Getting NTL/UPC Multiroom

G-Money

Hello,

I was just wondering what is involved in getting NTL/UPC in multiple rooms in an apartment?

If the room doesn't currently have a point in it, I assume an engineer has to visit and fix some sort of box or point to the wall. But this sounds like it could involve quite a lot of work, making holes in the wall, running cables etc.

Has anyone ever got this done and if so, can they describe the process? If I move into an apartment and there is only one TV point in the main room, I would probably like a TV point in my bedroom but I wouldn't own the apartment so I can imagine the landlord wouldn't want NTL/UPC knocking holes in walls etc.

I've heard mixed reports about video senders so I'd be slightly reluctant to invest in one.

How does it usually work?

paulm17781

I'd be interested in that too. I'm currently using a video sender but I'd prefer a real point.

crubean

thats was my job for chorus for 2 years installing cable and mmds.
We woulld normally run co axail cable from the main point to whatever room you would want the cable.I would clip it as neat as possible and try not to drill holes .If you tell the landlord what you are doing he/she might see it as a plus when he/she goes to rent out the apartment again.

bmoregan

We've just done an extension on our house. We have Digital NTL in one room (working just fine) and I just signed up for Digital NTL in another room. On the belief that the sparks doing the work on the house over the summer had correctly wired up the 2nd room correctly, I got NTL to deliver the Digital+ box, plugged it in and....no signal.

Off to the Attic and suspicions confirmed; found the unterminated co-ax on the floor.

So, aside from getting the sparks back to finish the job (which I dont think will happen) what should I need to do to connect the unterminated line to the working NTL junction box ?

Full disclosure : I have a 3rd room also with an unterminated line in the attic.

Go to Maplins and get a 1-to-4 "f-splitter"... cut the "working" co-ax, terminate both ends and plug everything into the splitter ?

Any reason that wont work ? Whats the likelihood of killing Xmas TV for me (and my neighbours) ?! Is a crimping tool a must-have ?

I'm all legal here and paying €13.50 a month for Multiroom Digital+ I'm not using...

crubean

ok you need to answer a couple of questions for me, as I am not in your area ?
The cable for the digital is it coming throgh the wall direct to the main box?
If you turn off your box can you get annoluge channels? (rte1 ,net2 etc with out touching the box)

If the cable is coming straight to the box through the wall,you can send the signal up to the attic join the cables up there (you dont need a crimping tool ) that should send the signal down to the next point, you have to make sure that the point is conected in the wall correctly.
that is the stinger (copper core) is connected correctly into the wall socket and the earth is connected.
Just to let you you know I am talking about the back of the wall socket.
I am sorry that i cant take any photos to show you what i am talking about.but i will be around most of the day if your stuck you can ask me!!
I hope the info will help

bmoregan

Hi Crubean. Thanks for taking time to reply.
So...

Q1) The cable for the digital is it coming throgh the wall direct to the main box?
A1) Not exactly sure what you mean by "box". The cable comes into the house from a junction box on the eaves of the house, into the attic and straight down to the living-room to an old white NTL box (as opposed to a wallplate) with screw-in TV and FM co-ax terminations.

Q2) If you turn off your box can you get annoluge channels? (rte1 ,net2 etc with out touching the box)
A2) Yes.

I'm trying to avoid running cables as the recent investment in plastering the house far outweighs the cost of correctly fitting/terminating the cables that are there ! Hence, if by "running the signal back up to the attic" you mean running cable I'd prefer to avoid that.

I think I'm getting the picture as to what needs to be done. I guess I havn't done it as I know poor terminations are the bane of everyone's TV signal.

I might just give UPC their eur50 to do their thing...

Dardania

UPC should have put an F type split in the attic to liven up the point...within the installation price...

Notwithstanding that they should have done it, if you want to get a good splitter, you could order the type that UPC use: http://www.in-home-network.co.uk/splitters--isolators-16-c.asp