Commercial Aerial and Satellite Installation
From a basic aerial installation to a multi point satellite and aerial distribution system SmartView Digital is here to help. SmartView Digital can provide a complete end-to-end service to meet your needs, budget and expectations.
By providing you with all the information that you'll need, SmartView Digital will help you to make an informed choice of digital reception and audiovisual solution. We offer a number installation solutions using benchmarked equipment to ensure that you receive the best possible solution and quality.
Benchmarked cables and equipment are standard on all our installations and all our commercial installations are covered by a two-year warranty.
At SmartView Digital we pride ourselves in customer service and we will not sell or install any equipment that you do not require or does not meet your needs.
SmartView Digital can provide SMATV and IRS systems in multi-user environments including flats, hotels and large housing developments. The SmartView Digital team works alongside architects and developers and electrical contractors on projects to ensure that the products and services we install meet your requirements and budget. We can upgrade existing systems ready for the digital switch off or up-grade existing systems allowing the end user to up-grade to SKY plus or SKY HD.
IRS Integrated reception systems
Installation of an Integrated Reception System (IRS) gives residents a choice of free
or pay television services from terrestrial or satellite, or even both at the same time
provided they have obtained the necessary receiving equipment. It allows tenants to
swap from one to the other whenever they want with no impact on the infrastructure
of the system. IRS can also carry both FM and DAB radio as well as other services.
Fundamentals of IRS
The necessary terrestrial and satellite services are amplified and combined on to a
single coaxial cable, these signals are amplified and distributed together with the
combined terrestrial signals on separate coaxial cables to one or more multiswitches
that in turn deliver the signals to each outlet location.
The multi-switch independently selects the appropriate LNB feed for each outlet
according to whether the voltage from the satellite receiver is 12V or 18V and
whether or not a 22KHz tone is present. The terrestrial signals are mixed with the
selected satellite feed and relayed via the drop-in cable to the receiver.
The satellite receiver and TV receiver will function as if they were connected directly
to a single universal LNB and terrestrial aerial respectively, as found in a standard
one dish one home DTH install. Two coax cables will be needed if SKY+ and HD as well as freesat PVR's
Services Available
Customers can receive all of the following services via an IRS system:
FM radio
Digital audio broadcasts (DAB)
Analogue terrestrial TV (DTT)
BSkyB digital satellite TV
Analogue and digital broadcasts from other satellites
CCTV relayed as UHF TV channels
Freesat
Freeview
An integrated reception system (IRS) can deliver all these services on a single
coaxial drop-in cable to each viewing location.Although Two drops will be needed for SKY+ or HD we recommend this type of installation.
What do I need?
Depending which services you wish to provide you will need a Satellite dish an aerial
and DAB/or FM aerials if these services are to be provided. All of these services will
then be distributed through out the building to each apartment or flat. There are a
number of ways to wire an IRS this will be dependent on the type of building and
number of points required.
What other options are there?
The most common option is the 5 wire system which provides BSKYB services and
freeview along with DAB and FM. Dependent on type of building and the developer’s
or client’s requirements 9 wire and 17 wire systems can be installed, these systems
provide satellite services from other orbital positions i.e.: 13deg carrying subscription
channels and many free to air channels. Many different combinations of satellites can
be installed depending on the client’s requirements.
Each satellite position will require 4 cables so a 9 wire can receive 2 satellites and a
17 wire can receive 4 satellites.
MATV
Master Antenna TV (MATV) systems have been used for many years to supply
signals from a single aerial system to a number of receivers. MATV systems
principally distribute terrestrial TV and radio received off-air, but may also include
locally modulated sources, such as from security video cameras.
MATV systems essentially consist of an aerial system, headend electronics, which
may include filters, amplifiers, converters, etc., and a passive distribution network
comprising coaxial cable, splitters, taps (also called tap-off units) and outlet sockets.
Allowing the customer to use freeview and DAB FM, this system is normally found in
existing blocks of flats and will not provide the client with digital satellite.
What do I need?
An aerial, DAB or FM Depending which services you wish to provide, all of these
services will then be distributed through out the building to each apartment or flat.
There are a number of ways to wire a MATV system this will be dependent on the
type of building and number of points required.
SMATV
Satellite Master Antenna TV (SMATV) systems have been used to extend the MATV
concept to include services broadcast by satellite. Satellite TV signals are received,
demodulated, decrypted where necessary, and re-modulated on UHF carriers.
Although once quite widely used for analogue satellite signals, this technique is
seldom used for digital signals carried as analogue on domestic systems, as it is
inefficient in use of bandwidth and loses much of the functionality of the digital signal
e.g. access to electronic program guides. The exception to this is hotel systems
which are mostly SMATV.
What Do I need?
This depends. As stated this system is only found in hotels and some commercial
applications. A headend would be constructed containing a number of STBs,
depending on the number of channels required. These channels would then be
distributed throughout the hotel allow the client to view the selected channels via the
tv in the room. These systems can provide a maximum of 30 channels this is due to
the bandwidth on the cable, in reality the max would only be around 25. Most of the
time these systems are providing PSB channels 1 to 5 and a selection of news
channels and entertainment channels.
Call SmartView Digital on 0845 175 1174 for free advice over the phone or for a free survey and quotation. Alternatively you can use our enquiry form.
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