TV related - what sort of cable is this?

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

Pawnless Endgame

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My house has recently been re-wired and I got myself a TV for the first time. I think I have found 2 aerial points but my TV aerial cable doesn't fit into either of them (male or with female adapter). I don't think it's the old NTL cable point either because I know where that is as it's in a different part of the house. If it turns out I don't have a TV aerial point, what would be the best options to receive Freeview? Freeview itself is built into the TV so that bit is sorted. Cheers :-)

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As above, dual coax cable with F-plug connections. Connected to a sky dish that may or may not still be mounted outside your house.

If no aerial socket, easiest way to get freeview would be to buy a portable aerial, although this depends on quality of signal in the room your TV is in.
 
Looks like a right bodge job. NTL/Virgin media would have put a faceplate or a box there, not cables coming out of the wall. In the old day it would have been two cables though - one for the TV box (e.g. Tivo) and a separate one for the cable modem. I'm guessing a previous owner has taken the box off and bodged it up.
 
peterwalkley said:
Looks like a right bodge job. NTL/Virgin media would have put a faceplate or a box there, not cables coming out of the wall. In the old day it would have been two cables though - one for the TV box (e.g. Tivo) and a separate one for the cable modem. I'm guessing a previous owner has taken the box off and bodged it up.
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Sky generally just cable straight from the dish, through wall and into sky box.
 
As others have said it’s 100% for a satellite dish, probably Sky. You can use them with a FreeSat box though.

It’s two cables for two tuners (watch one, record another).

They can easily be extended if you want to re-use them as they look pretty short.
 
They look rather thick and quite rigid for Sky? The shotgun cables are thinner than that and quite pliable. Though I remember one time in 2008 when they used to install two separate cables, they were once thick.
 
V F said:
They look rather thick and quite rigid for Sky? The shotgun cables are thinner than that and quite pliable. Though I remember one time in 2008 when they used to install two separate cables, they were once thick.
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I think they are really old. The cables at our old house were like that. (From a previous install)
 
Thanks guys!

Yes I can confirm there is a satellite dish outside my house, on the opposite side of the wall pictured in my OP. I won't sign up to any TV packages (Sky, BT etc) as I already have Prime and Disney+ but will see what I can do with the Sky cables. Will I still need to get a Sky box or is there a converter that I can get for the Sky cables that can link to my TV?

MikeTheNative said:
I think they are really old. The cables at our old house were like that. (From a previous install)
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Yeah, I moved here in 2006 and just never bothered with a TV until now. It was the Euro football from last year that made me want to get a telly for the first time and went all-out for a 65" Philips Ambilight :D
 
Looks like a sky cable from the sky+ days.

Where does the cable go? Do you have a dish on the wall or see evidence of one being removed.

Edit: Already answered above
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
Yeah, I moved here in 2006 and just never bothered with a TV until now. It was the Euro football from last year that made me want to get a telly for the first time and went all-out for a 65" Philips Ambilight :D
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To think once, Sky HD was so pin sharp back in 2007/8/9. I remember all the rave hearing about it in 2006 for people coming from Sky Plus. A film recording could be 9 - 11GB back then.
 
Freesat box is the best option, probably about £50 for one that cant record and maybe £150-£200 for one that can.
 
russell664 said:
You could get a free sat box. That would make use of the dish :)
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I just checked my manual, and it looks like it's already built into my TV?! It also mentions DVB-T2 and F-type cables from posts further up this thread. Shall I try getting an F-type cable/extension from Amazon and see if it works? Then worst case scenario is that I'll just need to book a technician to re-align my satellite dish.

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Pawnless Endgame said:
Shall I try getting an F-type cable/extension from...
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Yep, shouldn't cost you more than a tenner!
Alignment should be the same as sky.

As you were initially trying to connect an aerial, I assume you have this covered, but you DO need a TV license for FreeSat ;)
(this the reason I've never bothered hooking mine up, despite specifically buying a TV with support when I moved here)
 
Twin satellite feed one for live one for recording ought to be fine for Freesat a superior option to Freeview

If the TV has a satellite tuner should be case of just plugging it in (with an extension for the lead(s)) you can buy them already made up can't remember where I bought mine amazon possibly
 
TrojanWhore said:
Yep, shouldn't cost you more than a tenner!
Alignment should be the same as sky.

As you were initially trying to connect an aerial, I assume you have this covered, but you DO need a TV license for FreeSat ;)
(this the reason I've never bothered hooking mine up, despite specifically buying a TV with support when I moved here)
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Thanks, and thanks to everyone else as well!

My mum bought me my first year's worth of TV license, so I'm sorted there and have watched a bit of iPlayer so far. I also get the blind person's discount, so £80 here, because I'm a blind git (almost).

I have ordered a pair of F-type cables - female at one end to fit the wall-side male as in the OP then vice versa going into the TV. See how it goes :-)
 
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