What item do I need to distribute signal around the house?
What item do I need to distribute signal around the house?
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fizz47

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3,201 posts

234 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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As part of the refurb I have have TV points put into all of my rooms.

These cables terminate in my loft. What product or item is it that i need to connect to this hub so the signal gets distrubuted to all of the house?

Am I right in assuming that if I get sky installed I can just the leads ruuning from the sky dish to this hub?

probedb

824 posts

243 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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If it's terrestrial TV (Freeview) probably a mast head amplifier? I'm not 100% sure on this, this is what my dad has. You'd have to distribute satellite separately.

megaphone

11,491 posts

275 months

Thursday 4th December 2014
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You need an RF distribution amplifier, is there a power socket in the loft? How many outputs/rooms do you have? Something like this

http://www.screwfix.com/p/labgear-vhf-uhf-aerial-a...

You cannot distribute Sky that easily, If you want a single box to show in other rooms then you need to feed the RF output from the Skybox into the distribution amp, this is usually done from the main TV point in the lounge back up to the loft. You'll need two Sky feeds from a dish to the lounge. Or go multi room, in which case you'll need two Sky feeds to each box from the dish.

fizz47

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3,201 posts

234 months

Monday 8th December 2014
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thanks for the info - what i was looking for