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TV/FM sockets

  • 10-10-2014 1:46pm
    #1
    Rescue Me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi
    Recently moved home and am about to get my TV viewing sorted.

    I have 3 TV points in the house which are double sockets - 1 with TV and with FM on. What does this mean (ie FM is not for a radio I guess)?

    Thanks
    PS it's a new build if that helps


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  • #2
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    FM is for a radio. Doesn't necessarily mean there's an FM aerial on the house, or a TV aerial for that matter. Probably just the wallplates & cables.


  • #3
    Rescue Me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭Rescue Me


    OK thanks Thurston
    So if I was getting Sky Plus where you need 2 cables would I need to do more cable chasing?


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Rescue Me wrote: »
    So if I was getting Sky Plus where you need 2 cables would I need to do more cable chasing?

    How many cables are behind each wallplate?

    Sky+ or Freesat+ requires 2 satellite feeds to each TV point, Saorview can be piggy-backed on 1 of the satellite feeds if required.


  • #5
    Rescue Me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭Rescue Me


    Thanks The Cush.
    I'll check it this evening - id be betting just the one behind each


  • #6
    malachy47
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 191 ✭✭malachy47


    The Cush wrote: »
    How many cables are behind each wallplate?

    ... Saorview can be piggy-backed on 1 of the satellite feeds if required.

    Is that so? I hope to get around to mounting an external antenna for Saorview (current setup is internal and it cuts out a bit when sun is directly in path). I already have a Sky dish. Do I simply need a splitter at both ends? It would sure beat drilling another hole in the wall.:)


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  • #7
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Sat/terrestrial combiner/splitter at each end, examples http://www.satworld.ie/amps-and-diplexers/satellite-and-terrestrial-combiners.html, http://www.tvtrade.ie/amplifiers-and-diplexers/satellite-combiners.html

    A decombiner wallplate can be used at the TV point instead of a splitter above - http://www.tvtrade.ie/wolsey-tv-aerial-and-satellite-wall-plate.html


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