Using a V+ box with long lengths of coax

[gatkinso]

A friend has had his house re-decorated and in my mind, rather unadvisely, had TV coax cable run to multiple rooms as a video distribution method. He already has Virgin Broadband that comes in under the stairs and is tempted to get rid of Sky and go for the V+ box with VM.

My question is, can the digital TV feed be passed down the coax eminating from under the stairs so that the V+ box can be connected to the output socket in the living room? He could then connect the V+ box to his HD TV with HDMI.

Or is the coax cable bringing the broadband feed in different from TV coax cable?

Thnx, G

 

[Mackem]

You need RJ6 cable. If he's installed that, fine. But he may not have.

 

[OneTrouble]

bb and tv comes through the same cable on totally different freqs

your mate just needs to make sure he is put on a high tap on the green cabs on the street..

if he is already on the highest tap in the green cabs then he needs to get a cable booster

you can get them from maplins and they have a return path..therefore his broadband and interactive tv will still work and splitting the signal will not be an issue.

its a good idea to cable up everyone room in the house..in the future id make that move..saves having wires all showing etc

A friend has had his house re-decorated and in my mind, rather unadvisely, had TV coax cable run to multiple rooms as a video distribution method. He already has Virgin Broadband that comes in under the stairs and is tempted to get rid of Sky and go for the V+ box with VM.

My question is, can the digital TV feed be passed down the coax eminating from under the stairs so that the V+ box can be connected to the output socket in the living room? He could then connect the V+ box to his HD TV with HDMI.

Or is the coax cable bringing the broadband feed in different from TV coax cable?

Thnx, G