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Joining two sky+ cables and splitting them again?

  • 08-11-2012 4:09pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭


    Hello, My problem is that I only have one cable coming through the wall into a room where I have a Sky+ box. As far as I understand (which isn't much) I need 2 cables from my dish to my box for Sky+ to work properly? I do not want to drill another hole through the wall so was hoping I could join 2 cables outside and then split them inside again. Would this be possible? Thanks in advance!


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    No that would not work....

    So Sky + to work the back of the Box theirs to Female Connectors for the cables to plug into.


    if you think of it, how can two lots of Information travel through 1 Cable ?

    like having the M1 ending onto a Country Road.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    It is possible but you need a stacker/destacker to do it, not cheap
    http://www.satellitetv.ie/stacker_destacker


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭jc bamford


    There is 'shotgun cable' which is like 2 cables stuck together which would carry 2 signals from your LNB to your box and might be compact enough to go through the existing hole in your wall


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,257 ✭✭✭MrFrisp


    jc bamford wrote: »
    There is 'shotgun cable' which is like 2 cables stuck together which would carry 2 signals from your LNB to your box and might be compact enough to go through the existing hole in your wall



    http://www.tvtrade.ie/cables-and-leads/shotgun-cable-mini.html ;)





    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭Cork24


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    It is possible but you need a stacker/destacker to do it, not cheap
    http://www.satellitetv.ie/stacker_destacker

    @109 euro you got that right. Wouldn't it be just as fast and cheaper for the op to force a cable into the hole and if needed make it abit bigger you could always silicone and fill in the hole


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Cork24 wrote: »
    @109 euro you got that right. Wouldn't it be just as fast and cheaper for the op to force a cable into the hole and if needed make it abit bigger you could always silicone and fill in the hole

    Thought you said it wouldn't work, there wasn't enough room for two lots of information to travel................Maybe you should stop giving advise. Expensive, yes, but it is possible.
    Cheaper here: http://www.tvtrade.ie/global-stacker-destacker.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭darth_maul


    A stacker/destacker is only an option of very last resort as performance cannot be guaranteed and cable quality is a big factor,

    If you can possibly run another cable go with that, or swap current cable for a shotgun cable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭habanerocat


    Stackers are troublesome.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Stackers are troublesome.

    Not if the cable is decent, it's down to the cable


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭habanerocat


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Not if the cable is decent, it's down to the cable
    If stackers worked properly sky would be using them on their sky plus. Running one cable instead of four.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    If stackers worked properly sky would be using them on their sky plus. Running one cable instead of four.

    Sky don't use what's best, they use what's cheapest. It's cheaper run CT63.

    (I'm not saying Stackers are better, just that it is possible and they do work if installed correctly)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭MYSTICA1


    Thank you all for your help


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