stick to what you know!

[Deleted member 4632]

I am a sparky of 10years + and I have recently rewired the house but I think I may have dropped a ------- with regards to the aerial side of things. It is not something I have much experience in apart from 1st fixing in front of cctv engineers.

So I have wired without thinking 7 x RG59 coaxes from each room to the loft ready for an indoor aerial connection. The house is now plastered and painted.


All I want to do is plug in a (smart) t.v at each point and receive freeview. Have I cocked this up or not?

 

[Richard Burns]

Not the best choice of cable I would have used (WF)100 or RG6 but it will work OK.

 

[telectrix]

think you'll need an aerial amp in the attic. have you made provision for power to it?

 

[Deleted member 4632]

Cheers for fast reply, its too late to change now so im stuck really. What I am also struggling with is all decent indoor aerials are F-connectors. Can you recommend an aerial and booster (7 way) that is not F-connection?

telectrix I have installed a socket in the loft ready.

 

[telectrix]

use a high gain outdoor aerial. connections are screw terminasls.

 

[Deleted member 4632]

I cant seem to find a decent aerial and 7way+ booster that's not f-connection? ideally wanted Labgear equipment but its all F-connectors. Any brand recommendations?

 

[Barry White]

I cant seem to find a decent aerial and 7way+ booster that's not f-connection? ideally wanted Labgear equipment but its all F-connectors. Any brand recommendations?

F conectors will be better they are easy to fit(no special tools) and will not come loose.

 

[Deleted member 4632]

F conectors will be better they are easy to fit(no special tools) and will not come loose.

Even to RG59?

 

[Barry White]

yes you can get f connectors for Rg59


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-F-co...571675?hash=item2eb3c5ab1b:g:oyIAAOSw8d9UvREv

 

[ruston]

What about making a patch board up.

 

[amlu]

f connector is the standard for aerial wiring. if theres something else on the cable chop it off and fit required plug.
setup with aerial-signal splitter/booster -individual sockets should work.

 

[djelectric]

Twist F connectors onto them.. Really easy and good solid connection. You can get all different adaptors that fit onto F connectors for connecting TVs, Radios, BNC etc. Pretty sure screw fix sell 10 way amps.. Or something close to that

 

[djelectric]

I would even try to go without the amp and just use a F type splitter first, as long as the signal in the area/placement and aerial is good you may not need it.

 

[Midwest]

Just to add my two penneth, with a strong digital signal, adding an amplify might actually make your tv signal worse. You may just need a splitter.

http://aerialmarket.co.uk/pages.asp?ID=21