HALP! FiOS Internet and Outdoor TV Antenna, can they work in harmony?
Seaslug
Newbie

So I got tired of the extortionate amount I was paying for FiOS TV... ok not so much the TV more just the cost of TV+STB+Fees+No HDMI video because of some software glitch.

Anyways, I am now trying to set up an outdoor TV antenna, Problem comes from my FiOS Internet running On my coax lines throughout the house. 

In the past I had FiOS internet with Dish Network, I can't completely recall how this worked out, but back then I had 1 Xbox 360 and my PC plugged into the internet either by direct connection to the router (PC) or those wonderful little creations, NIM100 for the Xbox 360; also I think I had Dish Network running through the coax lines as well.

Now, (with the discovery of the NIM100's), I have an XBOX 360 in the bedroom, XBOX 360 in the living room, Bluray Player in the living room, iMac in the Office, and a (Wired) IP Cam outside watching the dogs.

So in a round about way,

My question is, How or where do I hook up my Outdoor TV Antenna to the coax line to be able to view local channels through my TV's that are plugged into coax outlets?

On the exterior of my house there is a coax cable plugged into a splitter but I think its actually a combiner. I believe that was my old dish entry site, but I didn't receive any signal through my TV's when plugged into the coax outlet (and did the whole scan for channels On the antenna setting).

Any tips? Is my memory mistaken?

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Re: HALP! FiOS Internet and Outdoor TV Antenna, can they work in harmony?
jmw1950
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I suspect you will need to change the 'combiner'. The frequencies used by the DishNetwork and other sat providers are quite different than over the air television. Technically your combiner is probably a duplexer, and it will only combine signals within specific frequency limits. If your over the air TV isn't within that frequency range, nothing will pass from the antenna into the output of the duplexer (so no TV signal).  So get rid of the duplexer, and replace it with a 'barrel connector' (double male connector)

The frequencies used by FiOS for the Internet connectivity are well above those used by over the air television, so once you address the duplexer issue, your outdoor antenna and coax should work. Over the Air Television doesn't get past about 700Mhz, and the FiOS Internet links are in the 1100-1250Mhz range.

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Re: HALP! FiOS Internet and Outdoor TV Antenna, can they work in harmony?
jmw1950
Specialist - Level 2

I suspect you will need to change the 'combiner'. The frequencies used by the DishNetwork and other sat providers are quite different than over the air television. Technically your combiner is probably a duplexer, and it will only combine signals within specific frequency limits. If your over the air TV isn't within that frequency range, nothing will pass from the antenna into the output of the duplexer (so no TV signal).  So get rid of the duplexer, and replace it with a 'barrel connector' (double male connector)

The frequencies used by FiOS for the Internet connectivity are well above those used by over the air television, so once you address the duplexer issue, your outdoor antenna and coax should work. Over the Air Television doesn't get past about 700Mhz, and the FiOS Internet links are in the 1100-1250Mhz range.

Re: HALP! FiOS Internet and Outdoor TV Antenna, can they work in harmony?
Seaslug
Newbie

I did some more research and I believe the "combiner" i mention is actually just a double coax grounder (it did have some grounder cables connected to it but i guess since it wasnt functioning those grounding cables didnt connect to anything else. also its on the exterior of my house under the roof awning.)

I'll change it out anyways. At least I know that it is possible to run the two on the same coax line. Thanks for your help.

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viafax999
Community Leader
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I used to be with DirecTv.

Used a Multiplexer (mux) to combine the antenna and dish signals then duplexers at each stb to split the signal back to the 2 feeds.

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