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| Topic: | Cat5 question This thread has 20 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 13:39 |
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Just left a house after doing a media room prewire. the electrician or whoever ran coax through the house did a major biff. They ran cat5 to all the tv locations and through a coax wall plate on the wall. The cat5 they used was in a black wrap similar to rg59 but when i looked at it it was cat5. customer wasnt aware of this and now wants to know what to do. He isnt sure if hes going to go with Time Warner or directv. anyway he was wondering if they have some sort of converter that will change it to coax. or does anyone have an idea that wont have to use rf remotes and extenders or baluns?
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 13:45 |
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[Link: muxlab.com]never tried it but it says it will support up to 900 MHz
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| Post 3 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 13:45 |
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Is the drywall up?
If no, then get the electrician back.
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 13:53 |
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put all the cable boxes in rack and use active baluns to distribute.
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 14:13 |
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On January 18, 2011 at 13:45, tgrugett said...
[Link: muxlab.com]never tried it but it says it will support up to 900 MHz Tried them one time years ago. Image was horrible We took a few moments retroed a coax and we were done!
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| OP | Post 6 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 15:36 |
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The drywall is up upstairs, but downstairs is open. The electrican said he would fix his goof but was trying to get around doing that for him. Was trying not to have to set up the baluns and sell him a remote for each room. not that i would complain on making some extra money but i dont know if he wants to spend it
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 15:42 |
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make the electrician fix his goof. leave the cat5 there for future uses (upgrades/addons)
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 16:32 |
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Electrician prob stapled the ethernet cable, might want to test it now rather than later.
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 16:33 |
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you've GOT to have at least one, preferably two or three, RG6 to each location. That really is a major goof.
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| Post 10 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 17:09 |
On January 18, 2011 at 14:13, LiveWire said...
Tried them one time years ago. Image was horrible +1. we never used them again. There is no other way than bring a coax everywhere or distribute over baluns.
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 17:30 |
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that's why bundle cables are a good fit..feel for you.. hope you get it fixed..can't think of anything else, the guys already said it
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| Post 12 made on Tuesday January 18, 2011 at 17:33 |
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Uverse would work on Cat 5. That's a pretty significant limitation though.
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| Post 13 made on Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 01:02 |
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It's sad to see new construction with only 1 coax to most locations.
I was forced to pre-wire several smaller spec homes for one builder with only 1 coax to 3 locations, and 5 cat5e (Liv., MB, Br2, Br3 & Kit).
I almost cried when job was done. If it wasn't for the fact that he also did few custom homes where I was able to engage clients, I would not do the work for him.
Builder claimed that no one bought a house based on how many wires were in the wall. I still think he's a jerk for shorting his clients like that, but what can you do.
I still think about all the limitations that the H.O.s will have to live with, but none of them have called me to talk about options, and I know if they contacted the builder he would have given them my number. Oh well...
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| Post 14 made on Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 01:15 |
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Dont be stupid!
The downstairs is still open which means drywall is in progress which means its not that hard to remove a few pieces of drywall and do the right thing. Leave the Cat5 in place and add at least 1 coax per location. Anything less is retarded.
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| Post 15 made on Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 01:18 |
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On 1295417712, WhiteVan Lifestyle said...
Anything less is retarded. Don't let Sarah Palin hear you say that!
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