I have a pretty simple whole house video distribution setup using the older RF Modulators from Radio Shack that let you select a channel other than 3 or 4 (I don't recall what the model number is right now, and they're still packed in boxes at the moment).
I have several video sources that I use in my home theater (Tivo, VCR, and DVD) and I used a Radio Shack modulator to put each one on a different channel and those channels are available on the different TV's I have throughout my house.
Everything worked well and life was good, but I just moved to a new house. It's new construction, but because we needed to move in right away (and to save money) we bought a house that was already complete, so I didn't have a chance to do any custom wiring.
All of the rooms where I'm going to put a TV have a single RG6 cable run to a central location, and the cable TV signal also comes into this location.
The problem I've run into is this... I believe I need two RG6 runs to my home theater... one to get the cable TV signal to my Tivo and the other for the modulated signals for all of the AV sources in my Theater to be distributed to the rest of the TV's in the house.
I have a Cat5 run going from the distribution point to the home theater, but I don't know if there are any RG6 to Cat5 converters out there, or how well they would work. Alternately, can I use the single RG6 line for everything? Connect a splitter up in the distribution panel that would connect everything together (including the incoming cable feed) and another splitter in the home theater to connect all of the RF modulators (set to unused cable channels, of course), and the input on the Tivo.
Because this house is three stories and has no basement (the theater is on the first floor and the distribution panel is on the thrid floor) running another RG6 cable would be quite difficult, but not totally impossible, if absolutely necessary.
Any thoughts for me?
Thanks much,
Brett
I have several video sources that I use in my home theater (Tivo, VCR, and DVD) and I used a Radio Shack modulator to put each one on a different channel and those channels are available on the different TV's I have throughout my house.
Everything worked well and life was good, but I just moved to a new house. It's new construction, but because we needed to move in right away (and to save money) we bought a house that was already complete, so I didn't have a chance to do any custom wiring.
All of the rooms where I'm going to put a TV have a single RG6 cable run to a central location, and the cable TV signal also comes into this location.
The problem I've run into is this... I believe I need two RG6 runs to my home theater... one to get the cable TV signal to my Tivo and the other for the modulated signals for all of the AV sources in my Theater to be distributed to the rest of the TV's in the house.
I have a Cat5 run going from the distribution point to the home theater, but I don't know if there are any RG6 to Cat5 converters out there, or how well they would work. Alternately, can I use the single RG6 line for everything? Connect a splitter up in the distribution panel that would connect everything together (including the incoming cable feed) and another splitter in the home theater to connect all of the RF modulators (set to unused cable channels, of course), and the input on the Tivo.
Because this house is three stories and has no basement (the theater is on the first floor and the distribution panel is on the thrid floor) running another RG6 cable would be quite difficult, but not totally impossible, if absolutely necessary.
Any thoughts for me?
Thanks much,
Brett