Technology help #3

[Mike]

This time its digital TV aerials lol

We've not long had a digital aerial thingy installed here an Im now needing to connect my TV upto it. Is there any particular type of aerial type cable I have to buy with it being a digital aerial?

As im planning on hard wiring my TV straight into this new aerial thing on the side of the house.

Er, basically what do I need lol lol

[L14MNP]

First!


*Jumps in with no idea. lol

Surely they just require a regular RF cable. Check the connections.

[Mike]

Er, what exactly am I checking the connections for?

[L14MNP]

Check to see what connections are on the aerial, then you will know what you cables you require. IMO it will be suppled with one.

[brainsnova]

cable is cable

[Mike]

Ah the aerial was fitted some company my dad knows :S so good knows what theyve used lol

I has currently been reading up some info here> http://www.aerialsandtv.com/ampsandsplitters.html

[Welsh Dan]

Some fitters will just fit a normal coaxial plug on the end that'll go straight to the TV. Others fit an F-Connector so you'd need an F-Connector to TV adapter.

If you're fitting to the arial itself, you'll just need some decent coaxial cable, a tv connector for the tv and and an F-Connector for the arial end.

[Mike]

Theres already a TV connected to said aerial, so will there be like a spare F connection on the aerial itself or do they only have one??

F Connector is the screw together type affiar isnt it?

[Welsh Dan]

Yeah the F connector is the screw type one.

When we had ours done they ran one cable to each room that we wanted a TV in (student house so 4 of us).