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Acropolis · 13-05-2005, 21:47

How do you want to distibute the signal.

If you put socket in each room running off the main cable feed in, then without a set top connected to each one, it wont serve any purpose.

However, if you split the output signal from the cable box to each room, then you will be able to watch cable in each room at the same time but only what you are watching on main tv and you wont be able to change channel on the cable box from any of the other rooms. Here's what ya need to do -

Take the output from the digi box and run it into an amplifier, then take the output from the amplifier and then either run it to a 8 way tap plate and pass it round the house from there, with a cable to each room, or pass it through a series of 2/3 way splitters round the house. Depends on the lay out of the house and how you are going to run the cable as to how you do it.

As mentioned in that post that put a link to, dont use cheap splitters/tap plates as they are not worth it, you will loose a lot of signal through them. I would recomend using ones with "F" connectors on them as the connectors cant accidentally fall out.

Ya best bet to be honest is find a local friendly cable installer and offer him a drink and i am sure that he would sort it out for ya, but unless you are going to chase all the walls out and hide the cables then you are going to have cables running everywhere.

13-05-2005, 21:47	#9
Acropolis Inactive Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Midlands Age: 47 Posts: 79	Re: 1, 2, or 4 port amps How do you want to distibute the signal. If you put socket in each room running off the main cable feed in, then without a set top connected to each one, it wont serve any purpose. However, if you split the output signal from the cable box to each room, then you will be able to watch cable in each room at the same time but only what you are watching on main tv and you wont be able to change channel on the cable box from any of the other rooms. Here's what ya need to do - Take the output from the digi box and run it into an amplifier, then take the output from the amplifier and then either run it to a 8 way tap plate and pass it round the house from there, with a cable to each room, or pass it through a series of 2/3 way splitters round the house. Depends on the lay out of the house and how you are going to run the cable as to how you do it. As mentioned in that post that put a link to, dont use cheap splitters/tap plates as they are not worth it, you will loose a lot of signal through them. I would recomend using ones with "F" connectors on them as the connectors cant accidentally fall out. Ya best bet to be honest is find a local friendly cable installer and offer him a drink and i am sure that he would sort it out for ya, but unless you are going to chase all the walls out and hide the cables then you are going to have cables running everywhere.