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Sky TV Cable Extension

Can anyone recommend someone in Newtownabbey area to extend my existing Sky Cable from the my loft to my dining room and one bedroom. There is lots of cable in the loft, do they put some sort of splitter box on it ?? I've no idea how this works, so any suggestions greatly appreciated.

I live in a poor reception area (next to railway line) so External Aerial is not really an option.

Any idea too, how much this could cost?

Thanks

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  • dmxdave
    dmxdave Posts: 1,608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    edited 3 October 2010 at 6:38PM
    What you need to do is get a cable from your existing Sky box (RF Output 2) to a splitter then out to your two rooms. Make sure you have IR throughpass which means you can connect a magic eye in the other rooms that enables you to change the channels with your Sky remote.

    Splitter example here

    Magic eye here
    Dave
  • Thanks Dave, but i don't want cables running all over the place, want them all hidden if poss.
  • Jon_C
    Jon_C Posts: 465 Forumite
    Well if you want Sky in two rooms then the cables going to your TVs are going to have to plug into your Sky box somewhere.

    No-one's saying you can't hide them.

    Other than that, I'm not sure what you mean. Wireless video sender? In which case you don't need an installer to come round to your house.
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