{"id":4731,"date":"2019-06-08T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2019-06-08T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T21:06:18","slug":"broadcast-tv-over-cat6-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4731","title":{"rendered":"Broadcast TV over CAT6 Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On reflection it would have been a sensible idea to run some good-quality coaxial cable from the comms room to the likely locations of TVs around the house. While video transmission is definitely moving towards Internet streaming services you still get a more seamless viewing experience when you can provide a TV with a good aerial signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, it was surprising to find that the ‘All 4’ catch-up app on Android TV needed to be enabled via the YouView<\/a> setup process – which insists on seeing an aerial, albeit only temporarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two CAT6 cables running from the comms room to all the likely TV locations, so one of those provides a wired Internet connection and there’s a second one available for other purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the high frequencies of broadcast television present something of a challenge, using a pair of high quality baluns<\/a> it’s perfectly feasible to distribute a TV aerial signal over 50 or so metres of CAT6 cable. MuxLab<\/a> from Canada offer a range of baluns and their CATV units are rated up to 900MHz. They offer shielded<\/a> and unshielded<\/a> variants. In the UK they’re available from CPC Farnell<\/a> and other similar distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MuxLab Shielded CATV Baluns<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It’s pretty much essential to use an amplifier to help offset the inevitable loss of signal strength. This one from Labgear works well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Labgear LDA102R Signal Booster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On reflection it would have been a sensible idea to run some good-quality coaxial cable from the comms room to the likely locations of TVs around the house. While video transmission is definitely moving towards Internet streaming services you still … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-the-house","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4734,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions\/4734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}