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[KAT5] Newbie type question...


  • Subject: [KAT5] Newbie type question...
  • From: "m_surgenor" <zen8432@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:28:51 -0000





Apologies if this question is a bit 'back to basics' but, looking at
the pictures of everyone else's Node Zeros with their centralised
Sky/TiVo/DVD/etc, has got me thinking about replacing my Maxview coax
video distribution 'system' with something CAT5 based - especially
now that the KAT5 units have IR incorporated.

I already have a fairly extensive CAT5 network in the house and
luckily with some spare outlets in some rooms.  They all come back to
a patch panel in my node zero.

What I can't get to grips with is how I could view one source on
multiple TVs with KAT5 (told you it was a basic question!) - which is
what I can do now...

>From the diagrams on Keith's web site I can see that if I put, for
example, a DVD player in node zero and attached that to a KAT5
transmitter and that then to a CAT5 cable with a KAT5 receiver at the
other end, I could watch a DVD on the TV attached to that receiver.
But what if I also wanted to watch the same DVD in another room which
is similarly equipped with a KAT5 receiver (and CAT5)?

The only way I can see is to go to node zero and patch that CAT5 over
(losing the signal in the original room).  What am I missing?  :-)

Malcolm









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