Saorview and Satellite on one cable?

Mr Velo

Hi,

I'm wondering if it's possible to use some form of joiner to allow saorview and satellite signals through an amplifier?
My current setup is this:

Sky Box in Kitchen - RF2 Out cable going back to the attic and plugged into UHF port on the SLX amplifier which distributes the sky signal to other rooms in the house.

My saorview signal currently is directly patched down to the sitting room - so one point of contact.

Is it possible to combine the Saorview cable and the RF2 Out cable from sky box in the attic - and then plug that combined cable into the UHF port on the SLX box to send both signals out to all rooms?

Thanks for any advice.

Peter Rhea

RF2 uses frequencies in the UHF tv band, like Saorview.

You can combine the Saorview aerial feed with RF2 either by using a combiner/splitter in the attic, or by running the aerial cable to the Sky box location & plugging it into the RF-in socket. (You could then use RF1 to feed the Saorview signal to the 'local' tv, if it has Saorview capability.)

If combining in the attic, you might be able to use a filtered combiner (diplexer), depending on what part of the band is used for Saorview in your area, as the 'magic eye' remote signals will only pass on the low frequency side of such a combiner. These devices generally have lower signal losses than plain combiner/splitters.

b318isp

This is what I have done. My feeds to the playroom/kitchen/bedroom are combined in the attic into one cable and then split apart again in the rooms.

I have a quad LNB and a 4 outlet aerial amplifier...

Mr Velo

Never even factored in the RF-in port

So, if i run my cable from Saorview aerial directly to RF-in port on Sky box. Then leave the RF2 going to the UHF port on the amp, i should be good? (i.e. Saorview and Sky in all rooms connected via the amp)?

Peter Rhea

You have to make sure the channel used by RF2 doesn't clash with anything that's being picked up by the aerial, especially your wanted Saorview channel, or you'll get interference.

Channel 62 or higher would be well clear of any present or future Saorview signals, but could suffer interference if 4G mobile comes to your area. A lower frequency would suffer less signal loss in any long cable runs though & if you're not near the border, it should be easy enough to find a clear channel in the 20s.

Antenna

Peter Rhea wrote: »

Channel 62 or higher would be well clear of any present or future Saorview signals, but could suffer interference if 4G mobile comes to your area..

AFAIK Channel 65 is the least likely to have trouble for modulators in the future in the (now unused by TV) high end of the band, as its in a guard band between uplink and downlink bands for the forthcoming 4G.