDMI over CAT5, they even do them now with an IR return feed so you can control your sky box from them.
No reason why you can't do that. You will need to use 'active' HDMI splitters though - otherwise, with a passive splitter you can only watch one TV at a time.
Another option is to use an HDMI over CAT5/6 cable adapter (i.e. bog standard networking cable like you plug into the back of a PC). This will be cheaper than buying an expensive long run HDMI cable.
Another option is to use an HDMI over CAT5/6 cable adapter (i.e. bog standard networking cable like you plug into the back of a PC). This will be cheaper than buying an expensive long run HDMI cable.
An HDMI video sender is bery good. I am using an active splitter and one of these.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Video-Audio-Trans...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Video-Audio-Trans...
Thanks Zato but I'm not sure that would work. My bedroom and kitchen are at the other end of the house which makes them about 25 mtrs away and that says it only work at 10 mtrs through walls. 
Instant Wireless HD transmission
Transmission range up to 20m (65.6 ft) with line of sight
Transmission range up to 10m (32.8 ft) through walls
Instant Wireless HD transmission
Transmission range up to 20m (65.6 ft) with line of sight
Transmission range up to 10m (32.8 ft) through walls
Bedrooms are easy, get a 4 way lnb and feed the other pair round the roof into your bedroom to another sky box.
You can then record and watch 4 channels at a time a godsend as the mrs records some crap on the bedroom one leaving the lounge box for me
A duplicate card costs £10 a month covering all channels
You can then record and watch 4 channels at a time a godsend as the mrs records some crap on the bedroom one leaving the lounge box for me
A duplicate card costs £10 a month covering all channels
I had the same problem and decided to just go with multiroom in the end; it's £10 a month and installation was free, I'll cancel the multiroom add on after 12 months, so it's cost me £120 to get 2 HD boxes.
I did have a picture sender which was fine until I upgraded the tv in the bedroom, this then showed how rubbish the quality of the picture actually was.
I did have a picture sender which was fine until I upgraded the tv in the bedroom, this then showed how rubbish the quality of the picture actually was.
matc said:
I had the same problem and decided to just go with multiroom in the end; it's £10 a month and installation was free, I'll cancel the multiroom add on after 12 months, so it's cost me £120 to get 2 HD boxes.
I did have a picture sender which was fine until I upgraded the tv in the bedroom, this then showed how rubbish the quality of the picture actually was.
Forgive my ignorance, but what will you do when the 12 months is up because I am in the same position? Used to cable TV in the past only had Sky for 6 months. Cheers.I did have a picture sender which was fine until I upgraded the tv in the bedroom, this then showed how rubbish the quality of the picture actually was.
matc said:
Cancel the multiroom part of the contract and just use the free to air channels. It's only in the bedroom so I'm not too bothered about all the channels being available.
Oh right, cheers. See what you mean. Presume they'll still be in HD? I have sports so when I'm out the back I can just swap the cards over then yes?BreastofBritish said:
Oh right, cheers. See what you mean. Presume they'll still be in HD? I have sports so when I'm out the back I can just swap the cards over then yes?
No In order to get the premium channels the card is "paired" to the box.
If you just swap cards you will only get the mix channels and recording will not work either.
The best solution for you would be either
Twin cat5 cables from the skybox to your other viewing rooms and hdmi to cat5 converters on each pair
Or
If hd is not a requirement then a coaxial feed from the rf2 socket on the skybox into a skypass amplifier with magic eyes on each tv.
Either that or pay Mr Murdoch his pound of flesh for multiroom.
bristolracer said:
No
In order to get the premium channels the card is "paired" to the box.
If you just swap cards you will only get the mix channels and recording will not work either.
The best solution for you would be either
Twin cat5 cables from the skybox to your other viewing rooms and hdmi to cat5 converters on each pair
Or
If hd is not a requirement then a coaxial feed from the rf2 socket on the skybox into a skypass amplifier with magic eyes on each tv.
Either that or pay Mr Murdoch his pound of flesh for multiroom.
I see, I think the twin Cat5 if I understand this correctly will be the way to go. HD is important to me as I do watch a lot of sport. The sound is also notably better which I didn't realise until not that long ago.In order to get the premium channels the card is "paired" to the box.
If you just swap cards you will only get the mix channels and recording will not work either.
The best solution for you would be either
Twin cat5 cables from the skybox to your other viewing rooms and hdmi to cat5 converters on each pair
Or
If hd is not a requirement then a coaxial feed from the rf2 socket on the skybox into a skypass amplifier with magic eyes on each tv.
Either that or pay Mr Murdoch his pound of flesh for multiroom.
Cheers,
Gassing Station | Home Cinema & Hi-Fi | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff