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No, it’s part of the terms and conditions that you need a Virgin Media technician to move Virgin Media equipment. Given, in a ideal world you'd want the installer to measure the signal levels while using the cable you intend to operate the equipment with and adjust those levels accordingly, but given the cable lengths in question, the signal levels are not that likely to be outside the acceptable range even if using different cables. When you obtain new coaxial cable, you may consider getting modern RG 6, which has more shielding and insulation from interference than RG 59. Step 2: Find the Main Coaxial Cable
Typically, coaxial splitters have 2, 3, 4, and 6 output ports (or even more) and the best of them maintain the proper impedance environment at both ends (input and output ports), which means they avoid multipath interference. How to Use a Cable Splitter
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Splitting or dividing a coaxial cable to provide signal to multiple devices is a straightforward task that mainly involves attaching your existing cable to a splitter device, and running separate coax cables from the splitter to receiving devices like your TV. Previous Sky customer - had Sky signal split into 3 seperate rooms in the house via a 3-way splitter. Over the years, left Sky and now a Virgin Media customer.
Yes, you must keep the coax cable away from electrical cables to avoid interference with the signal. Despite the coax cable being shielded to prevent corruption of the signal, it’s still possible if electric cables are laid next to the coax. If the technician cannot do this for you, ask the technicians to leave enough cable and clips for you to make the installation yourself. How do Virgin Media run a cable to the house?Make sure each connection is tight and keep in mind that splitter connections aren’t generally weatherproof, so you may want to take measures if the splitter is installed outdoors. Use the Appropriate Splitter As mentioned above, you’ll get slight insertion loss whenever you plug the coax cable into any device. As a passive device, this means the signal power coming in will necessarily exceed the signal power going out (OK, save this thought for later). The SSL coax is standardised RG6 7mm cable size to fit any F-female connector. Do Virgin TV and broadband use the same cable? Note that Virgin do not do multiroom as such and only install seperate TiVo or other STBs in different locations. They deal with the cable feed to each of these boxes. Virgin wont lay cabling in relation to distributing the output from a box to multiple locations. They simply install the box or boxes and cables required for its use in its primary location. The main coax cable feed coming into your home is split by the VM installer and the one feed is used for all STBs and the Virgin SuperHub.
Because the fibre home phone service is provided over our broadband network, your phone will need to be plugged directly into the Hub. That means it’ll need electricity to work, unlike the analogue phone line. If you feel that signal loss either at the splitter or somewhere else along the line is so great that it’s affecting signal quality, consider replacing the splitter with a distribution amplifier with the appropriate number of output ports. How to Install a Cable Splitter The main concern is potential signal loss due to setting up a splitter between the source and the receiving devices, but in the majority of installations this is of little concern. Modem" appears up through a hole in the floor (haven't decorated in here yet...) and in to the modem, then a router, etc...
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Attach both the input cable and the output cables into the splitter, which is straightforward to do using the cables’ threaded F connectors. Yeah, but I'd already explained that poor quality cable shouldn't be used and mentioned the type of cable that would be suitable. You appeared to be suggesting that something untoward would happen if using this cable as opposed to Virgin's. The splitter outside the house (on the pic above - btw - by old, do you mean the cable connectors? We were only connected up last year, but I guess the original - Nynex probably- fittings are still in use - just the splitter and second cable box coax are new. I'd probably leave that to Virgin if I'm honest, although I have 20 odd F/aeriel connections to make up).