#Moca cable over same coax as ota tv

I did lots of research on audio/video forums to see if this was possible and almost everyone said it was impossible. The fix in my head was to combine the main antenna's signal with the Internet feed on one coax.if that was even possible. Life does go on after you stop subscribing to cable TV, I promise.

#Moca cable over same coax as ota tv

Because cable TV and the Internet feed use the same signal, a simple splitter is all that's needed to give the TV its channels and your Internet router its Internet data. The problem was that the coax from the cable box to the downstairs TV was still being used to connect me to the Internet (you only need one coax to run cable TV and the Internet). When I went about maximizing my reception, I wanted to use the coax installed by the cable company to feed the signal from the main antenna upstairs back down to the single coax connected to the downstairs TV. When my cable TV was installed, a coax was run from the cable box on the bottom floor to the upstairs TV, which is where my main antenna is now located.

This is the third chapter in this OTA adventure, so in case you missed what has been covered so far, here's a recap:Ĭhapter 1 - Receive HD channels on your TV with an over-the-air (OTA) antennaĬhapter 2 - Optimize the antenna signal for all TVs with splittersĬhapter 3 - Run an antenna's signal on the same cord as your Internet feedĬhapter 4 - Stream videos from cable stations with a media server Fear not, for I would not lead you astray and will show you the way. So far we’ve cut the cable TV cord and maximized our over-the-air (OTA) antenna reception for our TVs however, if you're like me, there's a snag with sharing the antenna's signal with a TV that also depended on one coax (that's a coaxial cable if you're new to these procedures) to provide cable TV and the Internet feed.