Extending a satellite cable

fuse

I want to get Saorview up and running. At the moment there is a satellite on the roof, looks like it's pointing in the right direction. The cable is cut and hanging outside the house. Fortunately the drill hole for the cable is there and I've managed to stick a coat hanger fully through.

The cable end is raw looks like it's been chewed by rats, so I'll need to clean it up and put some kind of adapter on it so that I can extend it by attaching another cable. Is it easy enough to get a connector and complete the cable? Presume I'll need a female-female type adapter to extend it.

Also, the hole in the wall seems pretty tight, any advice on getting the cable through without getting stuck?

One of each of these and another cable should do the job right?

Thurston?

Yeah, the female-female 'barrel' connector will make the joint, & you also have the correct male connector pictured there too, hopefully you'll get male connectors that are a good fit for the cable involved. I suppose the cable could be lubricated, washing-up liquid being the usual suspect here, or enlarge the hole, but if the same cable was already in there, you'd like to think the original installer wouldn't make things too awkward for himself.

And finally, & most importantly, Saorview is not a satellite service, so you won't get it from a dish, you need a UHF terrestrial TV aerial, of a type suitable for your location. You'll get the free-to-air UK channels from a dish pointed at the right satellite position, 28 degrees east.

Saorview is only the Irish channels: is it a combi satellite/terrestrial receiver you have?

fuse

Ah yes... forgot about those minor details!

The satellite is the roundy one with an LMB yoke. It's pointing SE and in Sth Dublin. Hopefully that's 28deg east?

Will I need a receiver box for the free-to-air UK channels? Any recommendations for one?
I have a Samsung Saorview compatibile TV, so was just planning on using that for saorview.

I tried a powered internal UHF antenna and got a few saorview channels but reception was pretty spotty. TV room is at back of house facing north. Would like to avoid putting up another antenna on roof but looks like I'll have to if I want saorview.

Thanks

Thurston?

Some Samsung TVs have integrated satellite tuners too, though you probably would have already noticed if there's a female f-connector labeled 'satellite/LNB-in'.

fuse

No sign of the LNB-in.

Looking at the Ferguson Ariva HD 153 here http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Changing-from-Sky-Diy-kit.html

Probably my best bet? I can hook up the existing satellite and get Free-to-air UK. Then in the same box I can run saorview so it's all together on the one device. It includes a compact aerial for Saorview... not sure if it will do the job but would be great if it did.

Thurston?

If it's this aerial, I would think it will be fine (properly sited & installed, of course), especially since you were picking up an indoor signal of sorts.

If you only want a single cable coming through the already-existing hole, you could also get a pair of these diplexers, with 1 combining the signals from aerial & dish at some suitable point before the cable goes through the wall, & the 2nd to split satellite & terrestrial signals apart again at the receiver.

fuse

Great thanks for the advice. The diplexers look perfect.

The outdoor aerial looks ideal too. I reckon it's worth a shot.
Just need to get some f connectors now so I can extend & connect.