Entertainment Center: TVs, Stereos, VCRs and DVDs - TV, Cable & Satellite Jacks

I have the above wires coming up through the floor and I would like to Install three jacks or take offs for my entertainment system on the wall. I would prefer to have all three on the same face plate and box if I can. Is this available? But first I need information on what needs to be considered before I undertake this job. My present wiring is RG6 cable.

Easily done. Load one of these Leviton "Quickport" plates ...

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... with three of these Quickport F-type connector inserts:

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Be careful not to kink the cables or bend them in less than a 2-inch radius. Hopefully you'll have enough space behind the box to make nice, easy bends to the back of the inserts.

Thanks Rick,
I purchased these items today at Home Depot. I also saw another item that may be of use. Its an access door that fits flush with the wall. I might need this if I have a problem drilling a hole in the soleplate to get into the basement area. They come in various sizes and the smallest has a door that measures 4 X 6 inches. I could mount the faceplate directly on the door after making a cutout or mount a box, then the faceplate.
But first I am going to see if I can do this with just a small cutout in the wall. The difficult part is finding and fishing for the wires.

Keep in mind that a backbox isn't required for that cabling. You can mount the faceplate directly to the wall. Or, cut a bigger hole for access and patch the drywall or plaster after you're done.

There's also a box version of those modular plates, that sticks out an inch or so from the wall surface.
I dont recall if they use the same flat faceplate or comes with their own faceplate.
Not sure if that's available at HD,or if you'd have to go to an electrical supply house.

I saw the box at Home Depot but decided not to have any type of box projection. I will install one of those plastic blue electrical boxes for some strong support for the faceplate. I have one more line to install and when finished, I will have two lines for the recreation room for vhf-Fm Tv and either satellite or cable and two lines for the living room for the same. Now I have to find out about those satellite receivers that allow you to add another TV and be able to watch a differant program then whats playing in another room. Would anyone happen to know if an RCA jack is used for this connection or is it a F type coax cable connection? Either way, I might have to run a third line from the living room faceplate. I'll see what the satellite or cable installer says.
While I have your attention, what would be your preferance between satellite and cable?

A bud of mine's '2nd tv' satellite output was coax. Not sure if they all are tho. From a manuf point of view, coax is the most flexible route.. they dont know the distance to your other tv etc. They could pump a much nicer signal on optical, but it would require more hardware at the other end, plus.. who has optical pre-wired.. lol (not me anyhow, I prewired each room multiple locations with 2 rg6 and 2 cat5e cables).

Provided you have a view of the sats (ie, no building or large trees blocking signal).. and you're not 'bundling' your cable tv with phone service etc.. Id say go with Sat. Cable is really trying to max out their pipes to compete with telco. They all do compression, so it might depend on your local cableco, as to if their HD signal is better than the sat hd signal (if you're going the hd route).

Sometimes it comes down to packages.. if you have some particular channels you really want.. check to see which level packages (or single add-ons) they're in etc

Don't make the common mistake of "daisy-chaining" your RG6 satellite cabling from one jack to another. This works only if you want all TVs on the loop to receive the same channel (which is common if you have a dual sat receiver). If you want each TV to be able to change channels you need to "home run" the cables from each TV location back a central location so they have access to the cable coming off the dish. You then install receivers at each TV and connect them directly to the dish.

Typically, satellite receivers have composite video (yellow RCA), S-video, component, and even HDMI outputs in addition to the cable F-connectors.

Dual receivers usually use the video or S-video outputs for the local TV and the the cable connection for the 2nd TV or house cable system. This allows the main TV to watch one channel while the other TVs can access the second channel.

Two different remotes come with the dual receiver: One, for the local TV, is a standard line-of-sight infrared (IR) remote that has to be in the same room as the receiver. The second remote is a radio-frequency (RF) remote that can control the satellite receiver from any room in the house.

My wiring to the living room TV and basement TV are wired in paralell for both Satellite and VHF-FM if I ever need it. But after looking at the package deals, I decided to go with my former satellite provider and to just have one HD Sat receiver installed to the living room TV. I have splitters installed on the VHF-Fm and Satellite line. I'll wait and see if I change my mind and may install another receiver in the basement. Thanks.