Sky throughout my house Help!

[andy892]

Hi,

New to all this, but I have searched the forums for an answer, found similar questions and answers but was just hoping for some clarification.

History: Just moved in to a new house (rented, so cant do much to it) which has been completely refurbished. It has aerial sockets in each room, but when connecting a TV to them there is no signal. I have searched for an amplifier box but am unable to find one and cannot locate where the aerial enters the building. I have managed to get a sky cable installed (by changing the LNB on my neighbour's dish,and connecting to that with their permission) and connected to my Sky + box.

Now... can i connect an aerial cable from my Sky box to the aerial socket and send the signal to TVs in the other rooms with aerial sockets installed? I have seen other questions like this but all had answers which talked about loftbox amps, but I am unable to locate one and as I cant find an aerial feed wouldn't be able to connect one.

Mant thanks in advance!

 

[satelliteman]

Welcome.

History: Just moved in to a new house (rented, so cant do much to it) which has been completely refurbished. It has aerial sockets in each room, but when connecting a TV to them there is no signal. I have searched for an amplifier box but am unable to find one and cannot locate where the aerial enters the building.

There maybe a pre-amp on the aerial or an amplified aerial [active] which will require powering via a 12v power unit.

Now... can i connect an aerial cable from my Sky box to the aerial socket and send the signal to TVs in the other rooms with aerial sockets installed? I have seen other questions like this but all had answers which talked about loftbox amps, but I am unable to locate one and as I cant find an aerial feed wouldn't be able to connect one.

You can do this if not requiring a UHF feed also on a single run,... but there maybe a separate return feed to the loft. In any case, you'll need a distribution amp to achieve that

 

[andy892]

Thanks for your swift response. Firstly, cant see anything on the areial, but how would I power it with a 12v power unit?

Secondly, could I put the distribution amp in between my Sky box and the aerial point instead of in the loft?

Many thanks again for your valuable help!!

 

[satelliteman]

The IR distribution amplifier should be placed where all cables / feeds terminate. You'll need to do some digging around to find them.