dunno how to explain this...

Creamy Goodness

as the title says, i'll try my best but i'm complete newbie when it comes to this so bear with me.


we are getting our living room done up and we are moving tv from the corner of the room to the centre of the corner wall (if you know what i mean). now when we got sky installed the guy only left cable for the length we needed which is fair enough.

now we've got this guy in (friend of my dad's) and he's saying that he's gonna make a connection box where the orignal co-axial cable is coming into the house from the dish and join on another co-axial cable going to the decoder which will be about another 5/6 foot away.

now this is where it gets messy, he's saying that he's not too sure what the reception will be like, the cables are going behind plasterboard tomorrow and i would like to know has anyone done this or if any of the installers here on boards know if this is alright?

byte

If you must extend the satellite cable, you must use F connectors (same as what screw into back of digibox) and an F back-to-back connector (sometimes referred to as a barrel) and connect to the 2 ends of cable.

I'm not sure what he means by a connection box, but if there is any dodgy connections, many channels could start breaking up or stop working.

Creamy Goodness

ok is there anywhere i can get these F connectors? like maplins?

yeh i'm not sure what he means either by the connection box, maybe he means something like them ntl boxes where you can stick in some co-axial cable into it.

markyboy

You can get them in Maplins or if it's easier they had them in Woodies as well the last time I looked

Boggles

Cremo wrote:

as the title says, i'll try my best but i'm complete newbie when it comes to this so bear with me.


we are getting our living room done up and we are moving tv from the corner of the room to the centre of the corner wall (if you know what i mean). now when we got sky installed the guy only left cable for the length we needed which is fair enough.

now we've got this guy in (friend of my dad's) and he's saying that he's gonna make a connection box where the orignal co-axial cable is coming into the house from the dish and join on another co-axial cable going to the decoder which will be about another 5/6 foot away.

now this is where it gets messy, he's saying that he's not too sure what the reception will be like, the cables are going behind plasterboard tomorrow and i would like to know has anyone done this or if any of the installers here on boards know if this is alright?

You'll be fine with a back to back connector, buy the more expensive one from Maplins there only a few euro. If by connector box he is giving you the option of more outputs, this will effect the signal in my experience.

Sparky

You need just 2 F-connectors and a F coupler that byte explained.

Don't go far like maplins or woodies when your local electrical wholesaler will have them.

From what you said, it sounds like he is going to just do that but inside a connector box (probably a OBO box or Gewiss box.

All should be ok, but tbh he doesnt need to install a box anywhere, just aslong as he has it coupled properly as not to have a short on the co-ax to the dish.



coupler:

Creamy Goodness

Sparky-s wrote:

You need just 2 F-connectors and a F coupler that byte explained.

Don't go far like maplins or woodies when your local electrical wholesaler will have them.

From what you said, it sounds like he is going to just do that but inside a connector box (probably a OBO box or Gewiss box.

All should be ok, but tbh he doesnt need to install a box anywhere, just aslong as he has it coupled properly as not to have a short on the co-ax to the dish.



coupler:

cool that makes things a lot clearer, i live close to a woodies so i'll try there tomorrow, thanks for all your help guys, i hope something as trivial as moving the tv is worth it in the end.

Boggles wrote:

If by connector box he is giving you the option of more outputs, this will effect the signal in my experience.

he didn't mention giving the option of having more outputs so i don't think he'll be doing that. fingers crossed

MenloPete

Just make sure also that this guy is using satellite grade coax. I wouldn't have too much faith based on the info in your post...

kbell

I'd run aditional cables from where you're putting yout tv back to the cable entry point in case you ever upgraded to sky+ or Hd, or wanted to feed sky around the house and i'd stick in a telephone cable too.

Creamy Goodness

MenloPete wrote:

Just make sure also that this guy is using satellite grade coax. I wouldn't have too much faith based on the info in your post...

he is, i looked at the drum of the stuff he left here, it says co-axial cable semi spaced satellite cable.

construct06

if he installed a box, inside which the connection was mad with the f connectors, this might not be a bad idea. Experience and Murphys Law will tell u that if a problem is to occur it will usually be where it is inaccessible like 'plaster up behind a wall'...

So at least if the connection is made in a box which can be accessed again later u'll be able to get at it if u have any problems...

Creamy Goodness

decided to get sky+ now aswell so what me and cabler (dad's friend) to do is to make a piece of pipe go along the wall behind the plasterboard and place 2 pieces of string in it, so when the installer comes he can tie the two cables for sky+ and pull them along the pipe to where the tv is going.

was thinking of getting sky+ for a while now and now just seems like the right time whilst all this camotion is going on.

Sparky

I was assuming he was going to use wavin behind the plasterboard for cables, as thats the standard way to do it.

Creamy Goodness

Sparky-s wrote:

I was assuming he was going to use wavin behind the plasterboard for cables, as thats the standard way to do it.

yup, it was actually me that suggested it to him and he sounded fairly cool about it even though it makes his job a bit longer