Installing saorview and old Sky cables

Terre

I need advice on installing saorview as I'm clueless about it. I took out Sky awhile back and haven't got around to getting in saorview yet.

I've to get a saorview set-top-box as the tv doesn't have it as well as that I hope to put a saorview aerial into the attic as we live close enough to the RTE mast. My current set-up is there are two Sky cables coming from the tv point going into the sky box, as far as I know one these coax cables is for recording and pausing function but it shouldn't be in use any more. Now I hope to use this cable to connect the saorview aerial to the top-set-box because the tv point and tv are on the opposite sides of the sitting room and I don't want to run wires across the sitting room, the current ones run under the fireplace. Here is the part I don't understand, can I use one of this cable to do get saorview and if so does this cable run directly to the Sky dish? I have been up to the attic there are several cables up there probably some left over from the previous sky dish I had.

Thanks

dubrov

The other end of the two TV points run will run all the way to the satellite dish.
As you know Saorview comes in by an aerial as opposed to satellite.
So you would need to remove one of the cables from the dish and connect it to your aerial.
You would then connect the associated TV point to your Saorview box.
This would get you all the Saorview channels only

If you want the UK channels as well you can use your satellite dish without the need for a Sky subscription.
You can combin the satellite and Saorview feeds on a single cable.
The setup would be fairly easy but you would need to invest in a combo box.

Thurston?

Terre wrote: »

can I use one of this cable to do get saorview and if so does this cable run directly to the Sky dish? I have been up to the attic there are several cables up there probably some left over from the previous sky dish I had.

You'll have to check out the cable runs for yourself, it should be pretty obvious if they go into the attic or, are externally routed after leaving the dish.

If you want to re-establish the twin satellite feed at some later stage, you can combine Saorview & satellite on one of the cables, as mentioned by the previous poster.

Terre

I want to have the UK and Irish channels either on a combi box or on two separate boxes, it doesn't really matter, the important thing is the I don't want to run new cables across the sitting room. The Sky cables are running from the dish through the attic and down into the tv point.

Does it matter which cable of the two cables I remove from the dish, and is it ok to cut this cable in the attic at a certain point and wire this to the aerial? To combine satellite and Soarview feeds onto a single cable is this after the tv point or in the attic?

Another thing is that I am not 100% certain if I will be able to obtain good quality saoview feed, I am ony guessing since I'm 6 miles from the RTE mast with no real obstructions in the way.

Thurston?

You don't need to remove the cable from the dish, just cut it in the attic. (You'll need it again if you want to combine it with the Saorview feed.) Make sure the remaining satellite feed is connected to input 1 on the Sky box, & the Sky box is powered off while you're doing any cable cutting & connecting.

If you're putting an aerial in the attic, don't site it behind anything metallic or water-filled, & try to have it 'looking' through the roof, rather than a wall.

Vic_08

Terre wrote: »

I want to have the UK and Irish channels either on a combi box or on two separate boxes, it doesn't really matter, the important thing is the I don't want to run new cables across the sitting room. The Sky cables are running from the dish through the attic and down into the tv point.

Does it matter which cable of the two cables I remove from the dish, and is it ok to cut this cable in the attic at a certain point and wire this to the aerial? To combine satellite and Soarview feeds onto a single cable is this after the tv point or in the attic?

Another thing is that I am not 100% certain if I will be able to obtain good quality saoview feed, I am ony guessing since I'm 6 miles from the RTE mast with no real obstructions in the way.

If you are that close to a terrestrial transmitter it might be worth trying an indoor aerial, non-amplified ones can be got for around €10.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1074815/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIAL.htm

If you do go for the attic installation definitely spent the extra on a combiner/splitter to keep the 2 satellite feeds, even if you don't need it now they may well be used in the future.

Terre

I will try to get my hands on an indoor aerial to see if I pick up anything.

Sorry I don't understand the advantage of using a combiner/splitter. If I use a combiner then one of the satellite cables will feed into it (the second satellite cable won't be in-use at all) this will ultimately become the main feed cable for the combo receiver, then I'll have a new cable going from the aerial into the combiner also. So the advantage is there's a second cable going into the satellite.

Gerry Wicklow

If you want the ability to record one satellite channel while watching another you will need the two feeds from the satellite dish. Even if you don't need it now you might in future. The idea of the combiner/splitter is that you can use one cable to carry both a satellite feed and the terrestrial aerial feed to the box without running another cable and still have the second satellite feed available too.

The Cush

A splitter/combiner like this can be used at both ends of the cable, to combine the 2 signals and in reverse to split the signals again at the TV point - http://www.freetv.ie/tv-aerial-and-satellite-combiner.html, video available under the video guides tab.

Terre

I had a look at the video there, I didn't get why you have to spilt the cables at the end is there not one cable going into the receiver for both the UHF and satellite?

The Cush

Terre wrote: »

I had a look at the video there, I didn't get why you have to spilt the cables at the end is there not one cable going into the receiver for both the UHF and satellite?

No, separate tuners for satellite and DTT so separate feeds to each required.