Dog Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I dislike dishes so have hidden the dish on the North tower of my chateau - problem is the distance of the lead from TV to dish is over 50 metres and the TV says it is getting no signal. It is a Sky box thingy.Is 50 metres too long - should I watch the TV closer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 50 metres is almost certainly too long. Assuming you set up the dish with a short length of Co Ax and the digibox and TV close by and you had a signal then if you loose the signal when you install a long length of Co Ax then you have the culprit. You can use an amplifier close to the dish - link below (no connection other than a satified customer)http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/amps.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted May 8, 2007 Author Share Posted May 8, 2007 Got it working - the dish was a few gnats whiskers chocolately off the satelite jigmy. Can now watch daytime mudwrestling from Arizona - Yipee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 normally, for such a long lead, to avoid signal loss you need to use either a very high grade, low loss cable, or you can get hold of a signal boosting deviceto help keep the quality of the signal to a good standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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