Hi folks - never realised this forum had an audio visual section
Just in the [long] process of dropping all my cabling around the house. I've laid all my Co Ax cable last week and had Quattro LNB fitted to the sat dish which then connects to Triax 5 in 12 out multi amp/switch.
I had a local installer fit the multi-amp and LNB (and climb on the roof for the freeview aerial), but I'll be completing the job (connecting Co ax cables to switch and face plate modules in the rooms).
I've laid 2 coax per room (per tv location) but probably have enough cable left to lay another to each point (3 in total) and possible four to the main Virgin cable infeed in case I want to place the virgin cable box in the hub (linking the virgin box to the cable in from the street). The third co ax point I may use for HD freesat boxes and possibly split for IR control (I believe you can purchase a splitter for this purpose?)
Couple of questions:
1: I've read that it's 'best practice' to place silicone grease on the f plugs entering the LNB outside (and inside - I'm using screw on types btw). I can't confirm whether the engineer did this (I forgot to ask) so is it possible (advisable) for me to place amalgamating tape around the LNB coax inputs, or squeeze some grease around the entry points (the LNB is one of the 'waterproof' triax models) - I can see braids of copper wire from below the LNB on the dish.
3: The Triax triplex faceplates I have (and I was shown how to wire one up via the engineer) mean I have to bend the cable at 180 degrees in order for the cable to return up the wall (the entry contacts are at the bottom of the module). Concerned I'm going to 'kink' the cable?
I want to avoid this (but can't really see a way around it):
I'm a little confused over the design really, I guess I could turn the plates 90 degrees on their side (they're most likely going to be hidden behind the TV (sunk in stud wall) anyway, rather than on show. I believe the cable I have (PF100) is less prone to 'kinking' than CT100?
Many thanks.
Just in the [long] process of dropping all my cabling around the house. I've laid all my Co Ax cable last week and had Quattro LNB fitted to the sat dish which then connects to Triax 5 in 12 out multi amp/switch.
I had a local installer fit the multi-amp and LNB (and climb on the roof for the freeview aerial), but I'll be completing the job (connecting Co ax cables to switch and face plate modules in the rooms).
I've laid 2 coax per room (per tv location) but probably have enough cable left to lay another to each point (3 in total) and possible four to the main Virgin cable infeed in case I want to place the virgin cable box in the hub (linking the virgin box to the cable in from the street). The third co ax point I may use for HD freesat boxes and possibly split for IR control (I believe you can purchase a splitter for this purpose?)
Couple of questions:
1: I've read that it's 'best practice' to place silicone grease on the f plugs entering the LNB outside (and inside - I'm using screw on types btw). I can't confirm whether the engineer did this (I forgot to ask) so is it possible (advisable) for me to place amalgamating tape around the LNB coax inputs, or squeeze some grease around the entry points (the LNB is one of the 'waterproof' triax models) - I can see braids of copper wire from below the LNB on the dish.
3: The Triax triplex faceplates I have (and I was shown how to wire one up via the engineer) mean I have to bend the cable at 180 degrees in order for the cable to return up the wall (the entry contacts are at the bottom of the module). Concerned I'm going to 'kink' the cable?
I want to avoid this (but can't really see a way around it):
I'm a little confused over the design really, I guess I could turn the plates 90 degrees on their side (they're most likely going to be hidden behind the TV (sunk in stud wall) anyway, rather than on show. I believe the cable I have (PF100) is less prone to 'kinking' than CT100?
Many thanks.