Wiring a new TV point.

[jeddtizzard]

Hello,

I have just been asked about putting a aerial point in a friends bedroom.

Now they have an aerial on the top of their roof on the chimney that has a coax cable going to the living room behind the tv, now thats the only point in the whole house!

Whats the best way to go about putting an extra point in the bedroom at the back of the house baring in mind the tv and the only tv point is at the front of the house on the ground floor.

I know it sounds silly just never really worked alot with TV and Aerials

Thank you Guys

JT

 

[Guest123]

Hi

What about a masthead amplifier on the aerial pole then run a new coax from here to the new tv point.

The cable going to the existing tv point would also connect into the amp, then a new coax upto the aerial.

 

[jeddtizzard]

ahh right so just connect a coax to the aerial on the roof then bring it down into the bedroom and into a coax tv point?

Sounds simple!

What way would you suggest bringing it from the aerial then, straight down over the tiles?

 

[Sintra]

If the original coaxial runs into the roof space you could cut it and install a splitter / amplifier and run coaxial to bedroom from there.

 

[jeddtizzard]

will a plug in signal booster do that because i think i have one lying around that was scrap from another job

 

[Sintra]

will a plug in signal booster do that because i think i have one lying around that was scrap from another job

Yes that should be ok

 

[jeddtizzard]

Excellent. Now taking the cable from the aerial to the roof space, how would you go about that? do you go in between a tile or something?

 

[Nenedata]

If the original coaxial runs into the roof space you could cut it and install a splitter / amplifier and run coaxial to bedroom from there.

As sintra said the coax to the livingroom tv already runs within the loft, pick a suitable location cut the existing coax and fit splitter. Now run the new coax cable from splitter to the bedroom, no need to clamber on roof in these slippy frozen conditions

 

[Guest123]

He still hasn't clarified if it goes into the attic yet. It might just be clipped down the outside.

 

[wallyanker]

Hello,

Whats the best way to go about putting an extra point in the bedroom at the back of the house baring in mind the tv and the only tv point is at the front of the house on the ground floor.

JT

I had the same set up when i moved into my house and this is what to do.

Pull the aerial cable out of living room back up the house wall and go into loft with it. Drilled on an angle under gutting to get into loft. This is now aerial in feed.
Fit a splitter/booster in the loft and then take a feed back out and down to the living room. Then take another feed from the splitter in the loft and go out of the back wall, down the house and back in into the bedroom.

I fitted a 6 way splitter but have only used 4 of them, 2 main bedrooms, kitchen and living room. The picture quality is perfect and all TV's pick up digital with no problems.

Hope this helps

 

[dragon-av]

Hello,

I have just been asked about putting a aerial point in a friends bedroom.

Now they have an aerial on the top of their roof on the chimney that has a coax cable going to the living room behind the tv, now thats the only point in the whole house!

If they have sky better to take aerial into sky box and RF2 out to bedroom moving and cutting an existing coax if its old can be a major issue much better to rerun new cable in proper WF100 spec cable