Virgin cable installer in Leeds area
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It's standard co-ax cable you know?
Where the white box is on your inside wall (I presume they still do this) you can just run a length of cable from the F type on top. Get some CT100 cable and you can do it yourself, or get a normal aerial fitter or builder/electrician type to do it.
Where the white box is on your inside wall (I presume they still do this) you can just run a length of cable from the F type on top. Get some CT100 cable and you can do it yourself, or get a normal aerial fitter or builder/electrician type to do it.
bobda said:
It's standard co-ax cable you know?
Where the white box is on your inside wall (I presume they still do this) you can just run a length of cable from the F type on top. Get some CT100 cable and you can do it yourself, or get a normal aerial fitter or builder/electrician type to do it.
Problem is that if you do the install yourself then call Virgin Media out for a fault, they wont be happy. You also need to get the power levels rightWhere the white box is on your inside wall (I presume they still do this) you can just run a length of cable from the F type on top. Get some CT100 cable and you can do it yourself, or get a normal aerial fitter or builder/electrician type to do it.
Tonto said:
Problem is that if you do the install yourself then call Virgin Media out for a fault, they wont be happy. You also need to get the power levels right
It's an RF signal from the white box inside the house. The only power levels you might experience would arise if the cable run was excessively long (>100m) and the cable quality used was poor - which is why I recommended CT100 spec.kinabalu said:
I may be over complicating what I need to do, the white box you mention I guess links to the router, incoming phone line which is other side of house & feeds to 3 tv boxes, phone line is already in wrong place when I had my back turned.
The phone line is different but is a standard system so extending it to a new location is just a case of running a piece of two core cable to the new location. If you have existing phone points in the house then the chances are they'll all be linked together anyway - probably in a star system to a previous BT master socket.Either way, you don't need a Virgin specific installer to do this work. If you're not confident doing it yourself then you need to get someone in but you can pretty much get handyman who knows how to run an aerial cable and a phone line to do it.
bobda said:
he phone line is different but is a standard system so extending it to a new location is just a case of running a piece of two core cable to the new location. If you have existing phone points in the house then the chances are they'll all be linked together anyway - probably in a star system to a previous BT master socket.
Either way, you don't need a Virgin specific installer to do this work. If you're not confident doing it yourself then you need to get someone in but you can pretty much get handyman who knows how to run an aerial cable and a phone line to do it.
He needs a cable routing from the external box to the new location. Running an RF cable inside the house is likely to be messy.Either way, you don't need a Virgin specific installer to do this work. If you're not confident doing it yourself then you need to get someone in but you can pretty much get handyman who knows how to run an aerial cable and a phone line to do it.
When I talk about the power levels, I'm referring to the forward and return path power which need to be calculated if any additional splitters are used. Each splitter will drop the forward path signal by -3.5db. Also, there maybe existing attenuation already in the link. If this is bypassed there's a chance of overloading the STB tuners. Its a bit more involved than just running a cable.
Tonto said:
He needs a cable routing from the external box to the new location. Running an RF cable inside the house is likely to be messy.
When I talk about the power levels, I'm referring to the forward and return path power which need to be calculated if any additional splitters are used. Each splitter will drop the forward path signal by -3.5db. Also, there maybe existing attenuation already in the link. If this is bypassed there's a chance of overloading the STB tuners. Its a bit more involved than just running a cable.
It's not worth the effort of replying in detail to your post if you think running an RF cable inside a house (under floor boards, under carpet or behind skirting boards etc) is going to be more messy than trying to have the main feed cable re-enter the house via a new drilled hole or air brick.When I talk about the power levels, I'm referring to the forward and return path power which need to be calculated if any additional splitters are used. Each splitter will drop the forward path signal by -3.5db. Also, there maybe existing attenuation already in the link. If this is bypassed there's a chance of overloading the STB tuners. Its a bit more involved than just running a cable.
If I was in a similar position, I know which option I'd take. I'm just glad the installations I do aren't residential.
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