MySky + freeview through rf to multiple rooms.

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#101829 9-May-2012 20:21

Hi all,

I currently have mysky (no HD) running through an rf modulator to other rooms in the house. I now also have a dishtv satbox which I also want to be able to view on tvs throughout the house. How do I do this??

Can I run the signal into the Satbox then out and into the mysky decoder then out to the rf modulator and get both sky and freeview on the other tvs throughout the house (or do I need to do it another way??)

Thanks.

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#622493 9-May-2012 20:25

If you're convinced RF is the way you want to go you'll ideally want another RF modulator and a combiner.

RF is the lowest denominator when it comes to quality of TV distribution.

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#622714 10-May-2012 09:55

You shouldn't need another modulator as most satboxes have one built in.
Depending on what modulator you have for Sky, it should have either an RF input (as well as the AV input from the Sky) or a combiner. If you have an outdoor aerial, that should be feeding into the RF input or combiner. To add in the feed from the satbox, simply put the aerial into the RD input of the satbox, then the RF out from the satbox into the modulator.

Aerial --(RF)---> Satbox ---(RF)--> modulator <--(AV)---- Sky
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                                 RF to other room

Hopefully that makes sense.

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#622722 10-May-2012 10:13

Euwh ..... RF ..... Euwh .....

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#622726 10-May-2012 10:19

Short of spending money and time, which the OP may not have in spades, the best option is to use the existing cabling.

If there was going to be any money spent on extra gear, I would suggest splitting the sky dish feed through a sat diplexer at each end of the existing mirror cabling, and install a 2nd decoder. Total cost about $150 (excl labour if a pro is used). The option they asked about uses a $5 flylead and will give reasonable pictures from an SD source (satbox).

The biggest issue with using the RF option would be making sure the output on the satbox isn't the same frequency as the modulator is set to.

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#623460 11-May-2012 11:38

A good clean RF signal can be pretty close to AV quality.

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#623480 11-May-2012 12:13

Etacovda: A good clean RF signal can be pretty close to AV quality.

It's still the bottom of the heap when it comes to quality, but at least RF doesn't suffer from dotcrawl like composite video!