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Satellite or UHF cable?
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23/12/2011 22:05
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Hi have just moved house yesterday and can't get any television channels have loads of Arial points but none work have a sky box and a Labgear cable vision (amplifier)? but can not seem to get anything to work.How do I tell if wires coming in are for satellite or uhf coaxial? Any help appreciated.
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Re: Satellite or UHF cable?
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24/12/2011 13:19
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Guess you'll have to try a follow the aerial cable back to work out where it goes. Have you found a satellite dish? If sow how many cable are coming from the receiver bit? 1 or 2 or more? Or maybe you have cable? Are you ony picking up the "free" satellite channels?
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Re: Satellite or UHF cable?
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30/12/2011 19:06
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It could be that one cable is meant to go the sky box, and then from the sky box via an RF signal to the labgear box for distribution to other rooms in the house, possibly using the magic eye thingummies. (But I'm no Sky expert, I can't bear to support the Murdoch empire)
Does the labgear box have any power supply lead which you could trace back? The LED might only light up when a signal is being sent to it. Is there a model number or any other ID on the labgear box? Any labels on the various connectors
Unless the previous owner deliberately set out to muck it all up, I suspect it was all left working, and it's just a matter of connecting stuff up properly. Is it all still connected up as it was originally or have you pulled it all apart? Can you not just ask the previous owner?
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