Apartment communal sky dish

[Kucho]

Hey guys, wondered if anyone had experience of using a communal sky dish. Does it impact quality of signal at all? New apartment is one of 80 in a big block. Was converted/built in 2001, so also concerned each apt might only have one signal, which would presumably severly limit my options w.r.t. sky+, freesat+?! Any thoughts gratefully received...

[cjs]

Won't affect quality if it is set up correctly. Yes, if it only has one feed then you're screwed if you want Sky +, very likely the case if the install was done in 2001. All you can do is install your own dish, if your flat is facing south!

[Kucho]

northeast. damit!

[Bushiauto]

Hi Kucho

Its not an issue sending both sky feeds down one co-ax cable, there is hardware now for this exact issue.

http://www.google.co.uk/products?rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GB...

This is as long as you have a spare feed from either the dish or the distribution system and double check the distances involved.

Edited by Bushi on Thursday 14th January 00:53

[Kucho]

Awesome, that's good to know. Depends where the dish is. It's a six storey building but i'm top floor...

[headcase]

In a communal install its doubtfull that there will be any 'spare' feeds as they are installed to a price. Usually they are diplexed/tripled installs anyways so the only chance you have would be to diplex a feed on the return feed if indeed you do find a spare feed and it isnt used already (check the risers, thats normally where the heads normally are)
If your top floor anyways then sometimes wouldnt be a massive job (depending on layout of course) to get another feed/own dish up there anyways.

Edited by headcase on Thursday 14th January 07:43

[Bushi]

headcase said:

In a communal install its doubtfull that there will be any 'spare' feeds as they are installed to a price. Usually they are diplexed/tripled installs anyways so the only chance you have would be to diplex a feed on the return feed if indeed you do find a spare feed and it isnt used already (check the risers, thats normally where the heads normally are)
If your top floor anyways then sometimes wouldnt be a massive job (depending on layout of course) to get another feed/own dish up there anyways.

Edited by headcase on Thursday 14th January 07:43

Hi headcase

Its not a problem using these stackers directly from the outputs of a multiswitch no matter what is being diplexed or triplexed out.
If all the spares have allready been used then find a neighbour that isnt using theirs and trace and borrow.

[VEX]

If you are going to use Sky and specifically Sky + or Sky HD then you don't even need to have a spare feed on your communal system.

Using the newer SCR will allow you to uses up to four satellite feeds over the same single coax.

http://www.globalinvacom.com/products/scrsmartspli...

I have used them quite a few times to get around this problem and I all ways carry one on the truck just in case!

HTH

V.

[Kucho]

Thanks guys, I love this site. So my sky installer will have the kit to do that on him?

[headcase]

Its doubtfull, your better off calling in an aerial firm and let them and come and price up the job.

[Kucho]

Cool. Any reccomendations?

[Bushi]

As a rule I would stay clear of the large country-wide firms with centralised booking, I've seen some real horror stories, both in cost and quality.

[dave_s13]

How the feck does one of them work then???



Is it full of black magic or summat (not the chocolates)????

[Bushi]

Not a magic bullet im afraid and before anyone buys one over the stacker/destacker remember your Sky+ box must be SCR compatible.