HELP Needed Please

[Papa Smurf]

Hi all.

Well, finally swallowed my pride and bought a 240v TV. I know I'll need and inverter, but whilst on hookup it should be okay...BUT!

I'm lost amongst the spaghetti of connections and possibilities - can anyone help please?

I have a CAMOS dome satellite, a wind-up aerial, a CAMOS control box, a "selector" box, a SKY digibox, a digital HD /DVD Recorder and 1 TV (but will have another shortly).

Some of the wiring (the CAMOS box, and cables into the selector box) has already been done by someone who looks like they know what they are doing, so I haven't touched them. Since they did it, I have acquired the SKY box, the VCR and a TV, and so I need to incorporate them into the system, but I don't know how - gone are the days of a single aerial socket in, and another out.

So, can anyone help please? I've tried to take piccies of the boxes and the connections on the back, but some of them are a bit blurred. I've attached them so hopefully you'll be able to point me in exactly the right direction. Needless to say, there will be a drink or two in it as a "thank you".

So to recap -

1) Dumb user with 2 aerial inputs - 1 analogue, 1 satellite
2) CAMOS Satellite selector box
3) "Source Selector box"
4) SKY Digibox (pace 430N)
5) Sony HD/DVD Recorder
6) TV (1 at moment, but will be a second one soon)

Papa "hopeful as hell" Smurf

p.s. The filenames of the images explain what each is (I hope) files spilt over 2 posts due to 5 file max :Sad:

 

[Papa Smurf]

Part Deux (file attachments)

TIA

 

[GJH]

Some time ago I needed to work out how to plug together several recorders, digital boxes and the TV at home.

I found it useful to draw a rough schematic of how I wanted it and then match the sockets on the various devices to the diagram.

Graham

 

[Papa Smurf]

Graham, I tried that, but there are too many possible inputs and outputs for a Smurf with very little brain to be able to understand:Sad:

 

[Xoxoc]

Does the sony hdd recorder.dvd recorder havs a tuner? Freeview or analogue or both?


What do you want to achieve? What do you want to record onto the hdd recorder? Freeview? Analogue? Sky?

Let me know asap as I'm working on it...

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[Xoxoc]

...and does the tv have hdmi socket?

 

[Papa Smurf]

Bryan - Ideally, Recorder to record off SKY or Digital Should be possible as "source selector switch" seems to have enough capability to handle it (I COULD BE WRONG!) .

TV & Recorder have HDMI sockets BUT HDMI lead is 1.5 metres long & if Recorder sits in Front of Bus & TV is in rear, they're about 9 metres apart

Sony Recorder has digital & Analogue tuner.

Papa

 

[Xoxoc]

Sorry, I assumed (ass-u-me ) that this tv was for front above windscreen.

This TV for bedroom?
Is there tv at front already or is theat tv referred to as tv2?

I assume Eek! that the bedroom has the standard aerial socket in RV's (like the satelite ones we use)?

 

[Papa Smurf]

Currently NO TV's in van

Bedroom Connection is co-ax (as per usual)

Bedroom or Front TV can be TV1 or TV2 (Convention says TV2 is bedroom)

This TV intended for Bedroom

Papa

 

[TestPoster]

Hi Papa
Sorry to ask a silly question, but I are an engineer
Why do you want all the recording gear back aft, when all the cabling is forward? Can you not simply place the recording gear in the forward overcab lockers and then use the front to rear cable to view the recording in the bedroom?
Or am I missing something?

Keith

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[Papa Smurf]

Keith,

That's what I intend - it's just that I bought the recorder to be able to play to either TV, but only bought the rear TV....

 

[TestPoster]

Keith,

That's what I intend - it's just that I bought the recorder to be able to play to either TV, but only bought the rear TV....

Right, OK then....... Got it
Have you tried putting the output from the recorder into the "AUX" socket on the TV selector switch? You should be able to then recieve your signals to the recorder and divert the signal to the rear TV via the selector switch?
Maybe you just need to come up here and we can get it sorted I sure as hell ain't doing anything else mate

Keith

 

[Xoxoc]

Papa,

Having just come of the phone to you I see that Keith has very kindly offered to sort it out for you if you pop up.

If my suggestions don't work or you just fancy a run up to Keiths, just make sure that he does actually help out and isn't just pining for the opportunity to spend the weekend in an RV

 

[TestPoster]

Papa,

Having just come of the phone to you I see that Keith has very kindly offered to sort it out for you if you pop up.

If my suggestions don't work or you just fancy a run up to Keiths, just make sure that he does actually help out and isn't just pining for the opportunity to spend the weekend in an RV

OUCH Looks like I've been sussed out

Keith

 

[Thepips]

Hi Pappa,
The distribution box is simplicity itself. All it does is direct RF signals along standard coax. The only difference is the coax will be fitted with BNC connectors and not the push on connectors we're used to. It's so much easier to use coax rather than trying to get everything connected with scarts or HDMI provided everything has a coax input or output as appropriate. Quite honestly I can't any difference in picture quality. Perhaps I should have gone to Specsavers
On the back of it you'll see inputs for antenna, cable, satellite, VCR and aux and outputs for TV1 (Front), TV2 (Rear) and VCR (errr...VCR).
Connect the RF In on the VCR to the output and the RF out on the VCR to the input on the distribution box.
The last step, and often the most complex is tuning everything in. Take it slowly and it'll all make sense. When we got our RV the previous (American) owner had stripped everything out so we had to start from scratch and even identify which cable went where! Using the distribution box we've got Antenna, VCR/DVD and satellite connected to 2 TVs and VCR. Took about 3 hours to do the lot.
Best of luck
Doug

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[Papa Smurf]

Thanks all - especially Bryan. Unfortunately, I've been foiled by the "missing a Coax sex changer" on a Bank Holiday syndrome. Whilst a trip to town would be possible, taxi's are double time on a Bank Holiday, and so at over £15.00 each way, I'll have to wait until Tuesday (hopefully Stelios at VanBitz will have sex changers).

I haven't seen TV in sooooooooooo long - what's happening in Triangle and Eldorado? Has Mr Chamberlain managed to negotiate "peace in our time" with that Charlie Chaplin look-a-like?

sigh

 

[GJH]

I haven't seen TV in sooooooooooo long - what's happening in Triangle and Eldorado? Has Mr Chamberlain managed to negotiate "peace in our time" with that Charlie Chaplin look-a-like?

sigh

Dunno about that - but that Cromwell bloke kicked the bucket

Graham, I tried that, but there are too many possible inputs and outputs for a Smurf with very little brain to be able to understand:Sad:

I nearly recommended you join a library instead earlier but I thought that might be cruel

Graham

 

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