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I presently have a split line that enables me to have HD TV in two bedrooms. I would like to wire jacks into two additional bedrooms so that one TV and its HD box can be easily moved between three rooms. The end result I'm looking for is to have one TV and HD box that will remain in one bedroom, and one TV and HD box that can be moved between three other bedrooms.
My questions are:
- What kind of splitter do I need?
- Am I better off splitting four separate lines from a single source, or should I split two additional lines off one of the existing two lines?
- Do each of the lengths of cable that run from the splitter need to be equal in length, or can they vary according to the actual distance from the splitter to the jack?
- Exactly what kind of cable do I need to run these lines?
- What other components do I need? That is, what are the brands/specs of the wall jacks and connectors? ( I already have coaxial cables that connect from the HD box to the TV).
- Where is the best place to buy these components?
I appreciate your advice. Thanks!
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@Brandywine1 wrote:I presently have a split line that enables me to have HD TV in two bedrooms. I would like to wire jacks into two additional bedrooms so that one TV and its HD box can be easily moved between three rooms. The end result I'm looking for is to have one TV and HD box that will remain in one bedroom, and one TV and HD box that can be moved between three other bedrooms.
My questions are:
- What kind of splitter do I need?
- Am I better off splitting four separate lines from a single source, or should I split two additional lines off one of the existing two lines?
- Do each of the lengths of cable that run from the splitter need to be equal in length, or can they vary according to the actual distance from the splitter to the jack?
- Exactly what kind of cable do I need to run these lines?
- What other components do I need? That is, what are the brands/specs of the wall jacks and connectors? ( I already have coaxial cables that connect from the HD box to the TV).
- Where is the best place to buy these components?
I appreciate your advice. Thanks!
- One rated for 5 MHz to 1000 MHz.
- Best to split once, but not too critical due to the inherent strength of the FiOS signal.
- No need for equal lengths.
- RG6 tri-shield or quad shield with COMPRESSION (not crimp) fittings.
- All outlets when not in use should have a terminator on them (75 ohm F termination).
- Most of this can be found at your local big-box store with the possib\le exception of the terminations. The Shack should have those. Not necessarily the best (or cheapest), but easiest. You can try some of the shops on E-Bay (I got my compression fittings and compression tool there a few years ago), and I don't know if monoprice.com carries the base components or just assembled cables.
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I agree with everything Keyboards typed...except the part about the cable specs. I have my setup split 7 ways in various configurations, 3 to DVR,s, 1 to Router, 2 to tuner cards in the pc, and 1 direct to the TV RF jack. One of the DVR's is over 120 feet from the split and a few are only 5 feet long. All I have used is regular single shield RG6 with simple but good quality crimp connectors. I have had no problems whatsoever due to cabling.
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I seriously recommend the use of compression fittings as crimps tend to fail or become intermittent over time. In the past I've had to redo crimps (even though they were made with a professional crimping tool) but have not had a single issue with compression fittings in 4 years now.
As to the cable shielding, I'm surprised your 120 ft. run works across the whole band as there is quite a bit of loss at the upper frequency end of the QAM spectrum, but glad that it works for you. The suggestion of tri or quad shielding is more to prevent any local ingress of RF which may not be an issue in your area, but I always tend to err on the conservative side as well as "future proofing" my wiring as much as possible..