Is Telewese TV and Broadband on one cable ?

[ajpepe72]

Hi,
I have telewest (virgin) tv in my lounge and a separate cable goes to an upstairs bedroom for the broadband modem.
Does the cable going to my modem also carry a tv signal as i want to install a second tv digibox in the bedroom.
So basically i need to know if a new feed is needed or if i can just use a splitter at the modem with a cable going to the digibox.
any help appreciated.

[Matt D]

Yep, the cable going to the modem also carries the TV too.

However, you cannot fit a 2nd STB yourself. If you buy a "2nd hand" box to fit yourself it will not work.

Only Virgin Media supplied & installed STBs will work - they must be registered against a valid account, and activated by VM & paired with a smartcard.


If you take out the "2nd box" option from VM, they will do the installation for you & fit a splitter (or run a new feed if it's deemed necessary).


BTW, If you get the new "V+" STB (3 tuners, HDD PVR, HDTV support), & keep your existing STB & have that moved to the other room, the installation is free (using the old STB as a 2nd box costs £5/month while the V+ costs £10/£15 depending on if you have TV size XL or M/L).


http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html...lus/index.html

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/dtv/vplus/faq.html

[papa smurf]

yes its fed by one cable it carries mutiple frequencys for bb and d tv it can be split as you suggest

---------- Post added at 22:08 ---------- Previous post was at 21:56 ----------

yes its fed by one cable it carries mutiple frequencys for bb and d tv it can be split as you suggest .but please dont buy a chipped box from the bloke in the pub because contrary to popular opinion we can see them on the network and trace them to an individual property so its a wast of money [not that im suggesting you would buy a chipped box]