milleniumaire
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I've been using a TV Link system for many years in my existing setup to enable me to watch and control the Sky+ HD box from 3 additional TV's. My current setup comprises:
Aerial -> SLX6B Aerial Amplifier -> Sky+HD box in Lounge -> Back to SLX6B (carrying Sky channel)
SLX6B -> bedroom
The signal from the Sky box via the SLX6B is then passed to 3 additional TV's around the house (loft room, bedroom and kitchen), each with its own cable from the amplifier. Each of the TV's has a TV Link device. Everything works perfectly.
We are now in the process of having an extension built, so the TV in the kitchen will be replaced by two new TV's, one of which will be connected to a second Sky+ HD box. I will re-run the existing kitchen coaxial cable to the new Sky+ HD box, then send the signal from the Sky+HD box to the other TV in the kitchen and to the 50" plasma TV (for digital freeview signal), which will also be connected to the new Sky+ HD box via HDMI. The new Sky+ HD box will obviously be connected to the existing Satellite dish by the Sky installer. This will allow the 2nd TV in the kitchen to be tuned into both Sky+ HD boxes and to also receive digital freeview. So the setup becomes:
Aerial -> SLX6B Aerial Amplifier -> Sky+HD box in Lounge -> Back to SLX6B (carrying Sky channel)
SLX6B -> bedroom
(I hope this makes sense so far - nearly there!)
I have a couple of questions about this setup:
1. Will the TV link used in the bedroom and loft room change the channel both Sky+ HD boxes? I suspect it will as all cables originate from the amplifier, which sends the TV link signal back to the Sky+ HD box and therefore I assume it won't differentiate between Sky+ HD boxes!
2. I would like the 2nd kitchen TV to have a TV link system fitted, but for it to only control the Kitchen Sky+ HD box. Essentially, I want two separate TV links systems;
a) Lounge Sky+ HD box controllable from loft room and bedroom
b) Kitchen Sky+ HD box controllable from second kitchen TV only
My suspicion is that I'm going to have to use a second amplifier to pass the signal to the Kitchen Sky+ HD box and the two kitchen TV's. This would ensure there are two separate "circuits". To do this however, I would need to split the aerial input to feed two amplifiers!
For flexibility, I'm also thinking that rather than running a coaxial cable from the new kitchen Sky+ HD box to the 2nd kitchen TV (which would be a relatively short 15m cable), I'm thinking it would be better to send the coaxial cable back to the amplifier (in the loft) from the kitchen Sky+ HD box, then take it back down to the 2nd kitchen TV. This would ensure ALL TV's are fed from the same point in the loft and would give flexibility in the future should I wish to change the setup. Unfortunately, this also means much more cable as the runs from the loft amplifier to the kitchen are about 20m.
I would appreciate your comments/recommendations on this setup.
Aerial -> SLX6B Aerial Amplifier -> Sky+HD box in Lounge -> Back to SLX6B (carrying Sky channel)
-> loft room
-> kitchen
The signal from the Sky box via the SLX6B is then passed to 3 additional TV's around the house (loft room, bedroom and kitchen), each with its own cable from the amplifier. Each of the TV's has a TV Link device. Everything works perfectly.
We are now in the process of having an extension built, so the TV in the kitchen will be replaced by two new TV's, one of which will be connected to a second Sky+ HD box. I will re-run the existing kitchen coaxial cable to the new Sky+ HD box, then send the signal from the Sky+HD box to the other TV in the kitchen and to the 50" plasma TV (for digital freeview signal), which will also be connected to the new Sky+ HD box via HDMI. The new Sky+ HD box will obviously be connected to the existing Satellite dish by the Sky installer. This will allow the 2nd TV in the kitchen to be tuned into both Sky+ HD boxes and to also receive digital freeview. So the setup becomes:
Aerial -> SLX6B Aerial Amplifier -> Sky+HD box in Lounge -> Back to SLX6B (carrying Sky channel)
-> loft room
-> Sky+ HD box in kitchen -> 50" plasma in kitchen
-> 2nd kitchen TV
(I hope this makes sense so far - nearly there!)
I have a couple of questions about this setup:
1. Will the TV link used in the bedroom and loft room change the channel both Sky+ HD boxes? I suspect it will as all cables originate from the amplifier, which sends the TV link signal back to the Sky+ HD box and therefore I assume it won't differentiate between Sky+ HD boxes!
2. I would like the 2nd kitchen TV to have a TV link system fitted, but for it to only control the Kitchen Sky+ HD box. Essentially, I want two separate TV links systems;
a) Lounge Sky+ HD box controllable from loft room and bedroom
b) Kitchen Sky+ HD box controllable from second kitchen TV only
My suspicion is that I'm going to have to use a second amplifier to pass the signal to the Kitchen Sky+ HD box and the two kitchen TV's. This would ensure there are two separate "circuits". To do this however, I would need to split the aerial input to feed two amplifiers!
For flexibility, I'm also thinking that rather than running a coaxial cable from the new kitchen Sky+ HD box to the 2nd kitchen TV (which would be a relatively short 15m cable), I'm thinking it would be better to send the coaxial cable back to the amplifier (in the loft) from the kitchen Sky+ HD box, then take it back down to the 2nd kitchen TV. This would ensure ALL TV's are fed from the same point in the loft and would give flexibility in the future should I wish to change the setup. Unfortunately, this also means much more cable as the runs from the loft amplifier to the kitchen are about 20m.
I would appreciate your comments/recommendations on this setup.
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