coax cable

[jasond05]

Hi

i am going to be running coax through the house to feed multiple tivo boxes for the family my question is where the main feed comes in the cable is ctfc t110 its tripple shielded. when i split it into each run (4way splitter) can i use pf100 its double shielded? because its a nightmare getting hold of the virgin stuff

 

[peterduckett]

This is the stuff you need it surpasses the virgin spec and available from ebay

http://cdtronix.com/webro-hd100-tri...uality-coax-cable-sky-approved-black-or-white

Will the current signal have enough gain to provide all those outputs and will you know where to put the correct isolators?

 

[dmiller]

I would suggest booking an install visit and asking the call centre to get the engineer to drop off the cable, isolators etc for you to run.

The engineer can pair all the boxes with the smart cards on the one point in the house where the cable comes in and leave you them all working and you can then run the cables yourself and move the tivos to the places you want.

The benefit of this is that VM can check your signal levels and cable runs - for example if your signal level is low then you may need to run all the cables to one place for a booster to be fitted or if the level is superb then you may be able to split the cable as you go (so one run upstairs and then split it up there). The engineer can also give you advice on actually running the cables (for example bend radius and dont run under carpet etc).

All VM cable is usually surface run so there is a benefit to doing it yourself if you want to run in walls etc but it is worth talking it over with an engineer first.

Cheers,

David.