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Extending digibox2minidish cable

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  • 28-02-2002 10:36am
    #1
    ronanf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    Hey,

    The Sky installer only provided enough cable to situate the digibox in the corner of my living room where the cable enters from outside.

    I now want to move my TV setup to another corner of the room. I know from reading these threads that the cable I want to extend is not a standard coax but rather supplies power also.

    Are extensions for this type of cable easy to come by? Where can I purchase them? I *think* the connector screws into the digibox so I would need a similar connector on the extension cable.

    Any degradation of signal to be expected if I add length to this cable? I assume I won't have to put a new cable in from the dish as I'm afraid of heights ;) !!!


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    #2
    ONireland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭ONireland


    MAPLIN (www.maplin.co.uk) sell "F-Type" extension cables, where F-Type is the model of connector used on satellite and cable TV products.


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    ronanf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭ronanf


    Didn't realise Maplin were in Ireland. Drove down Jervis Street in Dublin today and spotted Maplin on the left. I'll drop in later this week to see if they stock the "F-Type" cable extensions.

    cheers


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    Genghis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Originally posted by ronanf
    Didn't realise Maplin were in Ireland. Drove down Jervis Street in Dublin today and spotted Maplin on the left. I'll drop in later this week to see if they stock the "F-Type" cable extensions.

    cheers

    Good shop, actually. Only problem I have found is that all their prices are in Stg - wasn't so bad when we had IR£, but not good with €. Expect a shock at the till!


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