Set top Boxes
 

Hi,

I am new to the forum and wonder if anyone can help me.
I am wondering how many set top boxes I can have in my house with out the fibre signal being affected??

Many thanks

Re: Set top Boxes
 

pretty sure the account limit is 6, but technically with hdu's fitted you could have more

Re: Set top Boxes
 

Hi,

Thank you for the reply, sorry to sound stupid but what do you mean by hdu's??

Thanks

Re: Set top Boxes
 

Take a look at this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoUvfOSLfIo

Re: Set top Boxes
 

For the avoidance of doubt, that's a VM staff training video; not intened for customers. TBH I'm surprised it is public

Re: Set top Boxes
 

basically, a hdu is a powered splitter a brief explanation...

A splitter reduces the signal level by a few db depending on how many splits, so a 2-way is rounghly 3.5 - 4db loss, 3-way is 6db loss etc...

A HDU is a powered splitter as in the signal going in is the same as coming out but over 4 connections i.e. no loss

So technically fit a ton of HDU's and you could have as many boxes as you like, but AFAIK the account system only supports 6, i may be wrong though but that is the max i have ever installed in one visit.

Hopefully that makes sense...

Re: Set top Boxes
 

You're best phoning up Virgin and asking them directly if they can accommodate whatever your requirements are.