Hi - I have a TV amp in my loft connected to the TV aerial mast. There are four TV outputs running from that amp to various rooms in my house.
Can anyone think of an easy way of working out which cable leads to which room (without my having to use a process of elimination and moving a TV from room to room)?
I saw this posted on a website "...if you`re up in your loft trying to work out which cable has come from which room, try temporarily shorting out the cable and then checking which cable is then short at the other end with a multimeter."
I have a multimeter, but I don't know how to temporarily short out the cable, nor what setting to have my multimeter on and what reading a shorted cable would give?
The reason for the question, is that there's a TV booster in one of the bedrooms supplying power to the amp in the loft. Someone has kinked that cable and I suspect it's to blame for the interference that I'm getting on digital TV. So, I want to use a different socket for the booster to test whether indeed it is the kinked cable causing the problem.
Be grateful for any advice.
Thanks
Can anyone think of an easy way of working out which cable leads to which room (without my having to use a process of elimination and moving a TV from room to room)?
I saw this posted on a website "...if you`re up in your loft trying to work out which cable has come from which room, try temporarily shorting out the cable and then checking which cable is then short at the other end with a multimeter."
I have a multimeter, but I don't know how to temporarily short out the cable, nor what setting to have my multimeter on and what reading a shorted cable would give?
The reason for the question, is that there's a TV booster in one of the bedrooms supplying power to the amp in the loft. Someone has kinked that cable and I suspect it's to blame for the interference that I'm getting on digital TV. So, I want to use a different socket for the booster to test whether indeed it is the kinked cable causing the problem.
Be grateful for any advice.
Thanks