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3rd fta box

  • 20-11-2013 6:41am
    #1
    coco0981
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    hi there

    I have two fta boxes at home. one upstairs one downstairs. have replaced one upstairs with a combo box as did not have Irish channels there. also have sky eye on another TV in dining room downstairs which is off the downstairs box. as I now have a spare box I am wondering how much it would roughly cost to get this box hooked up where the sky eye. there is already a quad lnb on dish from what I can tell. wouldn't be of much advantage to me so unless its a simple job I wouldn't bother getting it done, I'd probably only spend up to 100 on it


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  • #2
    The Cush
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    If there's a spare output on the LNB it's simply a matter of running a cable from there to the TV point. Can you do it yourself? Otherwise get a quote from a local installer.


  • #3
    steveon
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    €50-60 should cover a cable run if theres a spare slot on your quad.


  • #4
    coco0981
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    OK might try running cable myself so. getting it in from dish to attic is easy I suppose, its feeding it down wall cavity might be a problem. is there an easy way to do this?


  • #5
    coco0981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭coco0981


    sorry to drag up old thread but only got round to doing this last weekend.

    I have combined the satellite and saorview signal in the attic as there was only one cable running down into living room and then have them split using a aerial and satellite wallplate. Problem is that the saorview signal is intermittant. Turn it on one minute and its fine, next time no signal at all. The other tv's are fine so its something got to do with how i have set it up. Any ideas?


  • #6
    winston_1
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    Probably losses in the loft combiner and wallplate.


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  • #7
    coco0981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭coco0981


    winston_1 wrote: »
    Probably losses in the loft combiner and wallplate.

    How would I go about fixing that, both are brand new


  • #8
    The Cush
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    coco1981 wrote: »
    How would I go about fixing that, both are brand new

    Maybe a distribution amplifier in the attic before the combiner.

    How is the aerial signal split to the different TV points now. A distribution amp will split the signal to different TV points and give a weak signal a boost.


  • #9
    winston_1
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    The Cush wrote: »
    Maybe a distribution amplifier in the attic before the combiner.

    How is the aerial signal split to the different TV points now. A distribution amp will split the signal to different TV points and give a weak signal a boost.

    Better still is to dispense with the combiner and splitter and run a separate lead for the aerial.


  • #10
    coco0981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭coco0981


    The Cush wrote: »
    Maybe a distribution amplifier in the attic before the combiner.

    How is the aerial signal split to the different TV points now. A distribution amp will split the signal to different TV points and give a weak signal a boost.

    I used a passive 4 way splitter, the other two connections go straight to the TV and are fine. This one is combined in attic then split out again


  • #11
    coco0981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭coco0981


    winston_1 wrote: »
    Better still is to dispense with the combiner and splitter and run a separate lead for the aerial.

    I don't think I'll be able do that myself. The cables feed from the attic through the 1st floor to the living and sitting room and there are already 5 cables going down. They seem to be fed through a conduit and it is pretty much full


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  • #12
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    coco1981 wrote: »
    I used a passive 4 way splitter, the other two connections go straight to the TV and are fine. This one is combined in attic then split out again

    Replace the passive splitter with a distribution amp, it should give the signal enough of a boost to overcome the combiner/splitter losses.

    Examples http://www.freetv.ie/tv-distribution/tv-distribution-amplifiers.html


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