SKY Distribution

reidb

Hi,

I have recently moved house and had SKY installed and now want to distribute it to other rooms. I'm sure this is a standard question and hope it can be easily answered.

In the loft there is Labgear 8-way distribution box which has an FM and VHF input - this feeds standard TV to other rooms. First question is, is this sufficient to distribute SKY or do I need to replace?

Secondly, I know I need to feed the RF2 output into a distribution box but what do I do with the normal VHF input. My TV ariel is in the loft but most of the diagrams I have looked at on-line suggest this needs to go into the back of the SKY box. I'd rather not if I can avoid it since I assume this means running another cable down to the lounge?

Finally, once I get SKY distributed to other rooms, can I still watch Freeview channels on built-in digital TV's?

Thanks in advance

Brian

satelliteman

Welcome,

Depends also if you want IR control in each room. Options are a loftbox, an IR link amplifier or you can use the existing distribution amplifier.

You need to send UHF signals to the sky receiver and then RF up to the input of the amplifier as said but, you could combine both inputs to the amplifier. This would give you no UHf in the room where the sky lives (not ideal but workable).

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reidb

Thanks for the promt response ;-) I guess I want the flexibility of IR control in each room and don't fancy only having SKY since I can see that causing problems. I think what you are saying is that I do need to feed the UHF down and then bring the RF2 back up. Do I therefore need a new distribution box, something like a SLx distribution amplifier in the loft or will my existing distribution box suffice?

Thanks again

Brian

satelliteman

Depends on whether your amplifier has an IR Return Path. Can you list the type?

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