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Can’t connect to a TV aerial- coaxial cable
B'sKitchen
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This is probably really basic question, but I would much appreciate your help.
I got new TV with Freeview and aerial cable to connect it. When I got it home it turned out there's no aerial plug in the wall, just Virgin box from previous tenants.
I asked my landlord and was told that there are two TV points, one in the living room and one in the bedroom and that the cable should be hidden behind the Virgin box. I unscrewed the box, with hopes to find regular old school aerial cable, but instead there's a coaxial cable connected to a splitter (I assume Virgin cable) and another coaxial cable not connected to anything (I assume aerial?). The TV point in the other room is coaxial as well.
Can aerial cable be coaxial? Is it going to work if I get some sort of connector/adapter?
I got new TV with Freeview and aerial cable to connect it. When I got it home it turned out there's no aerial plug in the wall, just Virgin box from previous tenants.
I asked my landlord and was told that there are two TV points, one in the living room and one in the bedroom and that the cable should be hidden behind the Virgin box. I unscrewed the box, with hopes to find regular old school aerial cable, but instead there's a coaxial cable connected to a splitter (I assume Virgin cable) and another coaxial cable not connected to anything (I assume aerial?). The TV point in the other room is coaxial as well.
Can aerial cable be coaxial? Is it going to work if I get some sort of connector/adapter?
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This is the cable I was given in a shop to connect aerial to my tv
This sort of cable is sticking out of my wall
It looks like you might need a male to male connector too like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/2-Gang-Dual-White-Satellite-Plate/dp/B01M9FEVE1/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1532970026&sr=8-19&keywords=tv+aerial+plate
If you end up getting stuff you don't need, put it in your goodie box, it'll come in handy sometime.
TV Antennas can use satellite grade coaxial cable with F-connectors on the end, but it's quite rare.
It's more likely that you have only Virgin Media cables installed.
I've got Virgin Broadband and Cable TV. Neither use F-Connectors, instead standard coax screw on connectors. The current Hub 3 modem/router takes the coax plug straight in and the latest V6 Tivo TV box comes with a short adapter cable to take the incoming coax with an 'F' plug for the socket on the TV box. The cables pictured look suspiciously like the feeds from a dual LNB satellite dish.
Bottom of that metal "cube" has two female connectors/ends
This is the back of my tv:
Your TV does accept an F type connection (below the aerial input) but that's for the Freesat tuner on your TV. Do you have a satellite dish?