Sky+ connections
Discussion
After a bit of wiring advice please.
We've Sky+ in the front room and poorer quality in the back room, where the TV now is via a signal amplifier and Magic Eye set up.
The back of the house was extended last year and has 3 F type connection plates in different locations. Despite my instructions to run 3 seperate cables from the front room to the the 3 locations in the back, it appears the builders have run one into the 1st plate, then carried on to the next, then to the 3rd.
The plates are non isolated (if that makes any difference).
The cable run is approx 20-25m.
Is this setup likely to be the reason for poorer quality picture in the back of the house ?
We've Sky+ in the front room and poorer quality in the back room, where the TV now is via a signal amplifier and Magic Eye set up.
The back of the house was extended last year and has 3 F type connection plates in different locations. Despite my instructions to run 3 seperate cables from the front room to the the 3 locations in the back, it appears the builders have run one into the 1st plate, then carried on to the next, then to the 3rd.
The plates are non isolated (if that makes any difference).
The cable run is approx 20-25m.
Is this setup likely to be the reason for poorer quality picture in the back of the house ?
Yes it could make a difference, you have 3 places now for a potential bad connection. Do you plan to use all 3 plates? If so it will proberbly get worse.
If not then it would be better if you actually disconnect the cable from the plates you are not using and connect the 2 ends of the co-ax together with f connectors and an f coupler (it will be a tight fit inside the back box but will just about fit in there. The connections you have in there already will more than likely be dodgy as wallplates are not designed to take 2 co-ax connections you may find they have been 'forced' in there
Also you could have co-channel inteference, very common on sky second room installations. Basically go into your main room (the one with the sky box) and disconnect the Aerial input to the sky box, then go back to your extention room. Has the picture got better? If not then this isnt the problem, If so you do have co channel inteference, to adjust in your sky menu press services 4, 0, 1 select and goto rf inputs, make a note of the frequency output (proberbly 68 if sky havent touched it) then change it either up or down about 2 (so if it is 68 change to 66) press down and save new settings, then go into your extention room and retune the TV to 66, if its worse then do it again picking a new number, eventually you will find one that dosent have any inteference
If not then it would be better if you actually disconnect the cable from the plates you are not using and connect the 2 ends of the co-ax together with f connectors and an f coupler (it will be a tight fit inside the back box but will just about fit in there. The connections you have in there already will more than likely be dodgy as wallplates are not designed to take 2 co-ax connections you may find they have been 'forced' in there
Also you could have co-channel inteference, very common on sky second room installations. Basically go into your main room (the one with the sky box) and disconnect the Aerial input to the sky box, then go back to your extention room. Has the picture got better? If not then this isnt the problem, If so you do have co channel inteference, to adjust in your sky menu press services 4, 0, 1 select and goto rf inputs, make a note of the frequency output (proberbly 68 if sky havent touched it) then change it either up or down about 2 (so if it is 68 change to 66) press down and save new settings, then go into your extention room and retune the TV to 66, if its worse then do it again picking a new number, eventually you will find one that dosent have any inteference
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