I have a BenQ projector that has A/V, S-Video and Component inputs. I have a coax cable running from a Sat reciever that I want to connect to the projector.

Is there a device out there that will take the digital signal from the coax cable and convert it to one of the 3 listed inputs above?

I cannot run a new cable to projector, that is why I am looking to convert the exisiting coax that runs to unit now.

Thanks,
Roger

Hi rwnolan,

You say 'digital signal' from the satellite receiver, do you mean the digital signal from your dish? The reason I ask is that the satellite receivers themselves either output analogue video or DVI / HDMI digital video. The only output that uses a single coax output is composite video.

So, if your cable to the projector is from the 'receiver' , not the dish, it is probably composite video. The worst of all possible ways to send a signal to a projector, but it will work. If the cable is directly from the dish, the answer is no. You need a satellite receiver to tune/decode the sat feed and output an analogue signal ( composite, S-Video, or component ) that your projector can accept.

Jonathan

Actually, it sounds like he's saying he has a F-pin connector from his sat receiver. Thats the connector that screws in. Composite is RCA. You would need a conversion box to get the audio and video from that F-pin connection into a A/V (Red, White and Yellow RCA) connection.

If the only output on your Sat rcvr is coax, you need a newer sat rcvr. The signal coming out of coax is as low rez as it can get.

Check your receiver for a Yellow (composite video) jack. If you have one, you can use the existing coax cable with adapters. If it's only RF (channel 3?) then you will need something that can tune that channel and give you a composite output (which can then be passed accross the coax with the adapters).

That something can be as simple as a VCR or one of the new tuner converter boxes. Some sort of recording device would be your best bet anyway (DVD/HDD recorder). There are wireless senders available also that would remove the need to run new wire. There were even wireless HDMI senders shown at CES. Currently the wireless Component and HDMI senders run about $600 but Composite and S-Video are cheaper (under $300).