MATV Systems

What is MATV System? 
MATV stands for Master Antenna Television. It is the means by which many elderly homes, apartment, houses, schools and other multi-unit buildings distribute TV local over the air channels to a number of television sets. In order to accomplish this without a loss of signal quality, these systems must be carefully planned and engineered through the effective use of MATV equipment and techniques. 

MATV is useful for the following types of facilities

  • Small to medium business and retail shopping malls
  • Office buildings
  • Elderly Homes
  • Schools and universities
  • Public Apartment buildings

An MATV system is basically a network of cables and specially designed components that process and amplify TV signals and distribute them from one central location . If there were 100 TV sets in a building, it would be extremely expensive to install and maintain 100 separate antennas. Not only would it be unsightly, but reception would suffer because that many antennas would interact with each other, causing interference problems. 
A modern MATV system can carry analogue and digital television signals through an aerial, free-to-view, FM radio and can carry satellite signals. Some MATV systems in use today are over 30-years old and the many are unsuitable for carrying digital television signals. These will need to be surveyed and may require modification or replacement. 

In a typical MATV system:

  • The aerial is a conventional UHF TV aerial, receiving both analog and digital TV signals.
  • Signals received by the aerial are then processed. In systems that have not been modified to carry digital, it is usually this process that restricts or prevents the digital signals from being handled correctly, as the processors are only designed to handle analog TV signals.
  • A distribution network then delivers all television signals to a socket outlet in each household. There can be more than one outlet per household, but only one TV set can be connected to each outlet.
  • How the distribution network is configured will depend on the number of dwellings and floors in the building.

Hytech Communications  have acquired a large amount of practical experience of installing /maintaining these types of system, by completing major projects for commercial clients across Puerto Rico. Hytech Communications, inc. can provide the solution to your installation requirements.

 

Hytech Communications, inc. offers the following MATV services

  • Consultation and design
  • Supply and installation
  • Termination, fit-off and testing
  • Frame stage cabling for cost effectiveness
  • Service and support
  • Maintenance and repair