TV related - what sort of cable is this?

b0rn2sk8 · 18 Mar 2022 at 17:18

Just a word of warning, even if your TV supports the decoding of the satellite signal, it may not support the EPG. We had that on a TV which made it next to useless and we ended up buying a dedicated free sat box anyway.

Surveyor · 18 Mar 2022 at 19:14

b0rn2sk8 said:
Just a word of warning, even if your TV supports the decoding of the satellite signal, it may not support the EPG. We had that on a TV which made it next to useless and we ended up buying a dedicated free sat box anyway.

This.

As far as I can see some Philips TVs have the facility to pick up satellite channels but none of them have Freesat built in.

Graetzbridge · 18 Mar 2022 at 19:26

Pawnless Endgame said:
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

It's coax. Commonly for ariels and Oscilloscopes.

theone8181 · 18 Mar 2022 at 20:32

Graetzbridge said:
It's coax. Commonly for ariels and Oscilloscopes.

What scopes do you use that don't use bnc?

ED209 · 18 Mar 2022 at 20:41

They look like the same cables that Virgin Media use for their TV boxes and broadband but its normally just 1 cable with a splitting to 2 x cables if you have both services

Graetzbridge · 18 Mar 2022 at 20:53

theone8181 said:
What scopes do you use that don't use bnc?

The BNC connector is a miniature quick connect/disconnect radio frequency connector used for coaxial cable.

DXP55 · 18 Mar 2022 at 21:10

There was/is a sky dish on my chimney when we moved here -Just got a Humax box and plugged it in -Worked a treat. Freesat and freeview

almoststew1990 · 18 Mar 2022 at 21:11

By the way without a sky account can you access all the Freeview channels for free through a sky dish and some kind of skybox? Our house doesn't have an aerial but it does have a dish and those 'sky cables' but we don't want or need Sky...

Surveyor · 18 Mar 2022 at 21:56

almoststew1990 said:
By the way without a sky account can you access all the Freeview channels for free through a sky dish and some kind of skybox? Our house doesn't have an aerial but it does have a dish and those 'sky cables' but we don't want or need Sky...

My TV has inbuilt Freesat and it works fine through my old Sky dish.

theone8181 · 19 Mar 2022 at 07:54

Graetzbridge said:
The BNC connector is a miniature quick connect/disconnect radio frequency connector used for coaxial cable.

I thought you meant that type of fitting. Putting that on and off a scope would get annoying real quick :cry:

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Graetzbridge · 19 Mar 2022 at 16:30

theone8181 said:
I thought you meant that type of fitting. Putting that on and off a scope would get annoying real quick.

I'm sorry - I'm just an electrical engineer.

Pawnless Endgame · 6 Apr 2022 at 12:33

I thought I'd update you guys to let you know what I did in the end:

I called in a local TV installation firm. We agreed that traditional TV aerial wasn't feasible (as no TV point in the house), so we went down the satellite route as per F-type cables discussed in this thread. A new dish was installed outside and I got given a Manhattan FreeSat box. I can now pick up Freeview, so all good! The whole thing took about an hour and 20 minutes.

Thanks again guys