How far can you run RCA cables?

[truckracer]

I ran 3 runs of rg-6 about 100feet from my living room pansat 2500A (left, right, and video) to my gazebo in my back yard to a vcr that modulates it back to ch 4. I have NO Amplifiers (I probably should). I soldered rca plugs onto rg-6 coax. Inside on the back of my pansat, I used a pair of rca splitters from radioshack(its just 1 male plug with 2 female jacks on a pair of 6 inch cables). I did this on video and audio because the short patch cable goes into my surround receiver and the coaxes go to the gazebo.



my picture and sound is great 100 feet away from the pansat 2500A. It also works well with my directv receiver (rca drd 430-rg). I have no amplification (maybe in part because of the extra heavier gauge of wire (rg-6) over standard rca cables.

[SimpleSimon]

Yeah - I'd say RG-6 is to regular RCA cable as RG-11 is to RG-6.

IOW, Oh yeah!

[CygnusTM]

Wait a second. You are planning to put a 322 in a closet? How will you get the TV1 IR remote signal to the receiver? Only the TV2 remote is UHF.

[TominKY]

Cygnus,

Look for one of my other threads on this forum from several days ago that asks the same question. There is a way to set up the 322 (and 522) to use a second UHF remote for TV1 instead of the IR remote that is supplied. E* has even issued a service bulletin to this effect. The setup is done through the menus. This change was made to facilitate installations where existing cabling lends itself to putting the receiver in a central location versus next to a TV set.

[TominKY]

Is there a big difference in quality between using the A/V connections and the coax? This is going to play a major part in my decision as to where to locate the receiver.

Thanks,

Tom

[CygnusTM]

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OK. I understand now about the remotes now.

There is a huge difference in picture quality between AV and coax. Plus, as noted above, on a 322 there is no way to get stereo over coax. That right there would kill it for me.