QUOTE(AstInst @ Feb 10 2010, 12:51 AM)
The thickness of the cable has nothing to do with the quality, what is important is the frequency range of the cable which you cannot tell by looking at it. The cable may be UHF cable (for terrestrial TV) in which case it will simply "bleed" the satellite signal, especially that on the higher frequency Measat 3a (HD!). The fact that it is so thick would say to me that it is very old UHF cable, good L-Band (satellite) cable is newer and therefore smaller.
Any splitters will give you problems. Try this, watch a HD channel on your B.yond box and try to watch ANYTHING on your other boxes, they will have a "no signal" message. This is because the B.yond box has instructed the LNB to switch to the high frequency band for Measat 3a and all your other boxes expect the LNB to be permanently tuned to the low frequency band. This type of splitting is STRICTLY AGAINST ASTRO GUIDELINES as it simply doesnt work!
The second problem you will now have is that every splitter halves the signal strength this will give you more rain fade!
What you have to remember is that you asked the installer to keep the old cable so any visit to fix it will be at your cost and any rain fade is your responsibility!
I have seen these kind of installs before, the installer takes the "easy route" and the installation is wrong!
Also, any external cable should be replaced every 5 to 10 years due to general damage and more importantly moisture in the cable, this almost kills the signal!
Sorry
the coaxial cable is diameter is not thick, but the middle copper inside that sticks out at the f-connector is kinda thick and hard to bend...i work in a tv station too, so i (think) i'm kinda familiar with good broadcasting cables used for live broadcasts usage of OB vans etc...my old cables seem like some good quality rg 6 / rg 59 cables...but maybe i'm wrong...gotta check this with the tv engineering guys
still, i feel those new ones given by Astro seems so soft...and there's just a very thin copper inside which makes me feel like Astro's just been cost-savings by giving us average quality cables...coz it just look a tad better than an UHF / RF cable...hope not...
btw - about splitting...it's been a month++ and i've been using both decoders simultaneously everyday without any problems (touvh wood)...only one deoder is HD, the other one in another room, is still the old normal decoder ...so maybe this 'split' is ok?
well, just hope all these things do lasts... and i thought i was lucky huh? oh well...can't win 'em all
Added on February 10, 2010, 3:05 amoops...got it wrong about the splitter...there's no splitter actually now, last time there was...that splitter is already removed...
now there's two independent cables from the sat dish to the decoders...one go to Beyond...one go to the normal one...so i guess i'm ok in this area now ...phew....glad!
This post has been edited by silbii: Feb 10 2010, 03:05 AM 
Feb 9 2010, 11:44 PM
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