RE: [KAT5] Newbie type question...

["Graham D. Gray" <spoony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Malc,



You can have two receivers and daisy chain them, with the last one in
the chain being terminated.



However, this does means that you use two CAT5 connections and not just
one in each room you daisy chain from.



Hope this helps,



Graham



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From: m_surgenor [mailto:zen8432@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 December 2004 14:29
To: kat5-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: [KAT5] Newbie type question...






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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