kevinherring
12-06-2012, 13:49
Hi all
I am currently in the process of re-doing my lounge and am chasing in cables. I would like to ensure my cabling will meet my future needs.
Current setup
VM cable comes to the front of my house (outside the lounge) to a brown junction box on the outside wall. A coax cable connected to this snakes it's way round to the side of my house and into a cupboard where my modem/router sits.
There is no TV (there was but I ripped it out as it was not connected and in the wrong place). I do not subscribe to TV.
Proposed Setup
The router/modem is being moved to the loft. I will move the existing cable that snakes round the house so that it goes up the back of the drain pipe and into the loft.
Questions
So the question is regarding the TV. In future I may want to subscribe to VM TV and, given that I will be chasing cables, I want to ensure that the TV cables are correct and the face plate is in the right place (in the opposite corner in the lounge).
In understand that I will need some HD100 cable and some EX6 connectors (anything else?). I also need a faceplate. Does the faceplate need to be anything special? Or would something like this do:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aerial-Satellite-Cable-Wall-FACE-Plate-Digital-TV-Coax-Twin-Outlet-Free-Post-/221027841658?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item337649367a#ht_876wt_1163
Also what is the configuration of the cable routing? I assume that a splitter would be installed in the external junction box with one cable going to the modem and the other going to the TV. This is a big assumption, so I need to make sure it is correct. Or perhaps the cable goes to the Tivo first and then there is an output to go to the modem?
Have I missed anything?
Thanks
Kevin
I am currently in the process of re-doing my lounge and am chasing in cables. I would like to ensure my cabling will meet my future needs.
Current setup
VM cable comes to the front of my house (outside the lounge) to a brown junction box on the outside wall. A coax cable connected to this snakes it's way round to the side of my house and into a cupboard where my modem/router sits.
There is no TV (there was but I ripped it out as it was not connected and in the wrong place). I do not subscribe to TV.
Proposed Setup
The router/modem is being moved to the loft. I will move the existing cable that snakes round the house so that it goes up the back of the drain pipe and into the loft.
Questions
So the question is regarding the TV. In future I may want to subscribe to VM TV and, given that I will be chasing cables, I want to ensure that the TV cables are correct and the face plate is in the right place (in the opposite corner in the lounge).
In understand that I will need some HD100 cable and some EX6 connectors (anything else?). I also need a faceplate. Does the faceplate need to be anything special? Or would something like this do:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aerial-Satellite-Cable-Wall-FACE-Plate-Digital-TV-Coax-Twin-Outlet-Free-Post-/221027841658?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Other&hash=item337649367a#ht_876wt_1163
Also what is the configuration of the cable routing? I assume that a splitter would be installed in the external junction box with one cable going to the modem and the other going to the TV. This is a big assumption, so I need to make sure it is correct. Or perhaps the cable goes to the Tivo first and then there is an output to go to the modem?
Have I missed anything?
Thanks
Kevin