Apologies if this is a bit OT... I posted this to uk.tech.digital-tv but
got a stony silence - must be a pretty straightforward question so
don't know why.


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I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take the
output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to several
rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or PVR output
in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Cabling to most of the rooms are already actually in place from a
previous TV distribution system, and I know it does work, using an old
existing cheapo Maxview 3-way amp thing which I already have plugged in
upstairs in the airing cupboard, however (a) I'm sure better picture
quality is possible with a decent amp and (b) I need a new one with a
minimum of 7 outputs.

Any recommendations for a suitable bit of kit?

Thanks
David

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Since my original post I've come across what's apparently a dedicated
distribution amp for Virgin cable - product ref TVX 67A at
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/2-12%20WEB.pdf

Can anyone confirm - do you need a special amp because it's a cable TV
output rather than terrestrial TV? The above is quite pricey at 39 quid
compared with 'ordinary' kit - is it worth it?

Lobster wrote:
Apologies if this is a bit OT... I posted this to uk.tech.digital-tv but
got a stony silence - must be a pretty straightforward question so
don't know why.


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I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take the
output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to several
rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or PVR output
in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Cabling to most of the rooms are already actually in place from a
previous TV distribution system, and I know it does work, using an old
existing cheapo Maxview 3-way amp thing which I already have plugged in
upstairs in the airing cupboard, however (a) I'm sure better picture
quality is possible with a decent amp and (b) I need a new one with a
minimum of 7 outputs.

Any recommendations for a suitable bit of kit?

Thanks
David

-----------------
Since my original post I've come across what's apparently a dedicated
distribution amp for Virgin cable - product ref TVX 67A at
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/2-12%20WEB.pdf

Can anyone confirm - do you need a special amp because it's a cable TV
output rather than terrestrial TV? The above is quite pricey at 39 quid
compared with 'ordinary' kit - is it worth it?

I do not know much about these things, but it seems to me that the box
you identified is to fit between the Virgin Media cable and two (or
more) set top boxes (whether V+ or crappy, ordinary ones like I have).

Evidence:

This is equipped with F connectors where I would have expected ordinary
co-ax plugs/sockets as fitted to other distribution amplifiers (even in
the same catalogue).

Return path is surely unnecessary for a simple TV signal coming out of a
Virgin Media box to a simple TV? But this has such a path.

Perhaps someone who really knows will be along soon? ...

--
Rod

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:00:33 GMT, Lobster
wrote:

Apologies if this is a bit OT... I posted this to uk.tech.digital-tv but
got a stony silence - must be a pretty straightforward question so
don't know why.


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I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take the
output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to several
rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or PVR output
in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Cabling to most of the rooms are already actually in place from a
previous TV distribution system, and I know it does work, using an old
existing cheapo Maxview 3-way amp thing which I already have plugged in
upstairs in the airing cupboard, however (a) I'm sure better picture
quality is possible with a decent amp and (b) I need a new one with a
minimum of 7 outputs.

Any recommendations for a suitable bit of kit?

Thanks
David

-----------------
Since my original post I've come across what's apparently a dedicated
distribution amp for Virgin cable - product ref TVX 67A at
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/2-12%20WEB.pdf

Can anyone confirm - do you need a special amp because it's a cable TV
output rather than terrestrial TV? The above is quite pricey at 39 quid
compared with 'ordinary' kit - is it worth it?

39 quid is cheap if it's decent quality. The box output is 'standard'
UHF so any TV distribution amp should do like this one:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/69457/...ion-Unit-8-Way

On 05/02/2008 09:00, Lobster wrote:

I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take the
output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to several
rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or PVR output
in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Something like Blake proSTR10S
will distribute your V+ RF output to 10 other positions (along with FM
and DAB aerial feeds if you have them)

http://www.blake-uk.com/page/amplifi...ception_prostr

If you also use the Blake starlink with a "magic eye" at some or all of
the remote TVs, and an infrared emitter (or higher powered blaster)
pointing at the V+ you *can* control it remotely.

https://www.blake-uk.com//page/proception_prostl

Lobster wrote:
Apologies if this is a bit OT... I posted this to uk.tech.digital-tv
but got a stony silence - must be a pretty straightforward question
so don't know why.


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I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take
the output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to
several rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or
PVR output in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Cabling to most of the rooms are already actually in place from a
previous TV distribution system, and I know it does work, using an old
existing cheapo Maxview 3-way amp thing which I already have plugged
in upstairs in the airing cupboard, however (a) I'm sure better
picture quality is possible with a decent amp and (b) I need a new
one with a minimum of 7 outputs.

Any recommendations for a suitable bit of kit?

Thanks
David

-----------------
Since my original post I've come across what's apparently a dedicated
distribution amp for Virgin cable - product ref TVX 67A at
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/2-12%20WEB.pdf

Can anyone confirm - do you need a special amp because it's a cable TV
output rather than terrestrial TV? The above is quite pricey at 39
quid compared with 'ordinary' kit - is it worth it?

Well I've got Sky, not cable but it's distributed around the house just like
you want to do, on an "ordinary" distribution amp. I don't see why Virgin
should be any different.

John

On Feb 5, 10:45 am, "John" wrote:
Lobster wrote:
Apologies if this is a bit OT... I posted this to uk.tech.digital-tv
but got a stony silence - must be a pretty straightforward question
so don't know why.

------------------

I have Virgin cable at home, with their V+ PVR box. I want to take
the output from that (coax) and distribute it around the house to
several rooms - I know that means you can't control the channels or
PVR output in the other rooms, but that's OK.

Cabling to most of the rooms are already actually in place from a
previous TV distribution system, and I know it does work, using an old
existing cheapo Maxview 3-way amp thing which I already have plugged
in upstairs in the airing cupboard, however (a) I'm sure better
picture quality is possible with a decent amp and (b) I need a new
one with a minimum of 7 outputs.

Any recommendations for a suitable bit of kit?

Thanks
David

-----------------
Since my original post I've come across what's apparently a dedicated
distribution amp for Virgin cable - product ref TVX 67A at
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/2-12%20WEB.pdf

Can anyone confirm - do you need a special amp because it's a cable TV
output rather than terrestrial TV? The above is quite pricey at 39
quid compared with 'ordinary' kit - is it worth it?

Well I've got Sky, not cable but it's distributed around the house just like
you want to do, on an "ordinary" distribution amp. I don't see why Virgin
should be any different.

John- Hide quoted text -

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I have the similar setup at home with a V+ box. The V+ box does not
give an output on RF, only via Scart (well I couldn't find an RF
output from it).

I ended up using one of these boxes from Maplin:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?...source=15&SD=Y

The RF feed comes in from the loft, loops through the modulator box,
then back up to my Labgear distribution unit in the loft again. It
then sends the signals out to the other TVs on the distribution unit.

This modulator is better than some. The first box I bought cut off the
input TV RF signal when a Scart signal was applied, so no one else
could watch Terrestrial TV ƒ¼

The Maplin box puts the RF input along with the Scart signal out.

The picture quality seems OK for a cheap box - my roof mounted TV
aerial is rubbish - but that's another project - so can't really tell
if the terrestrial signal is degraded much! Sound is Mono only, but
fine for in the bedroom, kitchen etc.

Only gotcha is that Maplin had a batch of duff boxes - this is number
3 and seems OK now!

HTH
Marc

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Why on earth do you have your newsreader set to post in Chinese?

Andy

On Feb 5, 10:47 pm, Andy Champ wrote:
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Big5

Why on earth do you have your newsreader set to post in Chinese?

Andy

Lee is a common Chinese surname. Perhaps Marc is Chinese?

It shouldn't bother any proper newsreader as all the latin characters
are included in Big5

Steve

On 06/02/2008 10:48, stevelup wrote:

Lee is a common Chinese surname. Perhaps Marc is Chinese?

Check photos on his website?

On 6 Feb, 13:00, Andy Burns wrote:
On 06/02/2008 10:48, stevelup wrote:

Lee is a common Chinese surname. Perhaps Marc is Chinese?

Check photos on his website?

Sorry, I'm not the son of Bruce!

I posted from Google, so not sure how I got set to Chinese! This is
probably in Chinese as well :-(

wrote:
On 6 Feb, 13:00, Andy Burns wrote:
On 06/02/2008 10:48, stevelup wrote:

Lee is a common Chinese surname. Perhaps Marc is Chinese?
Check photos on his website?

Sorry, I'm not the son of Bruce!

I posted from Google, so not sure how I got set to Chinese! This is
probably in Chinese as well :-(

Back to ISO-8859-1, which is as it should be.

Stevelup, it works OK, it just *looks* funny!

Andy