New house pre wire

[2tallsox]

I am building a house in the mountains so I won't be able to get anyone to climb the hill to do the install.
I am trying to figure out the way to wire the house for Satellite Distribution, Telephone and Ethernet.
The phone and ethernet seems pretty straightforward. I'll need 2 cat5e cables to each room from a distribution panel in the garage. A hub in this panel for the computer network.

The 3 satellite feeds will enter here as wel. 2 RG6 quad shield to each room (probably only 1 to the laundry and kitchen). Now the confusion for me. I will have 3 satellite receivers in 3 rooms. I want to be able to feed a second TV from each receiver, understanding that both TVs will see the same channel. Since the distance from the distribution panel to each room is about 80 feet, the distance from the satellite receiver to the panel then back to the next TV will be around 160 feet. What sorts of devices are necessary for this to work?


I have looked at some of the pre configured panels (Leviton and FutureSmart) but they don't seem to address my specific needs.

Any direction?
Thanks
2talsox

[retiredTech]

1st make sure your RG-6 is 2200mhz sweep tested for sat in
Also will you have a OTA antenna?(that would mean an extra coax)
If not, I assume you will get locals via Sat.

then depending how you want to feed the other tvs, RF out of receivers can be split and sent to second set (180 feet is significant but not overly) I would use RG-6 if cost is not prohibitive. That way you have (3)three RG-6 cables to each room which could be used in various ways. (if need be, it could be amp-ed, but with RG-6 I would suspect It wouldn't)

[scooper]

Do the RG6 like you're planning on doing the cat 5 - run all the cables to your central "wiring closet", including the OTA and dish RG6 cables. Run 4 cables from the dish to your wiring area, not just 2. Once you've done this, wiring any combination of what you desire is easy. Any combination of switches can be put in if necessary.

And use RG6, tested to 2200 MHz (2.2GHz), period - the additional cost is not that much.

[jdspencer]

I would have four lines come from wherever the dish is located to your central panel.. The oval DirecTV dish has four outputs which would be needed for an external multiswitch to supply more than four receivers. I would also put the receiver(s) in that same location and have the signal modulated onto the coaxes to the viewing locations. Then using some sort of IR repeaters you can control the receivers. And, think ahead for what you might change in the future and wire accordiongly.

Just my $.02.

[2tallsox]

I would have four lines come from wherever the dish is located to your central panel.. The oval DirecTV dish has four outputs which would be needed for an external multiswitch to supply more than four receivers. I would also put the receiver(s) in that same location and have the signal modulated onto the coaxes to the viewing locations. Then using some sort of IR repeaters you can control the receivers. And, think ahead for what you might change in the future and wire accordiongly.

Just my $.02.


All this sounds good. One more question. What's an IR repeater?
2tallsox

[2tallsox]

Do the RG6 like you're planning on doing the cat 5 - run all the cables to your central "wiring closet", including the OTA and dish RG6 cables. Run 4 cables from the dish to your wiring area, not just 2. Once you've done this, wiring any combination of what you desire is easy. Any combination of switches can be put in if necessary.

And use RG6, tested to 2200 MHz (2.2GHz), period - the additional cost is not that much.

Thanks

Will the cable be labeled concerning the testing to 2.2 Ghz?
2tallsox

[2tallsox]

1st make sure your RG-6 is 2200mhz sweep tested for sat in
Also will you have a OTA antenna?(that would mean an extra coax)
If not, I assume you will get locals via Sat.

then depending how you want to feed the other tvs, RF out of receivers can be split and sent to second set (180 feet is significant but not overly) I would use RG-6 if cost is not prohibitive. That way you have (3)three RG-6 cables to each room which could be used in various ways. (if need be, it could be amp-ed, but with RG-6 I would suspect It wouldn't)


Thanks, no OTA as you assumed alll on the dish.
2tallsox

[jdspencer]

All this sounds good. One more question. What's an IR repeater?
2tallsox
An IR repeater is used to allow you to control a device from a a different room. IR has to have line of sight to the device the remote controls. These repeaters receive the IR signal, convert it to RF and the other end converts it back to IR.
This is Radio Shacks wireless version.
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=15-1950