extra cable boxes

[hodaire]

currentley have 1 VM cable box and wanted to add a further 4 throughout the house, would the best way to do this be run a sat cable from each new point back to the original box and use a splitter / splitters? can i run 5 boxes from the one cable coming in or do i need some sort of amp.

[geforcefx]

think u can just use a splitter from the main feed

[hodaire]

is it possible to buy a 5 way splitter?

so i don't need an amp?

[bigalan2k7]

yes m8 i think u can have a look on flebay i no theres some on there

[hodaire]

can only find a 4 way splitter, do they do a 5 way or will i just need to buy 2 3 way splitters and feed one from the out port on the other one, will this be ok?

[abbs2002]

I'm sure you can use 5 way spliter with no problems, there was a guy on here running 6 boxes using a spliter from one VM point, the only thing is if you need to update any of the boxes you will need to connected dirrect to the original VM cable.

[hodaire]

just found a 5 way splitter, thanks for the info

is it likely i will need an amp / booster to run this many boxes?

[g80878]

Originally Posted by hodaire

just found a 5 way splitter, thanks for the info

is it likely i will need an amp / booster to run this many boxes?

Depending on your original input signal strength , You should be ok , But should you need to use a booster and are also using modems make sure you get a booster that has return path

[jimbo]

u may have a drop of some signal strength, trial and error.

[blakey_8]

Yes, signal strength will be affected if you use more boxes. You could always try a cable amplifier to boost the signal a bit.