Moving tv - need longer UPC cable

Funnyonion79

Hi there,

Please forgive my ignorance but I'm a complete novice when it comes to cabling....

My UPC horizon box is connected to the UPC wall box by a cable that you push (not screw) in to each box. I want to move my tv to a different place in the room but will need a much longer cable - probably the best part of 10 metres. It will be going into the UPC wall box and I plan to tack it along the wall until it reaches the horizon box in its new location,

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a cable of this length, where would I buy it and what would it be called?

Thanks!

Charlie19

Power city will have the likes of that, just ask one of the lads.

Coaxial cable and a straight connector.

Funnyonion79

Charlie19 wrote: »

Power city will have the likes of that, just ask one of the lads.

Coaxial cable and a straight connector.

That's great Charlie19, thanks for that!

The Cush

Funnyonion79 wrote: »

My UPC horizon box is connected to the UPC wall box by a cable that you push (not screw) in to each box. I want to move my tv to a different place in the room but will need a much longer cable - probably the best part of 10 metres. It will be going into the UPC wall box and I plan to tack it along the wall until it reaches the horizon box in its new location,

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a cable of this length, where would I buy it and what would it be called?

This is a male to female co-ax cable, the male end goes to the TV/box. The question is what is the gender of the connection on the UPC wall box ?
http://www.cables.ie/satellite-tv/tv-sat-coaxial-leads/tv-vcr-lead-coax-plug-m-to-coax-socket-f-85db.html

colm_mcm

What I'd do is use the existing (push in on one end, screw in on the other end) cable you have, then use an f type joiner on the end of that (as in screw in on both ends) and your longer cable with another f type (screw in) connector on each end. One end into your UPC socket, the other end into the coupler.

If there's ever an issue with signal and it's found to be caused by your warning, Virgin will charge you for a call out. Tell them in the store that it's for UPC Internet and hd tv

coylemj

The Cush wrote: »

This is a male to female co-ax cable, the male end goes to the TV/box. The question is what is the gender of the connection on the UPC box ?

OP mentioned a Horizon box so the connection on the UPC box is female.

I doubt if Power City sells 10m cables, OP might need to buy a length of co-ax from an electrical supplier and put the connectors on himself - male on one end and female on the other to create an extender cable with connectors as shown in your photo.

colm_mcm

The likes of Maplin will have all the required bits. They aren't overly cheap but sell by the metre.

The Cush

The Cush wrote: »

This is a male to female co-ax cable, the male end goes to the TV/box. The question is what is the gender of the connection on the UPC box ?

coylemj wrote: »

OP mentioned a Horizon box so the connection on the UPC box is female.

Yes, I did say the male end of the cable goes to the TV/box. I omitted wall from my question, for the other end of the cable I was referring to the gender of the UPC wall box connection (m or f), corrected above.

colm_mcm

The upc wall box is an f type connector (screw in)



So the OP just needs 2 of the ones on the left, one for each end of the new cable - and 1 of the one on the right to join the new cable to the old one.


Good thing about doing this is you can easily return it back to standard if there's any faults or signal issues where the DIY cabling might be blamed.

The Cush

colm_mcm wrote: »

The upc wall box is an f type connector (screw in)

The OP said different in his post.

Funnyonion79 wrote: »

My UPC horizon box is connected to the UPC wall box by a cable that you push (not screw) in to each box.

colm_mcm

Horizon box has a push-in connection alright, same as a tv.
Never saw a push-in connection on a wall socket though.