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9. April 2010 @ 14:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
dunno if this is in the right place but here goes, I have a sky dish installed recently, the room where the tv is just inside where the dish is mounted on the wall of the building, I want to move the tv to another room so I want to run new cable from the dish up the wall and through the attic and down the back of the building, in total about 45 metres of cable, the cable the installer used is twin cable, my question is will i have to use twin cable or 2 runs of single,what type of cable should i use? are there different types of cable and will i loose picture quality on a run of cable this length?...thanks...
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9. April 2010 @ 15:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
you must have the sky + box?

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9. April 2010 @ 15:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by MICKAH:
you must have the sky + box?
thats the one..
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9. April 2010 @ 16:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yea u need two cables as far as i know for the sky + box for the recording etc, so i would reckon you will need the two cables to extend it, if any of the guys want to add to that

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9. April 2010 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the reason you have a twin cable is because the sky+ box has twin tuners. This is what allows you to watch one channel while recording another. If you run a single coax to one tuner then you can watch tv but you cannot tape at the same time (unless the channel you are taping is on the same transponder)
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9. April 2010 @ 16:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You got there before me fintan!! Fair play mate! You can watch tv no problem with one going from LNB it but no PVR.

Please, please, please use the search box at top right of site before asking a question that has already been answered.
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9. April 2010 @ 16:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks finntannl, any idea about signal loss over the length of cable im going to use? and what tye of cable should i get?
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9. April 2010 @ 17:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if you have a problem with signal loss after you install (glitching) then just insert an in-line amplifier (costs about EUR3 and can be got on fleabay)
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