Step 1 protect yourself.
How to extend virgin cable wire.
Connect the other end of the cable to the coaxial cable extender.
Hi this video shows you how to fit a f type connector onto coaxial cable which is the same process used by virgin media to connect up the digital tv and cab.
You can do this by twisting the wire by your fingers or using the pliers.
Have just moved my tv and now the virgin cable does reach box phoned them and said they could not send anyone to add more cable and to check electrical stores does anyone know exactly what i need or where to get it only need about 2 metres but totally confused on what to get did have a look through argos but not sure which one thanks.
Typically when people talk about cable coming in to their house they re either referring to the old analogue cable tv service or the more recent digital cable tv service which virgin media do.
Now take the second coaxial cable and plug its one end into the other side of the coax extender.
Read on to learn everything you ll need to know about the cable extension process.
Or pay 75 99 for virgin media to do it.
There are built in adapters junctions at both ends of the cable and there doesn t seem to be.
It was very easy to connect up it is installed between the original cable from the wall point and the splitter.
Before attempting to extend a coaxial cable make sure that the cable you re extending has been disconnected from any devices to which it was attached.
You can either buy a longer cable with the same connectors i think they are f connectors and connect your cable box directly to the ntl telewest virgin media socket or outlet.
Had to extend the virgin media cable from its entry point in the front room of the house under the floor and through to the back room tv.
It literally takes less than 3 minutes to extend or replace your existing length of cable and most importantly the cable is the same specification with no loss of broadband speed or hd video quality.
If you also need to move your virgin media super hub router from one location to another then this method will also work to do that.
Tighten that end of the cable to make firm contact.
So when people say digital cable they re referring to the content being delivered not the actual transmission mechanism of the wire.