Modular TV, RADIO, SATELITTE socket - how to wire?

Bendy_House

Hi.

I've been replacing sockets and switches with Click Deco gear, and have this conundrum;

'Click' do a faceplate with a modular cutout for their light switches, so if necessary I'm sure I can transfer the three parts above into the new plate (and spray them black...).

I'm curious about the Satellite, TV, and Radio sockets module. This has only two cable entry points behind it - it's a bit like this: https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-quadruplex-modular-multimedia-socket-white/31768 What will the two coax cables be? How does this supply what are surely three (4, if the two Sats are separate?) different services?

(Yes, there's another coax cable going to the middle socket.)

Cheers.

bob_a_builder

Sorry no idea, but one of the reviews in the Screfeix item you linked to might give some insight

Explanation of use

2 Feb 2019

By wongman

Berkshire

" There seems to be some confusion in the previous two reviews. This item has two coaxial cable connections, One of the connections is a simple feed to the SAT2 connector. The other connection needs a multiplex feed including Satellite, Terrestrial TV, and Radio. Some TV aerial distribution amplifiers have a facility for a multiplexed output. You can also use one of these LAP modules to produce a multiplexed output by feeding Sat, TV, and Radio into the connectors on the faceplate, and taking the multiplex output via the coax cable connection on the rear (right hand connection looking at rear with module oriented such that coax connections are at the bottom). If you use a DVM to check continuity you will not see a connection from the coax connection to the TV and Radio sockets as there is no DC path, just a radio frequency path. There will be a DC connection from the coax to the SAT1 connector as the LNB needs power from the Satellite tuner.
Problems, awkward to get the coax cable laying in the pattress as there's not much room. Reliability, I just had one fail after 9 months of use. "

33 of 33 people found this review helpful.

shiraz99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1d1EZ2hqd4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV2fsux4eYc

Bendy_House

Ah! Multiplex! That 'explains' it.

Blimey, I didn't know all that malarkey could be shared through one coax, so I presume there will be a 'multiplex' box in the loft that takes all the signals from their respective aerials, and then mixes them before sending it down that cable?

Here's hoping I CAN make the existing module fit the new plate!

Thanks both. :-)

Bendy_House

Thankfully, these old modules fitted PERFECTLY into the new Click Deco black nickel surround, and after spraying the white faces of these modules black, it blends in with all the other Click fittings with no issues.

Also thankfully, the multiplex sockets aren't needed, tho' I did reconnect them; mil only requires the separate aerial socket.

Mil was suitably unimpressed by my achievement...