UPC Digibox?

cord

Hi
I have UPC cable with their digibox?. Is there any way of splitting the signal so I can watch the same programme in a different room/TV? Other than getting their multi-room setup.
Thanks.

ethernet

If you've cable, you can split it and watch the analogue channels on the secondary TV.

If you've MMDS, you can only use multiroom.

dunworth1

u could use a video sender to watch the same channel in a different room

but why not get multiroom it only 8 euro a month

cheapest video sender at argos 44.99
upc multiroom 8.00

you would get about 5 months multiroom for the price of the video sender

and you would be able to watch two different channels at the same time.

say if you wanted to watch eastenders and someone else wanted to watch the simpsoons with multiroom you could do this.

cord

Thanks
So its different to sky? The scart tranfers the digital signal and not the co-ax? With sky, as you know, plug an extra coax, booster and TV Link and all is sorted. I know you can only watch one prog' at a time. But not so with UPC? Sorry not the brightest when it comes to this!!

ethernet

cord wrote: »

Thanks
So its different to sky? The scart tranfers the digital signal and not the co-ax? With sky, as you know, plug an extra coax, booster and TV Link and all is sorted. I know you can only watch one prog' at a time. But not so with UPC? Sorry not the brightest when it comes to this!!

The digital and analogue signal are in the coax from the tap. It's up to you how to use it! Can use the analogue without any decoder but need a decoder with a valid viewing card to watch the digital line-up.

I don't know if the UPC box has modulated RF output. If it does, you could use it like Sky in the TV-link regard but wouldn't be able to change channels from another room (would need some other gear for relaying the IR signals from the remote).

A video sender might be the handiest solution if you don't want to pay for multiroom. Some seem to work with UPC's decoders, others not so well or at all. Again, it would mean watching the same channel on both TVs.

cord

Thank you for your help.

Solair

The new UPC boxes don't seem to have RF modulators built in, but you can get SCART to RF modulators and SCART based video senders that will do the trick quite nicely.

The other alternative, if you have multiple cable points in your home already is to move to box from room-to-room as needed. It's a little messy, but if you just want to watch digital up in the bedroom etc now and then, it's not that difficult.

Depending on where you are, UPC cable will carry analogue and digital signals. So, you'll get a basic line up of channels if you tune in a compatible tv without any decoder. The line up varies.

The only exception to this is the Cork Cable network. Analogue cable in this area is effectively completely switched off. If you hook up a TV to the cable line you will only get the basic terrestrial services RTE1/2, TV3 and TG4. All other services are now digital-only. It was easy to make a full cut-over to digital TV in Cork and no major loss for customers as the old Cork Communications network used US-style analogue decoders even for relatively basic cable. So, it was simply a matter of replacing analogue decoders with digital ones. Customers got a vastly improved service with a simple swap out of boxes. It has never been possible (since some stage in the 1980s) to watch cable channels 'in the clear' (i.e. unencrypted) in Cork.

I'm not 100% sure what will happen with cable services in 2012, as RTE will no longer be broadcasting PAL analogue signals at that stage, so I assume cable networks may drop the service too.

Some TVs are starting to ship with a DVB-C tuner built in, so it's possible that perhaps UPC could offer a very basic range of channels unencrypted in the future to avoid the need for a set top box. e.g. perhaps just whatever free terrestrial channels would be available on digital terrestrial tv anyway.

watty

And analogue will be phased out eventually, not by EU demand, but to give more broadband space.

dunworth1

watty wrote: »

And analogue will be phased out eventually, not by EU demand, but to give more broadband space.

and more channel space

paulm17781

dunworth1 wrote: »

and more channel space

BuzzTV +1

dunworth1

paulm17781 wrote: »

BuzzTV +1

more channel space for channels like the rest of the zone ones
and fx etc.

and of ineractive services and on demand services

paulm17781

dunworth1 wrote: »

more channel space for channels like the rest of the zone ones
and fx etc.

Is this fact or assumption? If it's fact it's the best UPC news I've heard all day.

dunworth1

paulm17781 wrote: »

Is this fact or assumption? If it's fact it's the best UPC news I've heard all day.

assumption