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<blockquote data-quote="haggard" data-source="post: 142902" data-attributes="member: 183237">Stud,The wiring system you have is probably:Antenna connected via cable to a distribution amplifier which has typically 6 outputs and cables going to different rooms.&nbsp; (Except you say antenna not installed.)You can distribute Sky to all rooms as follows:From Sky dish, run sat cable to sat box. From terrestrial antenna (if needed) run cable to UHF input of Sky box.Connect one of the Skybox UHF outputs to TV to loop the antenna to TV.Connect the other Skybox UHF output to the cable coming from the distribution amplifier (wall socket?). Connect the other end of this cable, formerly stuck into the distribution output, into the distribution amp input instead. Now the Sky and terrestrial antenna signals are fed to all rooms.You can set the UHF channel of the Sky box to a clean region using the menu.If, however, you were planning to using the cable system to feed the sky dish LNB output to all rooms, you hit many problems:The distribution amp cuts off at about 850MHz which is below the frequencies of the LNB IF.&nbsp; So nothing gets distributed.&nbsp; With multiple connections to the dish, you would have priority problems anyway (who controls the 22kHz and H/V switching?)You could put a quad LNB on the dish and feed independent outputs to four rooms but you would need to lay four sat cables all over the place.Then you either need four Sky boxes or move the one box from room to room.If you have but one Sky box, then the top method is best and you have to compromise with having UHF (composite video) and mono sound except where the Sky box is connected to the nearby TV with a scart.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haggard, post: 142902, member: 183237"] Stud, The wiring system you have is probably: Antenna connected via cable to a distribution amplifier which has typically 6 outputs and cables going to different rooms. (Except you say antenna not installed.) You can distribute Sky to all rooms as follows: From Sky dish, run sat cable to sat box. From terrestrial antenna (if needed) run cable to UHF input of Sky box. Connect one of the Skybox UHF outputs to TV to loop the antenna to TV. Connect the other Skybox UHF output to the cable coming from the distribution amplifier (wall socket?). Connect the other end of this cable, formerly stuck into the distribution output, into the distribution amp input instead. Now the Sky and terrestrial antenna signals are fed to all rooms. You can set the UHF channel of the Sky box to a clean region using the menu. If, however, you were planning to using the cable system to feed the sky dish LNB output to all rooms, you hit many problems: The distribution amp cuts off at about 850MHz which is below the frequencies of the LNB IF. So nothing gets distributed. With multiple connections to the dish, you would have priority problems anyway (who controls the 22kHz and H/V switching?) You could put a quad LNB on the dish and feed independent outputs to four rooms but you would need to lay four sat cables all over the place. Then you either need four Sky boxes or move the one box from room to room. If you have but one Sky box, then the top method is best and you have to compromise with having UHF (composite video) and mono sound except where the Sky box is connected to the nearby TV with a scart. [/QUOTE]

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