DStv Extra View Installation in Germiston

Most often Extra View means a second TV in the main bedroom, so the sport and the series stop competing for one screen. Around Germiston it is nearly as often a garden cottage, a flatlet over the garage or a converted outbuilding that somebody in the family lives in. Our DStv installers in Germiston plan the second connection around how the property is actually laid out, not around where the cable is easiest to run.

The key piece of hardware is the LNB — the unit at the front of the dish that picks up the signal. A single-output LNB can only feed one decoder, so Extra View needs a twin or larger unit. Replacing just the LNB is usually quicker and cheaper than replacing the dish, and it is a good moment to check the dish mount and reseal the outdoor connectors, which take a beating from a Highveld summer.

Each decoder needs its own cable back to the LNB. Sharing one cable through a basic splitter tends to cause signal problems on both TVs, so we run a proper second line. Where that line has to cross a yard or run along an outside wall, it goes into conduit and is clipped down — slack cable across a garden is what a spade, a lawnmower or a dog finds first. For a very long run to a separate building, we check the expected signal loss first and choose the cable route and equipment to suit.

If an existing TV point already has problems — freezing, pixelation or error messages — it makes sense to sort that out before adding another decoder. Our DStv fault-finding service tracks down the cause first. Need more than two screens — a reception area, a canteen, a bar? That is a business installation rather than Extra View.