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Satellite signal without cable

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Is there a device to to this, maybe a coax-cable version of a power-line adaptor?

I'll be emptying the living room soon for redecorating, and moving everything into the spare bedroom (except the VM Super Hub). For the internet connection I plan to use a couple of powerline adapters, but I'm wondering if there's a 'wireless' method of getting the satellite signal from the wall in the living room to another room, or if I would have to lay some temporary cable through the house?

I know I could connect an Ethernet cable to my Foxsat HDR and just watch catchup channels, but I'd prefer to still be able to record stuff.


I have been thinking about rerouteing the satellite & TV cables through the roof & down through the house, instead of across the roof & down the front wall, but not until after the re-decorating. Maybe it would help to do that first.:think:
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  • System
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    Not a chance unfortunately. Its actually a good idea but nobody is doing one.
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  • Neil_Jones
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    The LNB polarisation (horizonal or vertical) is switched by the box via the cables. You can't do that switching wirelessly.

    You will either have to go without until you've finished redecorating or run temporary cable.
  • ben501
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    Thanks for the replies, even though they were not what I was hoping to hear. Maybe time for plan B.

    I was going to ask this somewhere else, and nearer the time, but maybe someone can answer and save me creating another topic somewhere.

    What is the normal/preferred route to get cables from the roof, into the house?

    At the moment mine just run down from the dish/aerial, secured down the front wall & into the living room. I'd like to feed them down through the roof, but unsure of the best way to get them in. Two methods that come to mind are either feeding it in through the gap between eaves/gutter, or trying to find an overlap in the roof felt that I can pass it through, under a slate. (It would be a roofer/aerial installer doing it, not me. There's no way I'm going up on the roof)
  • kwikbreaks
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    If you can leave the set top box in place there are devices to send the video over wireless to a TV and route the remote back to the box but it's an expensive solution for a short term requirement.
  • Just watch the paint dry..... OK i'll get my coat and hat :cool:
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  • coffeehound
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    Have you got any airbricks to the attic? I've used that route a couple of times, just opening a bit with a drill.

    Another option is a mobile temporary dish set-up that campers use. Might be less hassle overall.
  • ben501 wrote: »
    ..What is the normal/preferred route to get cables from the roof, into the house?

    At the moment mine just run down from the dish/aerial, secured down the front wall & into the living room. I'd like to feed them down through the roof, but unsure of the best way to get them in. Two methods that come to mind are either feeding it in through the gap between eaves/gutter, or trying to find an overlap in the roof felt that I can pass it through, under a slate. (It would be a roofer/aerial installer doing it, not me. There's no way I'm going up on the roof)
    The simplest method is to run the cables on the outside wall and enter the house close to where the receiver will be.

    If the cables run horizontally and vertically, avoiding diagonal runs even if that is shorter, they are usually not particularly unsightly.

    It is usually a lot more effort to run them via the roof and then inside the house.

    Unless you find your current set up unsightly, you should stick to an external route. You may be able to hide them behind gutter pipes or run them down a side wall where they will be less visible.
  • neilmcl
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    Why can't you just leave the HDR in the living room and put a dust sheet over it. I'm sure you can decorate around it.
  • ben501
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    Why can't you just leave the HDR in the living room and put a dust sheet over it. I'm sure you can decorate around it.
    Were it just painting, I'd agree, but there's plastering to be done too, including removing some old plaster. The more I can empty the room, the happier I, and the plasterer will be.
    Just watch the paint dry..... OK i'll get my coat and hat :cool:
    Many a true word is spoken in jest...
    It will take a while for the plaster to dry, but if my choice of 'painting day' coincides with a day the FTA channels decide to bless us with wall to wall sport, then watching the paint dry may be a preferable alternative.
    The simplest method is to run the cables on the outside wall and enter the house close to where the receiver will be.

    It is usually a lot more effort to run them via the roof and then inside the house.

    Unless you find your current set up unsightly, you should stick to an external route.
    I do consider them unsightly, but if I move them, some new irritation would no doubt take their place.
    My idea (if repositioning the cables was straightforward) would have them dropping straight from the loft, and through a (yet to be drilled) hole into the living room. I could then have a wall mounted aerial socket which would be much neater than trying to hide the cables under the skirting.


    It's a mid terraced property, which rules out some other options, including the airbrick suggestion.


    I guess I could always have a stroll around the neighbourhood to find other houses with aerials/satellite dishes, but no visible wiring and ask them how it's routed. Many houses do have wires down the front, and some have them down the back (no good for me), but there are some apparently missing. It may draw the wrong sort of attention if I go wandering around looking at people's roofs through a pair of binoculars though.:eek:
  • There are no ways of sending the raw satelite signal wirelessly from one place to another.


    If you are thinking of rerouting the wires long term I would get that done before you do any plastering. Just done this myself, where the wires come in depends on where your dish is mounted. Mine is mounted about half way up the house so the wires come in and run under the upstairs floor boards as then come down inside the walls. If it was near the top of the house I would bring the cables in through the loft and then down. If you are doing this I would put in TV distribution system if you want TV signals in multiple rooms
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