View Full Version : Best way to move Sky across the other side of a room?
Rob_Baker
16-07-2007, 10:29
We're currently in the process of decorating our living room before our baby comes along & are trying to get everything done in the nect couple of weeks, we currently have our TV/Sky in one corner of the room & want to move it to the opposite side.
I'm thinking our options are:
a) extend the current cable behind the skirting
or
b) get some sot of video sender (but this of course means we'd have to leave our Sky box where it is which would look a bit silly!)
Any ideas on the best way to do this? I've looked at Maplin & seen various different cables & connectors but not sure what I need to simply add about 5 metres onto the total cable length? Googling tends to bring up sites selling you cables/connectors but I can't really decide on whats best as they seem to all say slightly different things!
Help!
Rob
Best way to move sky across the other side of a room?
Just put a new window in.
Come on, someone had to say it :)
fishboy beat me to it, so guess I'll be helpful instead :lol:
you would need a 5m piece of suitably shielded coax cable with F connectors at both ends, and a female/female join ( Maplin (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10297371) part FE92A ) to screw the two cables together
MaleStrom
16-07-2007, 10:52
Something that really bugs me is that we have wifi everything nowadays, and video senders etc, but what I've always wanted is a similar device that just carries TV signals......ie, something you can just pop in the aerial socket, and then similar into the back of the TV and will do away with aerial coaxial cales and portable TV aerails!
Actually, is there any reason that this hasn't occured already? I'm assuming it's because of the bandwidth transmission licencing, but surely they could just convert to a wifi bandwidth carrier signal?
Rob_Baker
16-07-2007, 10:56
ok, should have said Sky+ ™ or been more specific ;-)
Ok, got 5m of XS16S (FT100 coax?), one FE92A (fem-fem) & two FU043 (screw on CT100 F plugs) does that sound about right? (X2 as Sky+ of course)
or could I do anytihng with QQ77J or QQ79L ? (5m cables with female+male or male+male)
EDIT: Eek, need 2 x 9m of cable, amazing the difference when you actually measure things! :(
Best then to just get a pair of 10m male-male (FT100 should be fine) and a pair of FE92A ...
There is dualcore coax but the loss factor is much worse
Why can't you re-direct the cabling on the outside of the house from the dish itself? We did this at my parents house for when they rearrange the furniture during the year, and it was easier than ripping up the carpets, cutting holes in the underlay etc.. just to run additional cabling from one corner of the room to the other.
Rob_Baker
16-07-2007, 12:55
Why can't you re-direct the cabling on the outside of the house from the dish itself? We did this at my parents house for when they rearrange the furniture during the year, and it was easier than ripping up the carpets, cutting holes in the underlay etc.. just to run additional cabling from one corner of the room to the other.
Flat, would need about 30m of cable!
KennyVader
16-07-2007, 14:00
Something that really bugs me is that we have wifi everything nowadays, and video senders etc, but what I've always wanted is a similar device that just carries TV signals......ie, something you can just pop in the aerial socket, and then similar into the back of the TV and will do away with aerial coaxial cales and portable TV aerails!
Actually, is there any reason that this hasn't occured already? I'm assuming it's because of the bandwidth transmission licencing, but surely they could just convert to a wifi bandwidth carrier signal?
I should imagine it's because TV signals are transmitted over an immense range rather than one simple frequency, your TV "tunes" the aerial to the specific frequency it needs to receive for each channel. To do what you want would require 10 aerials/tuner circuits all tuned to each specific channel frequency (as I understand it picture and sound are on different frequencies hence 10 aerials), more if you wanted freeview or FM/DAB as well, to receive the signal; then either 10 (or more) aerials to rebroadcast them all across the room / or some complex circuitry to recombine the 10 signals on to one aerial to rebroadcast across the room. So, insanely expensive. Given that coax is so cheap it's way easier just to run the frickin' cable to where the TV is! Or if that's not possible get a portable aerial on the top of the TV!
Rob_Baker
16-07-2007, 15:59
Video sender?
For a decent price?.. :) http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/AvCommunications/TvGadgets/AVSender.htm?engine=adwords!5803&keyword=%28wireless+av+sender+2.4ghz%29&match_type=&spmc=TGSPPCGGP487&gclid=CLeQ9-K4rI0CFSdPEgodWRhN1Q for example, but looks tooooo cheap?
splobber
16-07-2007, 16:43
moving to hardware
I did it by getting some cable and connectors off eBay (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-5826355) for a tenner.
Rob_Baker
16-07-2007, 17:26
moving to hardware
I did it by getting some cable and connectors off eBay (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-5826355) for a tenner.
Funnily enough I never thought of looking, thought it'd be dearer! Got a 10m double cable with all connections for £12.99 posted, now just have to figure out how to remove my skirting! (ooh-err missus!)
infestedsicness
16-07-2007, 20:23
I did this recently, and just went into Maplins, asked, and they gave me two 5m extension cables, made for the job. Theres a connector on one end to screw the original cable into, then one to screw onto the Sky box on the other end. They were £7 each, maybe £6 for 5m each.
AdamBrunt
17-07-2007, 10:19
Funnily enough I never thought of looking, thought it'd be dearer! Got a 10m double cable with all connections for £12.99 posted, now just have to figure out how to remove my skirting! (ooh-err missus!)
Judging by the thickness of my Sky cables, wouldn't there be a *big* gap between the skirting and the wall once you've put the cables behind it ??
I would have thought running the cables under the carpet (if that's possible) will look better.
KennyVader
17-07-2007, 10:41
I would lob it under the floorboards if the joists go the right way and they are accessible.
A simple routing bit rips a nice channel in the back of the skirting for the cabling to fit into if need be ...
But be prepared to be potentially less-than-overwhelmed by the signal level the double cable passes, and also be very careful with it not to kink, bend, etc as the dualcable stuff has less shielding and is a bit more fragile than its thicker brethren
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