Do I need a multiswitch?

[H4ss4n]

I've just bought a house which I have gutted out so I thought I'd have Sky Tv points in 3 of the rooms then feed the twin wires from each of the rooms to an airing cupboard under the stairs.

I'm planning on getting Sky multiroom so I'll have a box in 2 of the rooms and the third room I'll use an old Sky HD box for freeview.

My question is how would I connect the 3 twin wires in the airing cupboard to the output from a dish? Is a multiswitch required?

[Squizza]

Hey,

I had a similar issue. Main Sky HD+ box downstairs but also needed a feed for the TV (freesat). Then I needed feeds in two other rooms around the house. One multiroom and an F5.

I opted for two dishes with 4 port LNB's

If you can get away with that solution it is the one I would recommend.

[oE]

One dish and an 8 port LNB like this one will do it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-...item53ffb6692d

You should avoid any joins from the LNB to the sky boxes as Joins can cause signal loss and there is a limit on the cable length.

Mind you I have joined and ran really long cables before with no real problems.

oE.

[H4ss4n]

Cheers guys, will the above LNB work on a normal size Sky dish?

[kroner]

Cheers guys, will the above LNB work on a normal size Sky dish?

Yes.

On new house builds i tend to run two lots of shotgun. One shotgun for the Sky dish and one for an aerial feed and the other for a return path if you want feed the Sky to another room. I would also run a CAT6 just to cover all angles.

[oE]

It should do now I'm no expert you will need to look at your fish as I am sure they are a few different types of lnb arms used.

oE