Recent content by abillmann

Luckily, they DON'T daisy chain. From the way everything appears, the wiring topography seems to be well-planned. (Well, well-planned for cable, anyway.)

There's definitely nothing in the closets--no boxes. The attic is easy to access, but as I said, I haven't been up there, and I'm not sure if Pebbles (yeah, believe it or not, that's her real name) will allow me up there or not. As for the cabling, I'm making the following assumption: Since...

See? I knew you guys would know! I'll see if I can sweet-talk my landlord into allowing me to poke around in the attic. If that actually happens, and I find the splitter, I'm assuming the best thing to do is simply disconnect it, and couple the two pieces of coax together (using good quality...

Unfortunately, no. I thought of that also, but the problem is that the location of the Dish itself is exactly opposite from where the apartment is. The cable would have to go under sidewalks and then run up the side of the building. I'm sure the landlord wouldn't go for this...her business...

Just one receiver. See my dilemma? If I could get to the splitter, I could simply remove it, couple the two lines and all would be fine. But since I can't, is there ANY kind of amplifier or way this could work? I have a feeling that essentially, my landlord is (unknowingly) forcing me to go...

Hi All, An installation question/dilemma: I'm moving to an apartment that is currently wired for cable but has no DBS systems. The landlord will allow a dish, but will not allow any additional coax to be run or holes to be drilled--bottom line, the existing wiring must be used. The place...