New Sky Installation

r0chf0rt

Hi
I am due to get sky installed next week and have a quick question that I hope someone can answer. Is the cable that ntl use usable for connecting to a satellite dish? I presume it is just standard coaxial cable ? As far as I can see the ntl cable runs along the roofs of the houses in the estate and a seperate connection is taken into each house. As the connection into my house is now disconnected can this be connected to a cable running from the satellite dish. The reason I ask is that the cable inside the house is already running through the walls and leads to a neat output on the wall. If I couldnt use this cable I would have to run a new cable down the front of the house through the front wall and accross the full length of the sitting room. Obviously I would prefer to use the existing cable if it works. Anybody ever tried this or know of any reason why it wouldnt work ? Hope this makes sense
Thanks in advance
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watty

No. The NTL cable is weather proofed VHF coax cable.

Satellite is best installed with NEW cable anyways as coax deterioates. Sat install should be CT100 or CT125 cable.

About 50 people will say it works for them, but it doesn't work properly. On a new install it is best to start with doing it correctly.

It is also bad practice to join satellite "IF" cables, especially externally, The dish is unlikely to let the existing cable exactly reach.

The installer may find an alternate route.

Often wall plates for Cable TV (or wall plates generally) are of too poor a quality for satellite TV. (sometimes even for ordinary TV and cable). I have seen a grainy noisy picture be perfect after removal of wall plate.

You can get good quality wall plates, but a F-Connector on the end of the cable with excess coiled up to allow for moving TV is normal.

r0chf0rt

Thanks for reply watty. I was thinking of joining the cable in the attic i.e pull the little piece that is sticking out of the house into the attic and join it onto the new cable from the dish inside the attic. When you say it doesnt work properly is it to do with picture quality ? Removing the plate in the room and just leaving an f connector would be fine, my main problem is having a big cable running over the floor. The house did previously have ntl digital so would that indicate that the cable is of a fairly good quality ?
thanks again

watty

No. As NTL signals, Digital or Analog only go up to 450MHz.

They use a much cheaper lower grade cable.

Satellite coax cable is 800 to 2100MHz.

YOu may be able to use the existing coax to pull in the new coax.

r0chf0rt

Thanks again watty. Judging by the way the rest of the house is wired I would say the chances are remote that i would be able to pull the new cable down the existing path without it getting caught. Looks like I will have to find an alternative route in for the cable.