Dumb TV Socket Question

In article , TheScullster scribeth thus

One of the better ones. Tho some will say run the aerial lead directly with nothing at all in the way but thats only in very marginal bad reception areas..

Do make the flylead up yourself some of the pre made ones are absolute rubbish 'tho they may look OK...

In article , TheScullster writes

confused.

Yes, that is fine. It's a single so the duplex, triplexed etc descriptions do not apply and non-isolated and screened are just what you want.

Note the requirement for a 25mm back box and take care to avoid kinking the cable. My pref is to use foam filled CF100 cable to reduce that risk but have recently bought semi air cored CT100 equiv when on a budget, used with care. Either way only use copper braid and copper foil screened cable.

If you intend fitting a satellite system later, best get one with an additional satellite socket too - these are different from UHF aerial ones.

Thanks to all for reassurance.

Unfortunately, the cable I have used is not top-spec as it was routed (literally) years ago before I had time to research satellite grade offerings etc. Now it would be a m-a-j-o-r exercise to replace, as it runs the length of the inhabited house.

Phil

The outlet's ok, though the description says male rather than female, but perfectly usable if you've already got it.

Old cable can affect satellite reception, but sensible to try it and see before messing with it.

NT

In article , TheScullster writes

Such is life, you may find it works ok, the stronger the signal the more noise is required to interfere with it. Thus you may find it better to use a larger aerial than a smaller one when you next change it or use a distribution amplifier rather than a passive splitter when distributing signals to the outlets. Bottom line, suck it and see.