I was just wondering if Rg-59 is ok to run from my TV2 back feed to my second TV on my Vip622? I just want to leave one part of the 59 cable just to save me some time,I plan to splice it with Rg-6 after about 10 feet. The total length is about 35-45 feet. Will this be ok?I'm getting ready to do it right now,a fast responce would really be a ton of help. Thanks guys.
Rg 59 ???
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For only about 10 feet, assuming it's in good shape, it should work just fine, in that particular use.
A non-spliced RG6 cable would be better, and last longer, but that's getting pickier than need be.
A non-spliced RG6 cable would be better, and last longer, but that's getting pickier than need be.
You can use pretty much anything for TV2. Just make sure to keep the 59 wire out of your sat feed.
I had to splice it because,it wasn't long enough to reach the location. See 10 feet of it was in the wall cut,but enough still I could reach the end of it to put a connector on it and splice the rest of the way to the 2nd tv over the basement drop ceiling. It seems to be fine though,thanks for your help guys,I kind of thought it would be since its just going to a SD TV,and not feeding my receiver.
As others said you don't need RG6. The 622 puts out enough juice on the tv2 port that you can use chicken wire if you wanted to.
I've played mad scientist using phone wire, worked fine.
I've played mad scientist using phone wire, worked fine.
Is it true that we should keep RG59 out of the sat feeds? I was planning to clean up my install by replacing the unattractive straight run up the side of my house that the installer put in. I've got a spool of RG59 that I was planning on using. I'd be replacing a 20' length of coax with approximately 45' of new RG59.
Yep, what's already been mentioned.
RG59 may not carry the needed frequency for a Sat feed, but fine for modulated tv2.
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Misunderstood you.... I thought you wanted to splice RG6 into the feed as if it would make it "better".
As you said, it's fine. Remember, installers use existing wiring all the time to backfeed TV2 or even feed the entire house with no trouble. I'll bet houses are still built today with RG59 used instead of RG6 too.
While RG59 may work in some applications, never run RG59 new. You'll save yourself a ton of trouble by running the RG6 when you can.
I know they are. Makes for some pissed off customer's when you tell them you have to drill holes because they hired an idiot for an electrician.
Also, when they wire the RG6 runs in series.......That's why you should have somebody who knows what the hell they are doing wire your house. Just being an electrician doesn't make a guy a networking expert. Some of them are stuck in the 70s, running cat-3 and RG59 all willy nilly and ripping people off left and right.
Hire an electrician to wire your house for ELECTRICITY. Hire a cable/satellite guy to wire for TV. That's my take. If I didn't know how to work on telco lines, I'd probably have the telco install that, too. My builder wouldn't "let" me wire my own house for cable/telephone. So I waited until after his electrician had roughed it in and made the necessary modifications by flash light on the down low.
Do you always know about your own Repeat TC's? We just see the chargebacks on our stub, we never know what customer it's from, and it takes a friggin act of congress to get payroll to look it up for us. I do leave my phone number with customers, but half of them don't save it and they end up calling Dish anyway.
Never is a bold statement. How long are we talking here? A few months? What kinds of receivers were you installing with this 59?
Anyway, there was a fairly lengthy 'argument' about this on another thread. Sometimes it will work. I'm not a cable manufacturer or an electronics expert so I'm not going to argue the point anymore. My two cents is this:
You got lucky.
