Aerial-type wall plate to connect second SKY box?

Brian h

Hi all,

My sister has a wall connection tv point in a bedroom that goes out to an aerial no longer in use. She wants to put a spare SKY box just for the FTA channels in that room and use the existing aerial cable to connect to a spare output on a quad lnb. Is it ok to connect the box with a lead that has an aerial-type plug on one end and an f-connector on the other or should the wall connection be changed to the f-type?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Liameter

It needs to be 'F' type. The "Belling Lee" type TV plug was originally designed for Medium Wave radio. It's a miracle that it works at all for UHF TV. (It isn't used in America, for that reason).

See http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/wall_plates.htm

Also, "aerial cable" is no good for an LNB connection. It must be the proper double-screened cable such as WF100. I'm sorry to scupper your plans. It will do no harm to try it but don't be surprised if some channels are missing or breaking up.

Brian h

Thanks for that Liameter. I don't know what the cable quality is like. I'll take a proper look when I get around to it during the week.

Liameter

If the cable does give problems, and can't be replaced, you might solve that by fitting an Equalised Gain slope LNB Amplifier near the LNB end of the cable.

snaps

Some times the wall plates have electrical components that stop the satellite signal passing. You may have to remove the socket and pass the cable through the hole that's left.

Peter Rhea

If you mean isolated outlets, they don't stop the satellite signal passing, they stop the DC power getting to the lnb. OP has already been advised to replace it with a proper satellite plate with an f-connector.