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gangstafm

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#90738 28-Sep-2011 16:49

Hi,

I have moved into a new house and the lounge does not have the wire for sky.

The Sky wire ends up on one end of the lounge and the TV unfortunately has to be on the other side.

Rather than extending the wire from the sky box to the tv right across the entire room, i was wondering if there was some other way to do it. I have heard of Wireless receivers but never had any experience to know if it actually works or not.

Any help would be appreciated.

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#526861 28-Sep-2011 17:07

I'd call Sky. Worst case is $99 connection fee, then you can have it done properly to suit you. Or they may be able to supply an extension. Or DSE/Jaycar may have extension leads off the shelf?

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#526862 28-Sep-2011 17:09

the thing is i dont want to have cables going right across the room for sky. one of my mates suggested a wireless receiver but not quite sure if it works

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#526863 28-Sep-2011 17:12

Wifi sounds not ideal, and for the cost, isn't the $99 Sky technician an option?

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#526866 28-Sep-2011 17:16

if Sky do it they usually put them out of sight, mine are all under the house and they come out near the tv's and if you cancelled Sky then its usually free to get it installed, not quite sure on your situation

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#526889 28-Sep-2011 18:33

You are meant to use Sky to move your Sky box (not do it yourself) as it is their equipment. Otherwise you may be liable for any problems (and costs) that arise because of a "self move".

Not sure if the move fee covers having it properly wired in or not. (Suspect it does)

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#527111 29-Sep-2011 10:42

oh ok.. let me check with Sky again as the connection for Sky is already there from the previous owner so they asked us to just attach the box to the cable that was there and it works.
the problem is that the box is too far away from the tv

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#527113 29-Sep-2011 10:50

Sky will come and move it for you. There will be a charge (either $99 or $49) but they will put it where you want it.

You could do oit yourself with an extension cable by pulling the sky cable back out of the lounge and drilling through where you want it, but for $99 getting someone who does it all the time (and will probably run the cable all the way back to the LNB) may be a better option.

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#527437 29-Sep-2011 21:56

I'm not sure wireless would be a solution. The only ones I have ever seen only seem to transmit composite signals, though maybe that has changed.

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#527462 29-Sep-2011 22:27

You are essentially talking about moving a satellite dish cable outlet from one location in a room to another, is that right?

Does SKY work for you over where the current existing outlet is?

If so you could just: extend the cable, extend and reroute the cable in a wall/under the house, up through the ceiling and back down etc, or run new cable from the desired location to the satellite dish.

Is there more to it than this?

Sky will do this for you for a charge, and that's probably valid given it all works and you just now want to locate your TV in a different location.

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#527475 29-Sep-2011 23:14

gangstafm: oh ok.. let me check with Sky again as the connection for Sky is already there from the previous owner so they asked us to just attach the box to the cable that was there and it works.
the problem is that the box is too far away from the tv

I will recap with a bit of detail this time. I painted my house, as well as exterior renovations. I took off the dish from the undergutter and when I put it back it was out of line. Losing interest rapidly as busy I got Sky in to re-align it. As it was $99 connection fee either way, he suggested to move it, so he attached it to the roof, re-ran new cabling from there to a slightly different location in the room. $99. Perfect.