ASew
Novice Member
Hi all, I'm in the process of a house renovation and have run double coax to a few points in the house with the aim of attaching them each to a quadraplex outlet. I've mostly done it because I could, I have no particular plan to use them for anything other than freeview but wanted the future proofing in case I decide I want satellite etc. in the future (unlikely but i'd rather regret the extra work etc. etc.)
As a stopgap whilst my DIY work steadly progresses I've had the TV hooked up to one of the quadraplex outlets for a while with a single coax running essentially all the way from the back of it to the aerial on the roof. No problems.
Last night I came to tidy up the outlet, which involved wiring in the other coax cable, which is not attached to anything at present. As soon as the other cable is inserted, the signal to the TV disappears.
I cannot fathom why this would happen, excepting a bad job of tidying up the screening on the 2nd coax, and even then it would struggle to affect the signal from the 1st coax, already successfully attached, I'd have thought.
So does anyone know what's going on, or should I just try another quadraplex to see if it's a fault? I wondered if I just need the whole arrangement attached to the correct mux arrangement at the other (aerial) end for it to work once both cables are attached but couldn't reconcile that with any kind of common sense given that there is no demux involved on the second coax (it's just sat 2 as i understand) Happy to be corrected.
As a stopgap whilst my DIY work steadly progresses I've had the TV hooked up to one of the quadraplex outlets for a while with a single coax running essentially all the way from the back of it to the aerial on the roof. No problems.
Last night I came to tidy up the outlet, which involved wiring in the other coax cable, which is not attached to anything at present. As soon as the other cable is inserted, the signal to the TV disappears.
I cannot fathom why this would happen, excepting a bad job of tidying up the screening on the 2nd coax, and even then it would struggle to affect the signal from the 1st coax, already successfully attached, I'd have thought.
So does anyone know what's going on, or should I just try another quadraplex to see if it's a fault? I wondered if I just need the whole arrangement attached to the correct mux arrangement at the other (aerial) end for it to work once both cables are attached but couldn't reconcile that with any kind of common sense given that there is no demux involved on the second coax (it's just sat 2 as i understand) Happy to be corrected.