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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Any way to test if two ends among some coax cables belong to the same cable?
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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1100750" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Wouldn't advise that approach as it would be potentially far too easy to get the tone appearing on the wrong cable if both are left connected to the box.</p><p></p><p>It's easy to disconnect the Sky cables to the box (best to mark which cable goes to which socket!) - all you need is an 11mm open-ended spanner, or a pair of pliars:</p><p>- disconnect the mains plug or power supply to the box</p><p>- gently unscrew the SKY cable connections on the box</p><p>- do an end-to-end test on each cable (you could use a simple tone tracer kit to do that)</p><p>- carefully refit the connections to the box (make sure the centre copper core wire of each cable is dead straight before you do that, and then make sure it is then pushed firmly into the centre of the socket on the box as you do up the nut on the cable connector)</p><p>- reconnect the mains supply to the box and restart it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1100750, member: 176704"] Wouldn't advise that approach as it would be potentially far too easy to get the tone appearing on the wrong cable if both are left connected to the box. It's easy to disconnect the Sky cables to the box (best to mark which cable goes to which socket!) - all you need is an 11mm open-ended spanner, or a pair of pliars: - disconnect the mains plug or power supply to the box - gently unscrew the SKY cable connections on the box - do an end-to-end test on each cable (you could use a simple tone tracer kit to do that) - carefully refit the connections to the box (make sure the centre copper core wire of each cable is dead straight before you do that, and then make sure it is then pushed firmly into the centre of the socket on the box as you do up the nut on the cable connector) - reconnect the mains supply to the box and restart it. [/QUOTE]
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