Re: Wiring idea

[Frank Mooney <fm@xxxxxxx>]

Keith

The A/V Hub has a UHF/VHF input, 5 Device inputs for Decoders/DVD's etc, 6
CCTV inputs and 1 output for say a VCR to record the CCTV
cameras.

Frank

Keith Doxey wrote:

> In another word ....NO.
>
> You STILL need a limited amount of CT100/RG6/whateverCoax for RF
> distribution of TV signals. Whilst it is perfectly possible to locate
the
> digibox/cablebox at node zero it would not be desireable to lose the
ability
> to watch normal Terrestrial TV via the TV's built in tuner. Unless you
> wished to add a bank of old VCR's to act as tuners for
BBC1,BBC2,ITV,C4,C5.
>
> Having said that, CAT5 is capable of carrying just about everything
else
> except SPEAKER level audio or other High Current/High Voltage signals.
It is
> a well specified multipurpose low voltage COMMUNICATIONS  cable.
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mooney [mailto:fm@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 16:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wiring idea
>
> In a word, Yes. You only need 1 Cable medium. The termination of the
Cat 5e
> at all points is a universal RJ45 Outlet.
>
> Communication from The A/V Hub to the TV is via RJ45 to RJ45 at the
Patch
> Panel and an RJ45 flylead from the Cat 5e outlet to the Scart
> socket of the TV with a remote control reciever (Sky type mouse) to
send the
> signals back to a decoder or any other device which you may
> have at Node 0.
>
> Frank
>
> Roger Bilboul wrote:
>
> > Does this means you can use Cat 5 instead of CT100. How do you
terminate
> the
> > Cat 5 at the TV end?
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Mooney [mailto:fm@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 23 April 2001 15:04
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wiring idea
> > >
> > >
> > > A much simpler solution is to flood wire your house in Cat
5e
> > > with a minimum of 2 outlets beside every 13 amp power socket
wired back
> to
> > > Node 0. In your lounge you should wire 4 Cat 5e cables from
> > > beside every 13 amp socket.
> > >
> > > At node 0 you will bring in all of your incoming services,
> > > TV/Sat/ISDN/ADSL/PTO services etc. Utilising Patch Panels
and an
> > > A/V Hub you can
> > > distribute any service to any Cat 5e outlet. Also you can
return
> > > devices such as DVD/VCR/Audio System etc from any Cat 5e
outlet back to
> > > the A/V Hub and distribute to other Cat 5e outlets.
> > >
> > > This is the standard being adopted by many developers now
that it
> > > is available, So that an item such as the TV can be plugged
into any Cat
> > > 5e outlet because the cabling infrastructure is all the
same.
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > > ewenjc wrote:
> > >
> > > > I was re-wiring coax in my lounge last weekend and I
had a wiring
> idea,
> > > > which I wish I had thought of when I first wired the
house.
> > > I'm emailing
> > > > it, in case any of you had not thought of it.
> > > >
> > > > If you don't know where TV, hifi etc are going to be it
is best
> > > to run lots
> > > > of cable to lots of location (always a good idea to run
lots of
> > > cable).  I
> > > > have three possible locations for the TV, Cable &
HiFi and it
> > > needs three
> > > > coax, so I'd need to run 9 coax to the lounge and 3
maybe 6 to each
> room
> > > > that might have a tv.  I did not have enought time to
run this number
> of
> > > > cables and I'm not sure the joists would have survived
that many
> holes.
> > > > Also the patch panel would be massive.
> > > >
> > > > Since the TV can only be in one place in a room, I
could have done the
> > > > following.  If the room has three outlets; run Node0 to
A,
> > > Node0 to B, Node0
> > > > to C, A to B, B to C and C to A.  Each outlet has three
coax
> > > which can all
> > > > be used by patching together the unused outlets.  If
location A
> > > has the TV
> > > > then patch 'Node0 to B' with 'A to B' at location B and
'Node0
> > > to C' with 'C
> > > > to A'.  This will not work if you use bi-directional
cable ;)
> > > >
> > > > This should also work for cat5 but is less useful as
devices
> > > using cat5 can
> > > > more easily be spread around the room.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone done this?
> > > > -Ewen
> > > >
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