Puzzled by new house AV
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We're moving into a new rented house in a couple of weeks and the AV setup is puzzling me.
The main thing we're trying to achieve is HD Sky TV in the living room and kitchen. Each room has a power socket patch panel, including Ethernet port, phone port, RF and VHF. A couple of rooms also have what look like the Sky type coax on them as well, though curiously not the living room.
On the top floor is a cupboard with a broadband router, an Ethernet switch, a Sky HD set top box and what looks like some kind of switch for the Sky cables to feed the patch panels.
What's puzzling me is that, for example, in the front room, the patch panel doesn't have what looks like a Sky type coax- it only has the Ethernet, phone, RF and VHF.
Previous tenants have already gone and the landlord isn't in the country at the moment, so I'm a bit stuck!
How do I get Sky and control of it in the living room?
The main thing we're trying to achieve is HD Sky TV in the living room and kitchen. Each room has a power socket patch panel, including Ethernet port, phone port, RF and VHF. A couple of rooms also have what look like the Sky type coax on them as well, though curiously not the living room.
On the top floor is a cupboard with a broadband router, an Ethernet switch, a Sky HD set top box and what looks like some kind of switch for the Sky cables to feed the patch panels.
What's puzzling me is that, for example, in the front room, the patch panel doesn't have what looks like a Sky type coax- it only has the Ethernet, phone, RF and VHF.
Previous tenants have already gone and the landlord isn't in the country at the moment, so I'm a bit stuck!
How do I get Sky and control of it in the living room?
It might be a HD over ethernet distribution system. In which case you would need a receiver. As the previous post says pictures would help. We are called in all the time by people moving into new homes and the previous owners/tenants have left in a partial system. What part of the country are you in? PM me and I can see if I can help.
It sounds a bit odd as a configuration, have you had chance to take any plates off and see what is behind them? Some times installers leave cables not needed unterminated behind the plates.
We would also always try to design a scheme as flexible as possible for all users.
Anyway, if there is no coax cable at the the living room plate, you could rework the single tv cable to become a Satellite point and use Sky Q.
Or use HDBT technology to send HDMI signals from the remote Sky box and return the IR controls to it.
Depending on where you are, I could visit and advise if wanted or arrange for a local installer friend.
V.
We would also always try to design a scheme as flexible as possible for all users.
Anyway, if there is no coax cable at the the living room plate, you could rework the single tv cable to become a Satellite point and use Sky Q.
Or use HDBT technology to send HDMI signals from the remote Sky box and return the IR controls to it.
Depending on where you are, I could visit and advise if wanted or arrange for a local installer friend.
V.
Thanks for the offers of help. We're oop norf, though.
Having moved in, it looks as if the Sky signal is distributed from the attic via the RF out from a Sky HD box using an Antiference 280. It looks like this means a s
tty way of getting the signal around.
The house does have Cat6 Ethernet distributed throughout via a gigabit switch, so I wonder if an HDMI over Ethernet is an option, as the wall plates have Ethernet sockets? Can I control the Sky HD box via this method?
Is there another, better way?
Having moved in, it looks as if the Sky signal is distributed from the attic via the RF out from a Sky HD box using an Antiference 280. It looks like this means a s
tty way of getting the signal around. The house does have Cat6 Ethernet distributed throughout via a gigabit switch, so I wonder if an HDMI over Ethernet is an option, as the wall plates have Ethernet sockets? Can I control the Sky HD box via this method?
Is there another, better way?
janesmith1950 said:
The house does have Cat6 Ethernet distributed throughout via a gigabit switch, so I wonder if an HDMI over Ethernet is an option, as the wall plates have Ethernet sockets? Can I control the Sky HD box via this method?
Is there another, better way?
Send the HDMI over cat 6, send the remote IR signal over RF using magic eyes.Is there another, better way?
Will work fine. Unless you are considering sky Q in future which won't let you send the IR signal over RF...
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