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« on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 17:50:46 » |
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Two weeks ago we purchased a new Samsung 40" television for the bedroom from PC World. Typically, they botched the fitting, failing to tidy the wires so now they hang forlornly loose threatening to catch on something and yank the TV off the wall. The reception is appalling. Despite having Freeview, we manage to pick up about 4 channels, none of which are terrestrial. A reception booster helped marginally, but not sufficiently so soon to go back.
We have Sky in the living room and are considering multiroom, but currently there are no Sky sockets in the bedroom. I am looking for someone to fit the sockets, then get Sky in to do their bit, then get someone back to tidy away the cables - preferably put them behind the wall.
How the bloody hell do I go about doing this? Television engineers seem unwilling to go through walls, and my living room is one room away from my lounge in my two bed flat. I've got so frustrated with the whole thing am really starting to regret buying the TV.
On the plus side, I did get the installation fee back, but God knows how much I'm going to have to spend to get it rectified.
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 17:54:40 » |
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George Rousell, he is in the yellow pages based in Wotton Bassett
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walrus
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 18:13:31 » |
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Does he do nationwide?!  I live in Crawley, West Sussex unfortunately, though I'd be tempted to drive him up here myself! |
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 20:09:59 » |
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sky freesat - that's what I did for my mum; 4 feeds off her dish no prob. You can get a router attachment to bury it in the wall (shhhh don't tell anybody)
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 20:56:13 » |
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 21:41:31 » |
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You can use magic eye out of an rf socket for sky but it wont be HD...i have this set up at home...
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 22:11:06 » |
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We have Sky in the living room and are considering multiroom, but currently there are no Sky sockets in the bedroom. I am looking for someone to fit the sockets, then get Sky in to do their bit, then get someone back to tidy away the cables - preferably put them behind the wall.
Not sure what you mean by this bit?  If you get multiroom from Sky they will run another feed direct from the dish into your bedroom and supply another box so you won't need to get anyone in to fit any sockets just leave it to Sky. |
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walrus
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 00:11:11 » |
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They've been tried - they won't drill into a wall.... I don't know if I'm being catastrophically stupid, but I have a Sky socket in the living room. Remember I live in a block of flats, so I have a television aerial point in the living room but not the bedroom, so I'm presuming (and have been told, I think) that I need something running from the living room to the bedroom to enable me to have Sky in the bedroom? |
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 06:58:04 » |
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Do you have a communal (shared) dish, or are you allowed to stick your own dish up?
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« Reply #9 on: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 08:54:37 » |
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I would have though an electrician/builder would be able to cut you some channels in the wall for the sockets and cabling to go into.
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