Installation Prerequisites - Check List for Installation

[IndianMascot]

Always Welcome bro. Keep us updated...

 

[Nandakumar.k]

Sure will do that once i have D2H installed

 

[abhijit.singh]

Hi,I have a basic question regarding installation, this seems a good thread to ask it. Although it is fairly non-technical. I was advised by the Videocon DTH sales person that the HD DVR dish is bigger in size and requires 2 wires to connect the LNB to the STB and the DVR. Now my concern is simply that does videocon provide some mechanism to use the inbuilt cabling and point provided by builders within flats. Because in my flat (and i believe usually as well) there is only one point provided for the connecting the DTH or cable and I want to know whether Videocon like Tata Sky provide some kind of box on both ends i.e. a box to join both wires coming from LNB into one and connect to the cable connection outside my flat and a box inside the flat to again split into 2 wires which connect to both boxes. As per my information, this facility is provided by Tata sky. I am a previous tata sky user but i want to switch to Videocon D2H because of the channel variety on offer.Thanks in advance for inputs.CheersAbhi

 

[IndianMascot]

This kind of facility is provided by d2h also, but I wud suggest you not to use inbuilt cabling as electric wire running parallel to them cause signal and quality loss. Also as 2 Wires would be coming from LNB to DVR, and only one cable wud be there incase of inbuilt cables. TS uses splitter in place of 2 cables. Technically I can't comment on that, but in d2h it would compulsarily be 2 separate cables .

 

[abhijit.singh]

This kind of facility is provided by d2h also, but I wud suggest you not to use inbuilt cabling as electric wire running parallel to them cause signal and quality loss.

Also as 2 Wires would be coming from LNB to DVR, and only one cable wud be there incase of inbuilt cables. TS uses splitter in place of 2 cables. Technically I can't comment on that, but in d2h it would compulsarily be 2 separate cables .


Thanks for the quick response and your recommendation is understood about preferably not going for the inbuilt cabling. Although I didn't understand clearly - does Videocon provide the joining and splitting appliance as I have stated about Tata Sky w.r.t specifically to the HD DVR installation. Will I be able to use the facility provided by the builder ?

About being forced to use the inbuilt cabling, i am severely constrained by my wife and interior designer who are both against any wires snaking around the place. I had enough trouble in convincing her to have the home theatre in the living room with all the speaker wires etc. So I foresee an uphill battle in case i tell her that there are going to be 2 sets of wires clearly visible to all !!

 

[IndianMascot]

d2h guys do proper clipping of cables and in mumbai they use white cable. If you buy HD Satellite Box , then you wud be able to use inbuilt cables bcoz HD Box contains only one cable. But In case of DVR two cables will be there. Out of which one can be made through Inbuilt, while other from outside.

 

[abhijit.singh]

OK, so no possibility of using the inbuilt cable for carrying both signals then. seems like I will be going back to Tata Sky then ... thanks again

 

[Jaymin]

But do u get quality even in TS, when u use this facility given by the building?

 

[IndianMascot]

Jaymin: I remember you were having similar kind of queries and issues at the time of d2h installation. So you can better confirm the status which abhijit.singh is asking .

 

[Jaymin]

I didnt have this kind of issues. Yeah just that i have a wire-jungle in my living room. But to have quality, without prior planning, we have to sacrifice on the decor of home!