Help please - looking to set up multi-room satellite TV

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  • AmardeepAujla
    Newbie
    • Sep 2011
    • 7
    #1

    Help please - looking to set up multi-room satellite TV

    Hi guys, newbie here, and a very excited late-comer to the world of Linux satellite receivers.

    I'm having building work done all over the house and I've decided to go for a multi-room TV system. Thought about having a few satellite receivers connected to a matrix, but I've decided to just go for a Linux box with my Sky card running as a server with Linux boxes in each room sharing the card.

    I need a little help with the wiring though and wondered if anybody could shed a little light...

    Lets say I went for a twin-tuner in each room, and I had eight rooms (for future-proofing's sake) - Would I need 16 cables coming from my dish? I could possibly mount two octo-LNBs using a bracket like this one:

    PULSAT.COM - TRIAX FLEXIBLOCK DUAL LNB FEED HOLDER - SATELLITE TV DISHES & BRACKETS

    Also, would I run a cable from ech octoLNB to each receiver?

    Very simple questions for you guys, I know; I'm still learning and using the search functions, but just needed to get my head around the basics quickly so I can get on with the wiring job.

    Any help is very much appreciated!
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    • AmardeepAujla
      Newbie
      • Sep 2011
      • 7
      #2
      By the way, I'll only be using it for UK Sky channels

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        • andiewill
          DK Veteran
          • Aug 2008
          • 490
          #3
          Lets say I went for a twin-tuner in each room, and I had eight rooms (for future-proofing's sake) - Would I need 16 cables coming from my dish? I could possibly mount two octo-LNBs using a bracket like this one:

          That would be the best bet but take it in mind that will be alot of cabling, but in your case as you are doing building work around the house it should not be to bad.


          Also, would I run a cable from each octoLNB to each receiver?

          Sort of it does not matter as long as the lnb are recieving the satellite of choice..... but if it's twin tuners you are getting you will need to run two cables to each room, also if you are going to share do you need internet acces ponits in each room, or are you going wireless...... if i was doing that work i would wire in ethernet and internet junctions points..........

          ITgate TGM220 (swapable tuner), Dreambox 800 pro, Dreambox 500c x 2, DBox, Popbox media player.

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            • AmardeepAujla
              Newbie
              • Sep 2011
              • 7
              #4
              Thanks for the info, I've already laid Cat 6 cables in every room!

              Been reading a little on other forums, too. Starting to get a good idea now

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