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27/03/2008, 17:40 joidevie Joined on 10/05/2005 Posts 230 How to wire one of these ? Picture included... I'm trying to work out how this is wired up ? I'm less interested in the ethernet part of it, but really the TV and SAT coaxial.. I have 2 lengths of coax coming into the box - one for the TV and one for the SAT. I can only see one hole for the centre core of the coax and that's on the SAT side ? Also, it seems all the 'outer' braided part of both incoming coaxes gets sandwiched into the same bit ? Sorry, I'm normally quite clever but this one's caught me out ! Many thanks...    Report

27/03/2008, 17:56 clarksinfrance Joined on 28/05/2006 56 Baud Posts 101 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included... You need another box, which collects the signals from the TV aerial, Sattelite Dish. Then you need run one coaxial cable from the collector to the box shown. The Ethernet cable is run separately (I think)    Report

27/03/2008, 18:06 Quillan Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 3,644 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included... I think the 'Ethernet' connector may really be a RJ11 socket for a phone. http://www.chambresdhote.com    Report

27/03/2008, 18:28 joidevie Joined on 10/05/2005 Posts 230 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included...  clarksinfrance wrote: You need another box, which collects the signals from the TV aerial, Sattelite Dish. Then you need run one coaxial cable from the collector to the box shown. The Ethernet cable is run separately (I think) .. How boring - I was really just hoping for a simple distribution box. Yet another bad purchase.. Why would you want to go through another box before the distribution terminal here ?    Report

27/03/2008, 21:32 Breton Networks Joined on 05/08/2007 Posts 69 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included... .    Report

27/03/2008, 23:07 microwave mike Joined on 21/07/2007 Posts 11 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included...  joidevie wrote:      I have 2 lengths of coax coming into the box - one for the TV and one for the SAT.  That's your mistake. You should only have one coax coming into the box and that coax carries a combined satellite and TV signal. The satellite signal and TV signal are usually combined up on the chimney and the one coax lead then feeds the wall plate that you show in the image.    Report

27/03/2008, 23:33 Gyn_Paul Joined on 23/08/2004 La Creuse - God's own Dept. Posts 1,203 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included...  Quillan wrote: I think the 'Ethernet' connector may really be a RJ11 socket for a phone. I don't want to be picky Quillan, but I think it's actually an RJ45: the new phone outlet standard. Which is all well and good if the appropriate leads to go between it and the phone or modem/router are available widely. As yet I haven't seen any sign of them. I hope this box pictured below by the o/p is not the way things are going in future. I much prefer having separate feeds for aerial and dish: the use of this (combining at the head-end) implies that a dish is always going to be on a roof with the aerial. That's a big no-no as far as I'm concerned. I don't mind walking round the end of the barn to brush the snow off the dish, but shinning up an icy roof to do it is definately not on. And another thing... Who (apart from someone with a new SKY contract) wants a phone socket by the TV? Barmy ! p "Don't think of them as problems, think of them as opportunities." "OK, I think I've hit an insurmountable opportunity!"    Report

28/03/2008, 5:20 joidevie Joined on 10/05/2005 Posts 230 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included... Ah - I see.. Any clues as to what this box is ? A link perhaps ? I can still get up there and add one ! Many thanks..    Report

28/03/2008, 6:54 Nick Trollope Joined on 23/08/2004 Broons, Dept 22 Posts 2,479 Re: How to wire one of these ? Picture included...  Gyn_Paul wrote: I don't want to be picky Quillan, but I think it's actually an RJ45: the new phone outlet standard. I'm sure it is an RJ11, too. Not enough connections for a RJ45 (which has 8). RJ45 is indeed the new standard for telephone in France, but I'd say that socket is American? OP; Your "system" should include a combiner for the TV and satellite signals. This can be as simple as a "passive" box (a small metal thing with 3 "F" connectors on it, or as comples as a multi-output satellite "switch". Where did you get the socket?     Nick www.aplaceinfrance.com    Report

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