wiring suggestions needed for new house

bittihuduga

hi
moving into a new build house soon.
house is wired for sky - as per estate agenet.
but i dont see 2 points on wall for sky plus

in my current apartment, we have single cable to house too but its a optical cable i guess. it goes into a amplifier (or something) and splits into many outputs.

can sky engineer do the same in the new house?

also, i am planning to put a second dish for the hotbird/astra 13e and 19e for foreign channels.
what is the best way to bring the 2 cables from LNB to house?
considering only one point behind TV.

requirement:
one point on wall
one sky hd box
one non sky hd box with recording

need 2 cables for sky recording
need 2 cables for foreign channels recording.

any suggestions?

ShaneOC

If the wiring in not completed yet you should speak to the electrician about running additional cables from the attic to the TV. If you are going to be running 2 boxes with recording you will need 4 cables (2 for Sky / 2 for foreign). If it is possible it would be advisable to put in 2 additional cables to allow for terrestrial signal and uplink back to the attic (so you can distribute the signal around the house).

If the wiring is already completed you can get a gizmo called a stacker/destacker that will allow you to have 2 satellite dish feeds run down a single cable (stacked) and then split back out (destacked) into 2 feeds to feed a PVR satellite box (Sky+, Freesat+ etc). Not cheap (€100+) and you will need two of them.

The cables from the satellite dish can be brought into the attic and then you can route them to the room as required. Better than running them directly as it allows for easier maintenance in the long run.

bittihuduga

thanks shane for input.
yes i checked out the stacker/destacker. one of my mate got it for his new house with same problem but only with sky+
for me i have 2 boxes connected to one tv
so i need 2 stackers
but i can run only one wire from attic as there is only one tv point.
so bit stuck.
unless i use only one dish with disecq switch and use one stacker.

The Cush

bittihuduga wrote: »

but i dont see 2 points on wall for sky plus

in my current apartment, we have single cable to house too but its a optical cable i guess. it goes into a amplifier (or something) and splits into many outputs.

can sky engineer do the same in the new house?

Fibre optic feeds normally comes to a single point in the house from a fibre optic LNB to a GTU which converts the signal back to RF to be distributed around the house in the normal way using co-ax cables as required to the various TV points.

Also if you're going to be a new Sky subscriber SkyQ is the only box supplied now. SkyQ requires 2 cables from a new type of wideband LNB, it won't operate on 1 cable unless you go for a different setup which is used in apartment blocks i.e. dSCR multiswitch/Quattro LNB. Also it's no longer possible to piggyback a terrestrial signal down the same cable used for SkyQ as you could do with previous generations of Sky receivers.

A stacker/destacker should work for the last generation Sky receivers providing the cabling is good enough and other receivers but not SkyQ. A second cable would be required with the stacker for the second receiver in your setup.

As pointed out previously a min of 2 cables for each receiver would be the best solution, with maybe a spare cable for Saoview.

bittihuduga

i will be an existing sky customer - sky moving home customer.

The Cush

bittihuduga wrote: »

i will be an existing sky customer - sky moving home customer.

Is there a dish on the new house already with cabling to the attic? I believe the installers won't go into the attic to connect to existing cabling.

The stacker is the only option with a single cable unless they run 2 new cables from the dish to the TV point, drilling as required.

ShaneOC

Check behind the TV plate as there may be more than one cable there. When I moved into my place I got the electrician to run 4 cables from the attic to the living room. I got a blank wall plate and drilled 4 holes to have the 4 TV points. Used an f-barrel-connector to make the connections.

bittihuduga

its a new build and the show house had only one point behind TV. unfortunately no changes allowed by the builder. so have to wait for completion and find out myself.

Armchair Andy

bittihuduga wrote: »

its a new build and the show house had only one point behind TV. unfortunately no changes allowed by the builder. so have to wait for completion and find out myself.

Will he not allow for extras? Strange, usually they're on the hunt for these things.

bittihuduga

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Will he not allow for extras? Strange, usually they're on the hunt for these things.

so far all requests have been declined by Estate agent.

one question:
i have heard we can keep sky box in a server room(or storage room) to reduce wires behind tv.
how can we control sky box from living room?
can cat6 cable send signal for channel change or other stuff to box?

The Cush

bittihuduga wrote: »

one question:
i have heard we can keep sky box in a server room(or storage room) to reduce wires behind tv.
how can we control sky box from living room?
can cat6 cable send signal for channel change or other stuff to box?

You could use a Sky red eye/magic to control the Sky box remotely via the co-ax cable, no hd this way unfortunately.

Alternatively, HDMI over Cat5/6 is another option with remote control support http://www.freetv.ie/cables/hdmi/extenders/
http://www.satworld.ie/hdmi-distribution/hdmi-extenders/