NTL set top box connecting

geeza · 5 Jul 2006 at 10:28

Just a couple of questions as I will be getting ntl installed in my room on saturday.

Can I get a connection to use my 19" widescreen instead of bringing a 14" tv from home? I sold my tv card but can i plug the set top box into my screen somehow (its only got a vga connection)

How do I share the tv connection with a room next to me as me and another lad a sharing tv and interent (£120 each for the year)

thanks

ScoobyDoo · 5 Jul 2006 at 13:03

I dont think you will be able to connect your settop box to your monitor, the only outputs the boxes have are Scart, unless you can get a scart to vga converter but i havent seen one.

Also you cant share your tv connection, the only way to do this is to

A) Use something like a digisender, but both of you would have to watch the same program

B) Get NTL to install a seperate NTL setttop box in your mates room, this way both of you can select different TV channels, you have to pay extra for this but i dont think its that much, give NTL a call.

VIRII · 5 Jul 2006 at 13:05

You could put a splitter before the box but the tv not sourced from the STB won't get all the channels - it will get some though.

geeza · 5 Jul 2006 at 14:37

VIRII said:
You could put a splitter before the box but the tv not sourced from the STB won't get all the channels - it will get some though.

Please explain :confused:

Whats a digisender, we dont really mind watching the same stuff
How much would it cost for another set top box?

VIRII · 5 Jul 2006 at 15:16

geeza said:
Please explain

Whats a digisender, we dont really mind watching the same stuff
How much would it cost for another set top box?

At my old house, when I cancelled Cable from NTL, I plugged my TV into the cable socket, hit autotune, and received a lot of channels in good quality.
These were picked up by my TVs inbuilt normal tuner, it was some time ago and I haven't tried it in my new house but I would imagine that most of the freeview type channels would be available to your friend via his TV's own tuner.
So one of you would get the full range of NTL channels that you pay for and the other would get a fair amount of freeview channels.

geeza · 5 Jul 2006 at 15:40

VIRII said:
At my old house, when I cancelled Cable from NTL, I plugged my TV into the cable socket, hit autotune, and received a lot of channels in good quality.
These were picked up by my TVs inbuilt normal tuner, it was some time ago and I haven't tried it in my new house but I would imagine that most of the freeview type channels would be available to your friend via his TV's own tuner.
So one of you would get the full range of NTL channels that you pay for and the other would get a fair amount of freeview channels.

are right. thanks for the info. I think what im gonna do is put the box downstairs and have net running upstairs to a router. (and get money off everyone for tv)

This is, as long as ntl let me do this as i said i wanted it just for my room, i dont see why not though, all they need to do is put in an access point downstairs. that or trail a huge cable from room to the living room

VIRII · 5 Jul 2006 at 16:55

geeza said:
are right. thanks for the info. I think what im gonna do is put the box downstairs and have net running upstairs to a router. (and get money off everyone for tv)

This is, as long as ntl let me do this as i said i wanted it just for my room, i dont see why not though, all they need to do is put in an access point downstairs. that or trail a huge cable from room to the living room

My NTL TV and NTL broadband go to different rooms on different cables.
I would assume that they'll let you do that, or rather do it for you.
I also replaced their modem cable with my own recently (from outside) as I wanted the modem in a different room again.

geeza · 5 Jul 2006 at 17:21

VIRII said:
My NTL TV and NTL broadband go to different rooms on different cables.
I would assume that they'll let you do that, or rather do it for you.
I also replaced their modem cable with my own recently (from outside) as I wanted the modem in a different room again.

when we had ntl the first year it came through their modem then to my router and out 4 ways, last year (2nd year) we had a settop box and network cable just plugged into my router then it was split as before.

I dont think they will be able to put a set top box in our frint room because its sort of in the middle of the house, trailing a thick cable from my room to downstairs would probably be just as easy

YooEntSinMeROYT · 6 Jul 2006 at 17:46

What really sucks about the NTL set-top boxes is when it comes to connecting them to your Home Cinema.
There is no digital audio out at all!
This is a major oversight.
To output the sound from my NTL box I've had to run analog phono leads from my JVC panel to my amp. Not ideal when your trying to keep cable clutter to a minimum, or if you're wall-mounting LCD panels & chasing/concealing cables.

ScoobyDoo · 7 Jul 2006 at 17:16

YooEntSinMeROYT said:
What really sucks about the NTL set-top boxes is when it comes to connecting them to your Home Cinema.
There is no digital audio out at all!
This is a major oversight.
To output the sound from my NTL box I've had to run analog phono leads from my JVC panel to my amp. Not ideal when your trying to keep cable clutter to a minimum, or if you're wall-mounting LCD panels & chasing/concealing cables.

Just use a audio scart breakout box straight from the settop box, no need to feed from the panel then.