Unlike with Nine wire systems you only have one satellite with a standard Five wire system. This is because Five wire systems are more basic than a Nine wire in terms of how they work compared to each other. Nine wire has two satellites and use different broadcasters to pick up multiple channels. Five wire has one satellite and one broadcaster which is Sky. With a Five wire system, you can pick up Sky/SkyPLUS, Freeview and Freesat channels.
Five wire works by one satellite set onto Astra 28.2°E and sends a signal straight into the building via a switch unit which then splits off into each desired outlet throughout the building
On a Five wire system, there is an antenna that also goes into the building because we have two points in each apartment complex. There is one point in the lounge and one that goes into the bedroom.
The point in the lounge will be where the Five wire comes in with the satellite and supplies Sky, Freeview, and Freesat TV while the point in the bedroom only has access to Terrestrial TV.
Five wire works by a dish picking up a signal and feeding that signal into receivers which continue that signal along into an Amplifier which boosts the signal into a switching unit which
sends the signal off to each desired point in the building. I.e 30 points would mean there were 15 rooms. 2xpoints/1room
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In a five wire system, the multi-switching unit that's used is called a Triax TMP 5x32 LTE multi-switch. This is good for us because it LTE protected, Its a compact design. It has four satellite polarities and 1 terrestrial input, combined output, the signal level controls on all outputs, color-coded connections, switch mode power supply for optimum performance, switched output attenuators, supplied with input and output earth bond bars.
One vision has installed Five wire systems to various areas around the UK. Some of these being Castleton, Hurst Place, London, Cardiff, Swansea, and Nottingham.
Below are some pictures of a Five Wire System.
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