Options for getting sat signal in another room

Kashkai

My parents have Sky in their sitting room and bedroom atvthe front of their house. The dish is fixed to the chimney. Now they want to get a satellite feed to a tv at the back of their house to keep the grandkids entertained when they visit. So the options are:
run a new cable from the sky box in the sitting room to the sunroom. However If grandad is watching sport, the kids can't watch cartoons.
Run a new cable from the spare port on their quad lnb but this means getting up onto the roof ofvtheir 2 storey house which I won't do as I fell off it once and was lucky to arrest my fall by grabbing the gutter on the way down.
Put up a new dish at the back of their house and run the cable down and in through the wall to the new tv point

My preference is the last option as I'll be doing the job. However is there any other way that I've overlooked? I plan to go the freesat route as the parents are not willing to fork out for another multiroom subscription to sky.

Hevsyuk

You need planning permission to have 2 dishes on a house, if the building is less than 15m in height.

The only option other than this is to get another box and go the additional multi room route or buy Freesat which is £175 including installation. Tel number is 08442 410 595.

thxireland

well if your they don't use the box in there bedroom during the day then run a cable from there room to the sun and put in a red eye to control it from the sunroom that would be the way i would do it and i did it for a living for about a year and a half

St Senan

Hevsyuk wrote: »

You need planning permission to have 2 dishes on a house, if the building is less than 15m in height.

The only option other than this is to get another box and go the additional multi room route or buy Freesat which is £175 including installation. Tel number is 08442 410 595.

If the OP phones that number he wont get any installer to travel from the UK to county kildare to install Freesat. Instead he should look for a local supplier in is Area

Hevsyuk

scaller wrote: »

If the OP phones that number he wont get any installer to travel from the UK to county kildare to install Freesat. Instead he should look for a local supplier in is Area

How very observant of you - at least one of us is awake this morning.

My error didnt realise you were in Co Kildare mate.

Kashkai

While the magic eye is a good idea. I've heard mixed views about them. My brother has one and it never seems to work for him. However if I go this route. Shere would I get one and what type of cable dies it use, standard tx100? It would be a long cable run that would have to go From the bedroom up into the attic, across the attic, down through the soffit, down the outside wall and drilled into the sunroom. A lot of work for something that might not work ?

thxireland

well i've used them for about 40m so you should be fine and it will use rg59 or rg6 cable just standard coax really and you have to make sure you have the 9v or 12v output turned on in the installer menu on the box but should be fine alot of work but cheapest and easiest way

St Senan

If Grandad wants to watch sport in one room and the kids want toon's in another room the a magic eye/tv link is no good. Get a freesat/freetoair box http://satellite.ie/acatalog/Freesat_and_Free_to_Air_receivers.html and run a cable from dish to sun room. Or erect a second dish at the back of the house.

Hevsyuk

And when you have mastered the art of installing it can you nip up to Edinburgh and do my 3 bedrooms - that would be just dandy lol

Kashkai

That was my original idea. But the spare box in the bedroom could be used to keep the kids happy and would mean that they wouldn't need another dish or receiver if I get a magic eye.

St Senan

If their is a tv point in the sunroom that has a coaxial cable running back to the attic and you can get a cable from the skybox in bedroom up to the attic and join these cables with f connectors and f joiners then their is no need for a extra dish or box.

thxireland

scaller has an idea there if not the run shouldn't be to bad probably only take an hour or two and no climbing on the roof

Kashkai

There's no tv point in the sunroom so a new cable run will have to be done. How much are the magic eyes and are they reliable as my parents would be annoyed if they fork out for one and it doesn't work. I think the new dish would be more straight forward.

thxireland

the red eye's are about €20 and with a remote there and €40 and i've never had a problem just be sure to turn on the voltage in the installers menu on the skybox and only one of the rf port sends the voltage out there really the only two things that go wrong

John mac

Prosperous Dave wrote: »

. However if I go this route. Shere would I get one and what type of cable dies it use, standard tx100? It would be a long cable run that would have to go From the bedroom up into the attic, across the attic, down through the soffit, down the outside wall and drilled into the sunroom. A lot of work for something that might not work ?

thats the way to go .

I have mine running about 40M along the ground:eek: works fine.

the eye cost 99p on ebay!