RE: Loftbox users?

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx>]

The only reason to connect the dish via the loft box is so that you then
only need to run a single co-ax from the loft box to the 'living room'
where
the Sky box, telly and FM receiver (and DAB) are located. You then use a
'Tri-Plexer' on the wall behind the telly to split the 3 signals out to the
various equipment.

If your SKY+ box is located elsewhere I see no advantage of routing the Sat
dish IF signal via the Loftbox...

On a separate point, I understand that Sky now install a Quad LNB with
SKY+.
I have a QUAD LNB fitted to the new house being built, I do not have Sky +
as  I am a TiVo man, and have routed all four outputs directly to node 0 so
that I can connect multiple Sky Boxes. I have two receivers at the
moment....

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 August 2003 08:39
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Loftbox users?

No, it's just because as I understand it, that's the way the loftbox is
meant to be wired.... with every input signal (including satellite) going
to
an input on the loftbox...

See the diagram here....

http://www.letsautomate.com/images/10567-2.jpg

However, the loftbox of course predates Sky+, and so only expects to deal
with 1 sat feed...

Paul G.



>From: "Nigel Giddings" <nigel.giddings@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Loftbox users?
>Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 22:04:04 +0100
>
>Paul,
>
>I am not sure why you are routing the LNB1 feed via the Loft box ? is
this
>to save on a cable, ie combine the LNB IF with TV and FM/DAB ?
>
>Nigel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 07 August 2003 17:44
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Loftbox users?
>
>My main question was considering where to site it... I'm more and more
>leaning towards locating it in my Node 0 (in the cellar), rather than
in
>the
>loft...
>
>There are a number of reasons for this...
>
>I have a sky+ box in the lounge, and so I have 2 LNB feeds going to it.
The
>loftbox will only take one of those, so regardless of where I put the
>loftbox, I still have to have a run going directly from the minidish to
the
>digibox... My feeling is I might as well keep the two runs together..
>
>My CCTV camera is mounted at the front door. It's *very* easy to get
it's
>cable to the cellar (It's there already), but not so easy to get it
back up
>to the loft. The CCTV camera output is composite video, so to get it to
the
>loft I'd have a number of options: Modulator near the camera, then coax
>back
>up to the loft, or KAT5 TX in the cellar, over existing CAT5 to the
loft,
>KAT RX in the loft, then modulator in the loft... - extra expense, and
>longer cable runs, - another good reason for putting the loftbox in the
>cellar methinks...
>
>Are you putting sky digital through it? - do you notice any degredation
as
>a
>result? - I know that sky engineers always seem to "poo-poo"
any wiring
>scheme that involves any breaks whatsoever in the LNB cable...
>
>Another thing I just realised, is that by connecting the CCTV camera to
the
>loftbox in the prescribed way, I'll only have a modulated camera feed
to go
>to the TV's... - not much use to me in the lounge...  I'd like to split
the
>camera signal before it goes into the modulator and take a composite
feed
>up
>to the AV amp in the lounge...
>
>Cheers.
>
>Paul G.
>
>
>
> >From: "Robert Welsh" <bob@xxxxxxx>
> >>
> >Yep.
> >
> >4-way box installed in my attic for 2.5 years....never had any
problems.
> >Your mileage may vary, as they say - so if you've particular
questions,
> >fire away.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >       Robert
> >
>
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