Sky cabling

Enterprise_1701C

The only other option I can see is to take it over the roof and enter the other end, but this depends on what you are running it through at the other end, what rooms you have there.

You can use two coax cables, but it must be satellite coax, not all cables are if high enough quality.

scheming_gypsy

To take it over the roof means a complete reinstall apart from bolting a satellite dish to the wall. I'd need to recable the LNB to give me coax long enough to re-route it through to the new location.

apologies if this sounds like i'm being rude but the question isn't "can anybody suggest ways for me to get a cable to that wall", but it's "does anybody know of any way to get the signal to that wall". Wireless senders, homeplugs, coax to ethernet (thinner cable) etc.

rmg1

Fairly sizeable job, but can't you run the cables behind the skirting boards? You'll still need loads of cable but at least it will be hidden.

scheming_gypsy

but that means taking the skirting boards off just to move my TV.

Looks like the answer is 'no, there is no way to transmit a signal 12 feet without coax cables'... which is a bit of a pain. I can't be the only person who's wanted to transmit a signal without cables

Linbox

Cables - instead of going down - go up into the loft.
You can then put a joint in them as required.
Come down inside a cupboard into the upstairs floor.
Route the cables to the area above the TV.

a. Drop down through ceiling either in a corner or on open side of door then down frame using trunking or other to conceal.
Or drop down above TV using trunking or other to conceal.

b. Drop down through ceiling under the stairs. Clip cables to stairs. come through wall behind TV


Cheap but a little time consuming.

scheming_gypsy

Well there doesn't seem to be any way to do it so i'm either going to have to stick with the TV where it is or mess about with trunking which i didn't want to do.
There's no way to send a signal without coax

Enterprise_1701C

Have you tried removing your skirting boards and hiding them behind them, big job but would hide them.

scheming_gypsy

no.
I don't want to re-route the cables unless i had to. What i was wanting was something like a video sender or a converter; as it's Sky+ there's two coax cables so i wanted a way to send the signal from the input to the wall without having to route cables everywhere.... wireless transmitter, ethernet converter and homeplugs etc... but it doesn't look like you can transmit the coax signal over anything other than coax. I could get HDMI wireless senders but they're not cheap and i'd still have to get an optical cable from the window to the AV receiver.
I looked at coax splitters but they only work to split the signal from the sky box to two TV's, not 1 coax (easier to route) to two Sky box inputs.

The problem with re-routing the cable is the door. No matter how I do it without getting silly, the door will be in the way and I'll have to go round it..... So that's what I'm going to have to do. I'll have to route the coax around the skirting board using thick trunking, around the door frame and to the middle of the wall.
I ideally want to tile the lounge floor at some point, so when I do i'll put cabling under it and come out in all three other possible locations so at least then it'll be easier

neilwoods

If you already know about using a video sender, then why are you asking for other options seeing as you are blowing all other ideas out of the water.

debitcardmayhem

Do you need Sky+ ? Or do you want the premium channels