Sky RF2 and DTV signals.

[Lofty]

Hi All,

Got a customer who at the moment has this set up....
Analogue aerial and Sky dish both feeding into the Sky box. Then from RF2 it has been split in the loft to feed a TV in the kitchen and another in the bedroom so they can CURRENTLY get the 5 analogue stations plus what ever is on the Sky box i.e. channnels 1,2,3,4,5 then 6 for Sky. We are about to have the analogue signal turned off (July 6th) and they want to get the DTV channels and still the Sky ones on the kitchen and bedroom TV's. Now the TV in the kitchen is going to be replaced with one with built in Freeview BUT the bedroom one is going to have a Freeview box added !!!. If we change the aerial for a digital one will the Sky channels still be viewable in either the bedroom or the kitchen. I'm going to assume that we will have to change the current spiller for a digital compatible one of some desription. I will also assume that the RF2 output is an analogue one ?? which I think is the stumbling block here. all the TV's of course only have one co-ax feed from the loft.
You may have guessed also that they are trying to do this on a budget.

Thanking you in anticipation.

Cheers,
Lofty.

 

[haehjen]

this wont be a problem. modern tv's have a digital and analogue tuner built in as there are foremore things that use an anologue signal than 1 - 5. For instance CCTV distribution can be done this way. You wont even need to change the amplifier or splitter that is in the loft. When you have fitted the new digital compatiable aerial then the sky is automatically going to send that around the house with the analogue terrrestrial tv and sky. When the swicth over comes then the analogue terrestrial will simply disapppear leaving only the figital and the sky analogue. Sio long as the rf output on the sky is not the same or too close to a digital mux from you local transmitter then everything will stay the same. Most modern tvs have a digital and analogue tuner. The customer simply has to choose between them with the remote control.