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Old 03-04-2007, 8:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Shotgun cable for Sky+ RF2 and Freeview?

As the title says really.

I want to run the output from RF2 on my Sky+ box into the home cinema (garage) to watch the premium channels on my projector. The problem is that I also want to put a freeview box in there to watch free to air channels on the tv. I don't want to run two cables around the outside of the house and as the sky+ box is right next to the aerial outlet in my front room could I use shotgun cable and sent the two rf signals down the twin cables? Failing that does anyone know of a double rf cable that is in one sheath?
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Re: Shotgun cable for Sky+ RF2 and Freeview?

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As the title says really.

I want to run the output from RF2 on my Sky+ box into the home cinema (garage) to watch the premium channels on my projector. The problem is that I also want to put a freeview box in there to watch free to air channels on the tv. I don't want to run two cables around the outside of the house and as the sky+ box is right next to the aerial outlet in my front room could I use shotgun cable and sent the two rf signals down the twin cables? Failing that does anyone know of a double rf cable that is in one sheath?

The rf2 output for your projector will not give you the best signal..... you do not have to run two cables the rf2 outputs sky and also carries freeview and aerial signal assuming you have an external aerial connected to your main sky box ... you need only then split the signal in the garage one to projector one to freeview box
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Re: Shotgun cable for Sky+ RF2 and Freeview?

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As the title says really.

I want to run the output from RF2 on my Sky+ box into the home cinema (garage) to watch the premium channels on my projector.
A projector with RF input
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Re: Shotgun cable for Sky+ RF2 and Freeview?

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A projector with RF input
Are you sure?
No, it would be rf into Media Center PC and out with component cables.

Or maybe one of these?

ZINWELL PROV PROGRESSIVE SCAN TV CONVERTOR

http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/codesearch.pl?PV200

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The rf2 output for your projector will not give you the best signal..... you do not have to run two cables the rf2 outputs sky and also carries freeview and aerial signal assuming you have an external aerial connected to your main sky box ... you need only then split the signal in the garage one to projector one to freeview box
Didn't realize that, thanks
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Re: Shotgun cable for Sky+ RF2 and Freeview?

Thinking more about it, do people think its probably better getting multi-room for the extra 120 pounds a year? I suppose it will save me the time and effort of installing it myself and I can watch different channels as well. The only down side what I can see is that I can't watch recordings done on the sky+ box. Is this correct?

Sorry, I'm new to sky, been using a media center PC for the last few years :D
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