Soldato
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Have you asked Virgin what they'd charge to sort this for you? You can't be the first person who has wanted their equipment moving.
Not worth a quick call to find out for yourself? You could have has it all sorted by now.
In your photo which cable is which? The top one looks like what I'd expect to see on a Virgin connection and is also what's shown on the eBay listing.
Making your own cables with twist on connectors is easy enough. I can't see why they wouldn't work on a Virgin connection if the correct type of cable is used.
Why do you need to move it in the first place?
The top blue connector is what I had on my Virgin connection years ago and is also what they used on my Mother's connection we got rid of a month or so back. The red connection looks like a push-on rather than a normal threaded connector. They should serve the same purpose.
The connections where the cable fits should be threaded. The cable you've bought should screw on and be tightened down to a reasonable level. They won't just 'clip on'.
The plugs on those cables are crimped on so won't be reusable.
No he says that standard virgin media connectors are the screw in ones and that's how mine was. Hub 3.0 has a screw in socket as well.Thanks for the reply but not 100% I'm following. You're saying I can screw the whole cable in? I get that the Virgin ones are push to connect but with the new cable there doesn't seem to be any way to get it to stay on and in any case the socket seems much too long to make a connection.
By pushing with a huge amount of force I can turn the nut enough to get it to stay for a couple of minutes but as I said, it doesn't find a channel when held down like this anyway.
The connection points are quite long, this doesn't matter as long as the cables are connected correctly.
Attached correctly those cables will not ever fall off, you should need a spanner to remove them.
Make sure the central pin/wire goes into its hole. If they aren't cut cleanly they can snag.
Push plug in until the threaded nut is touching the threads on the connector.
Rotate nut clockwise until it's tight (several turns). This may require a spanner or pliers to get completely tight, but don't overdo it.
I know. I posted a link on here and was advised to get the one I bought instead.You can get virgin media cable extender kits on flea bay,all it is is some coax and a joiner piece and some screw on connectors though.
You can take out another subscription and plug another Hub into that second coaxial outlet if you want, that’s the only way to use it. Unless your TV has a DVB-C tuner and you’re talking about getting TV on the TV and not Internet.
It seems daft that I can't use the Virgin broadband cable that's coming out of the wall next to the TV.