Use Sky dish with twin cable for single Freesat HD card

[aix0]

Hi Guys

My house has a Sky dish installed and it has the twin cable stuff (I think it is used for Sky+ / Sky HD). Does anyone know if it is possible to utilise just a single core on this twin cable? Will it work, or do both cores have to be connected?

The cable connectors have been cut off, and I had stripped the cable to the copper core and 'plugged' it in to the DVB-S2 card in my computer, but it didn't work. Should it work without having a correctly terminated (RG6?) connection?

I'm trying to determine whether it's not working because both cables require connecting, if it's down to the cable having to be properly terminated (I was assuming that the copper making contact would suffice for testing), or there's something else that's not setup correctly.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

 

[aix0]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

but really it should work if the inner and outer copper wires are making proper contact.

All I've done thus far is push the centre core into the female connector on my card. Should the shielding part be making contact also?

 

[aix0]

Yes, you need to terminate the cable properly

Thanks for that. I better go and hunt down a connector.

 

[aix0]

Thanks for all the input, Chaps. Managed to source the correct fitting from the local Maplin store, and it works a treat now.