[bigsteviemac]

Hi, I'm buying a bungalow that needs totally doing up, and part of my plans is to install a multiroom network of freesat or tv aerial points.
As a Electrician (whos never touched a tv system) running coax cables in walls etc will not be a problem.
If I want multiroom freestat do i need a seperate coax from the lnb to each room and then a individual reciever in each room to decode to the telly. What cable do we recommend.
Any recommends on a good quality freeview enabled aerial signal level is pretty good

[bigsteviemac]

oh and any recomends on freesat recievers
thanks in advance

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by bigsteviemac

oh and any recomends on freesat recievers
thanks in advance

Use PF100 or WF100 for all connections (including terrestrial TV). Each satellite tuner requires it's own lnb connections giving you a limit of 8 tuners (4 pvrs which normally have 2 tuners).

If you need more than 8 you will need a second dish or use a multiswitch.

More explanation here

Digital Spy Forums - View Single Post - Will the new Humax PVR work with 1 LNB feed?

If you want a freesat box get a Humax Foxsat-HD (single tuner non recording) or a Foxsat-hdr (twin tuner pvr).

If you want a generic fta box there are dozens of these. Hopefully one of the fta enthusisasts can advise.

[kmm66d]

Hi.
I am building a house at the moment and went with the multiswitch option.
It needs four sat cables from switch to dish for a quattro lnb.
You can combine the sat, tv and radio inputs into the switch then route them down one cable to a triplexed point in the room and have the 3 outputs on the one faceplate, for example.
If you want sky plus or a twin tuner recorder though you will still need to run 2 cables from the switch, one for each tuner.
If the above doesn't make sense it is worth googling multiswitches as it really isn't as complicated as I make it sound.

[Pollensa1946]

Multiswitch. Multiswitches to be used with a quatro LNB. Satellite Superstore UK. Big Discounts.

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by kmm66d

Hi.
I am building a house at the moment and went with the multiswitch option.
It needs four sat cables from switch to dish for a quattro lnb.
You can combine the sat, tv and radio inputs into the switch then route them down one cable to a triplexed point in the room and have the 3 outputs on the one faceplate, for example.
If you want sky plus or a twin tuner recorder though you will still need to run 2 cables from the switch, one for each tuner.
If the above doesn't make sense it is worth googling multiswitches as it really isn't as complicated as I make it sound.

Just one point that nobody has mentioned, because of the losses in a multiswitch it's wise to go up at least 1 dish size on the minimum required for your location.