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Making switch from cable to FTA

kkelly77 · 2011-08-27 14:31:22

I'm new to FTA and I've been doing some research. I'm planning to make the switch from my current cable setup to a satellite setup. The setup I have at the moment is a (dodgey) cable coming into the attic, into a 6-way splitter and in turn into 3 bedrooms, kitchen and sitting room. I say dodgey because when I moved into…

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I'm new to FTA and I've been doing some research. I'm planning to make the switch from my current cable setup to a satellite setup.

The setup I have at the moment is a (dodgey) cable coming into the attic, into a 6-way splitter and in turn into 3 bedrooms, kitchen and sitting room. I say dodgey because when I moved into the house, I plugged in the TV and the terrestrial stations were available, without having to subscribe to any provider. Since then, picture/sound quality have deteriorated and I've lost 1 or 2 stations.

I haven't decided yet what type/brand of dish/receiver I will get. My question is, can I connect the satellite cable from the dish to the splitter I have in the attic? And, so long as I have a receiver at the coax socket in each room, receive the channels incoming from the dish?

I see from my research, there seems to be quite the variety of receivers, dishes and LNB's to choose from

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#2 27-08-2011 2:57pm

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Have a read of this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056368649

They're in the same position as yourself.

You can't split a satellite cable the way you described,there are dedicated satellite splitters available but you'll also need separate boxes for each room in order to watch different channels in each one.

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#3 27-08-2011 3:06pm

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zerks wrote: »

Have a read of this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056368649

They're in the same position as yourself.

You can't split a satellite cable the way you described,there are dedicated satellite splitters available but you'll also need separate boxes for each room in order to watch different channels in each one.

Good stuff. Thanks Zerks.

With a dedicated satellite splitter, can I still use the existing coax cable thats in place?

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#4 27-08-2011 3:09pm

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Probably not. Cable TV uses much lower frequencies than satellite. If you use a Stacker/Destacker type of splitter, the cable needs to be OK up to 3.4GHz ! Better/cheaper just to install two new cables or twin cable (e.g. WF100).

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#5 27-08-2011 3:11pm

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Worst case scenario, I can use the old existing cable to pull new cable through.

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