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Hi all… just after some independent opinions…
I have a VM install with 4 units in one building.
The VM the engineer ran one cable from the street...
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Gone away for a holiday, and come back to find the girls have bust my telly. (Could have been eldests bf, he’s...
What colours do virgin use for phone lines...
My cable is broken and I want to re connect
Had sky Q for a while now and everything was fine.
Over xmas, some mornings i would have to reset the wifi connection on the box itself.... which...
Hi all,
Looking for some advice on first fix for sky and freesat TV,
I've quoted a WF100 shotgun and a single to both bedrooms and lounge...
I have moved into a new build house and need to set up my TV, Computer, Internet etc. I need to have a TV aerial installed. I am confused by the...
Hi All,
Electrician, not TV/Sat Engineer.
Currently in process of first fixing new build and client has asked us to install cables (first fix)...
Hello, I've recently been having problems with my freesat set up. I have two freesat boxes connected to the same satellite dish, some channels...
Hi all,
Trying to change a facetted. Not sure how to do it. Got a bit master phone line with this layout
A White
B Orange
2 White
3...
Hi,
I'm building a new house, and have a BT duct pipe in place.
For now, Im going to use BT broadband from my family's house which is approx 100m...
Bought a new telly and it has a freesat tuner. My house is wired for Satellite so I plugged in the cable to the telly.
Almost all channels are...
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I was looking for some advice on wiring sky tv in a domestic rewire job.
Im inexperienced when it comes to aerial work as it was...
Where is best to buy a dish for free sat?
Don’t want a poor quality one from amazon etc.
TIA!
Hi all,
Slightly strange one this - I think.
Reception on the BBC Channels and one or two other Digital Channels breaks down now and again and I...
As above can hear sound but the screen is all black any help
Hi all , been asked to wire 4 x new bungalows. They want me to put in tv etc but they are not sure which system as they will have the choice of...
Just been to look at a few snagging jobs on a new build that original electrician cant get back to for a friend.
They have a office which has bt...
Hi All
Hopefully a simple answer I can relay back to Client.
My TV engineer is away on hols at mo, so after bit of advice from others please :-)...
Hi all i have a job coming up soon and the customer has sky around the house and he's now going up in the loft and wants sky in the 2 rooms what...
Hello All,
This is my first post as I'm a new member so please be gentle :)
I am in the process of renovating my house and have run in two coax...
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Thinking of ditching virgins big cahona bundle and possibly tv subscriptions altogether, what are the best services I can get for minimal...
Hello,
My first post here so apologies for any mistakes/breaking of the rules etc! Ive tried to read the rules and think this is the right place...
Recently moved into a new house (its an old barn conversion not new build). Most rooms have an aerial socket but none have any signal.
It appears...
My parents Sky + has been showing a problem for a couple of weeks now. I had a look at it today.
It will not allow recording, nor viewing of...
Morning all,
I need to split a TV signal for a large block of flats.
Does anyone know who might make a large tv amplifier (4g coax)? the largest...
Hi guys,
I'm currently wiring up a 2 bed new build and have been asked to supply a TV point in each bedroom and 1 in the lounge. I haven't...
I've recently just moved and added a new tv point so I could have my tv on the wall, I'm not getting any signal at my tv when I plug it in. I know...
Hi,
I’ve got my virgin media box in one room with a TV (lounge) and would like to able to watch it on another tv (Kitchen)
Is it possible to...
Hi all. We always watch TV through a Humax PVR 915-OT which is app 5yrs old, using that remote. When watching a recorded programme, it often jumps...
Hi all,
I’m after the virgin equivalent of sky’s magic eye. I have a TV to be installed up on the wall of a clients kitchen, breakfast bar below...
I want to shorten the extremely long virgin cable that's curled up in the corner of my living room. Is this an easy thing to do? Is there special...
Hi. I moved into a property last year and have sky here using their existing dish and wiring. I noticed a few months back that I was only...
hiya folks
i have been looking at upgrading to sky q but unfortunately it wont suit my needs as we currently have 5 boxes in the house with 2...
Hello all, new member here....I hope you don't mind the post in your patch...
The property we recently purchased had previously been cable...
Hey guys, long time lurker here, I haven't posted much on the forums but I read alot!
Recently due to the joys of self employment (I need a...
Hi there,
I have run a brand new 50ft HDMI cable which is good quality and has built in booster to run from my main sky box which is in another...
Ok. So split 1 house into 2. Was going to install a loftbox in both house, but couldnt get them to work.
Have gone back to normal aerial amps...
Bought a new Freesat 55" Samsung TV and couldn't watch strictly tonight due to a noticeable speech sync/sound issue on HD. Any ideas what causes...
hi, what do you guys recommend to buy for a signal tester. I've seen the pocket sized ones but not sure they are any good??
I'm not a full time...
OK. This may be a basic question but I don't know the answer, so I have my tin hat on just in case.
Customer has NTL/Cable point in place, with a...
Hey all I've not done much satellite work and want to find out if always need a say quad or onto LNB to feed out from dish to multiple sky+...
will a 7.5/10m hmdi cable to tv be ok to use or will I hve to use cat5/6
how is the lata done?
Hi all, installed dual satellite cable from dish to cupboard then a dual sat cable from cupboard to where main sky point will be and joined the 2...
Just renovated my house and had the whole house rewired and asked the sparky to put in some aerial sockets around the house.. had it all plastered...
In the middle of new house wire, have pulled 2 co-axles to every TV and cat 5e too every TV in the house and back to the switch room, the problem...
I dont really do much coax stuff...so i had to add an extra tv point around the house i used a y splitter and it was working fine. floor guys come...
looking at a campsite hook up set up, and it's been suggested including tv points at same time. Any ideas what's the best way to do this? Thanks...
Quick question about sky when moving house.
I don't have a sky subscription just use my box for freesat (if thats what you call it) anyway, moved...
Hi all, I'm after some ideas, i just put in a new 13A socket and HDMI point above a mantlepiece, and put all the stuff that was in the existing tv...
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