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How to: Install a satellite dish (For Freesat, Free-to-view, Sky)

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  • #52
    Granite Head
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭Granite Head


    Tony wrote: »
    You will need more cables to the dish , up to 8 satellite outputs can be accommodated using an octo lnb but a multiswitch might be easier as it only needs 4 cables from the dish and one from the aerial.

    Thanks Tony,
    should be able to run additional cables. Do I need a cable for the Saorview antenna as well?

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  • #53
    The Cush
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    Granite Head wrote: »
    should be able to run additional cables. Do I need a cable for the Saorview antenna as well?

    The recommendation would be 4 cables to the dish and one to the aerial, all back to a multiswitch where the aerial and satellite feed are combined to be split again at each TV point.

    One cable to the main TV point could be a disadvantage if you want a satellite recorder which requires 2 separate feeds from the dish or multiswitch.


  • #54
    Tony
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    Yep as Cush says above :)

    Granite Head wrote: »
    Thanks Tony,
    should be able to run additional cables. Do I need a cable for the Saorview antenna as well?

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  • #55
    com1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 460 ✭✭com1


    Granite Head, I did something similar recently.
    Get a whole load of F-Connectors.
    Get an octo LNB and run the 8 lines from that and one from the aerial into attic.
    Plug the aerial into an 8 way splitter (my signal was strong enough :-)).
    Connect each sat cable and aerial cable to a sat / terrestrial combiner (about €5 each) and the output to the cable to each room.
    Then, in every room, connect the cable to another sat/terrestrial (to split the signal) then run the satellite and terrestrial cables to your TV / combo box.


    BTW it can be useful to label all the cables when you connect them first as there will be a mess of cables and connections to go through if anything goes wrong...


  • #56
    The Cush
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    com1 wrote: »
    Get an octo LNB and run the 8 lines from that and one from the aerial into attic.
    Plug the aerial into an 8 way splitter (my signal was strong enough :-)).
    Connect each sat cable and aerial cable to a sat / terrestrial combiner (about €5 each) and the output to the cable to each room.
    Then, in every room, connect the cable to another sat/terrestrial (to split the signal) then run the satellite and terrestrial cables to your TV / combo box.
    That's certainly an option, the multiswitch and 5 external cables would be a neater solution.

    Suggestion for a single cable fed splitter wall socket - http://www.vision-products.co.uk/catalogue/product/V33-13STR


  • #57
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,031 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Are there any octo LNBs with a terrestrial input (combiner)?

    I have only seen Quad LNBs so far, like this one

    http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Quad-LNB-Saorview-input.html


  • #58
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,336 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    I've not seen an Octo so far and I'm not sure it would be that useful as the saorview signal level could be below threshold splitting 8 ways using a passive antenna .

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  • #59
    Tony
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    That's a nice unit

    The Cush wrote: »
    Suggestion for a single cable fed splitter wall socket - http://www.vision-products.co.uk/catalogue/product/V33-13STR

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  • #60
    The Cush
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    Tony wrote: »
    That's a nice unit

    It is, their full range here - http://www.vision-products.co.uk/catalogue/category/wall-sockets. I particularly like their twin sat/terrestrial cable splitter.


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  • #61
    Granite Head
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭Granite Head


    Thanks Guys, a bit to digest but I think I have the idea. No doubt I'll be back on when I have all the hardware.

    Any links to a suitable "multiswitch"

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  • #62
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,641 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Granite Head wrote: »
    Any links to a suitable "multiswitch"

    Do a search for a 5/8 switch. Quattro LNB compatible multiswitches are the most common but quad/Quattro switches are also available.

    http://www.emp-centauri.cz/index.php?lang=en&page=prodlist&id_kateg=&id_pkateg=


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