coax

[shagg]

Hi all

Can anyone tell me if it's posiable to take a leg of coax from an exsisting tv point ( ie linking it out at the back of the outlet plate). I know that it normaly comes from a boaster box to the tv point direct but it would save me a lot of time and hastle. cheers lads any replys welcome.

 

[Spudnik]

You can but if both TV;s are on at the same time, in effect you will have half the signal going to each.

Not good.

 

[desertbootz]

In cct terms it's in parallel so if yr signal strength is okay then shouldn't be a problem

 

[shagg]

Cheers Lads, I thought i could. but i just like to check. Jason the first TV point isn't going to be used because i was going to use a male&female connecter to join them with a blank plate, but i like to leave them with a choice for the future cheers lads anyway.

 

[Spudnik]

Cheers Lads, I thought i could. but i just like to check. Jason the first TV point isn't going to be used because i was going to use a male&female connecter to join them with a blank plate, but i like to leave them with a choice for the future cheers lads anyway.

Ignore my post then

 

[aptsys]

I think impedance mismatching is a more important issue, particularly as this can cause standing waves to appear on the coax degrading signal strength even further. If you must extend from this point, at least do it right and use a suitable splitter.

 

[dragon-av]

If you are replacing a TV point with an extension to a new location you should rem ove the old plate use a F connections and F barrel to join onto new cable and run to a new plate covering the join with a blank.

Tapping off the back of a plate will cause issues.