Re: Cable TV Patch Panel
If you're trying to do what I think, what about using an amplifier(s) that has multiple inputs and outputs as a central terminal for the main inputs and branch each run out from the amp? Thats what I did (amp is on a shelf in the basement). The one I have only has something like 2 inputs and 4 outputs, but I think they make them with alot more. With that many terminals won't you need to amplify the signal anyways, especially if it's a satellite feed?<br /><br />Are you running 2 cables (1 for cable and 1 for antennae) to each terminal or just 1 that would handle whichever you decide to use? <br /><br />Am I right in that it sounds like you're trying to 'daisy chain' the cable from one room to another to cut down on the amount/ number of cables you have to run? If so, my suggestion wouldn't accomplish that, but it would allow one cable to provide different sources to each terminal, depending on how you switch it at the amplifier. Course the down side to that is that the switch is in the central location, can't do it from each specific terminal.<br /><br />Note that I'm no expert on this stuff, and may not even understand exactly what you're trying to do. So feel free to ignore this post if it makes no sense or is of no use to you. But I did want to pass on how I handled getting a decent satellite signal to multiple locations in my home (done after the house was completed, unfortunately).<br /><br />edit: actually, what I'm talking about would be very similar to Sangerwaker's first link if you centralized the distribution module and added the video amplifier. Difference is that instead of adding an amp to a distribution module, I bought an amp that has distribution capability built in (plus it allows more than one input).
