Trying to get the TV Ariel working, there's one on the roof and in the corner of the livingroom there's a wire hanging down. However, it doesn't have a plug on it. I've looked at some videos of how to put one on (assuming I need a male ariel cable to plug into my TV) and the wire in the videos seems to be a single one - this wire is 6 very fine wires. I poked them into the back of the TV and had a picture for a little bit so I'm assuming this is the ariel anyway! Caby anyone advise what I need to get up and running?
TV Ariel - no plug - wire looks odd
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I think we really need to see a (close up) piccie of this cable - is that possible?
Also ... d I take it that we are talking about a terrestrial TV aerial, and not a satellite dish?
Kind Regards, John
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ruX4SvxnbRC27XRo6
Any good? The ends were a mess so trimmed them back but I count 6 wires.
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That’s definitely not an aerial cable. Should look something like this:
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Thanks. As has been said, that's definitely not an aerial cable - probably telephone, or possibly data or 'signal'.
You might have to try to trace the true areial cable down from the loft to discover where it goes.
Kind Regards, John
That's what I thought - it's just bizarre that it goes straight into the ceiling and comes out where the previous resident's TV was! So I guess the fact I get a picture is like when you put a coat hanger in it (or did in the old days).
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Could it be Cat 5/ 6/ 7/ 8 cable that carried a TV signal?
Maybe it is that old tv link cable?
Is it an old flat ?
Is it an old flat ?
That's either telephone or an old Rediffusion cable.
1950's house?
It does seem to be rediffusion from time.
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/10/rediffusion-television-early-cable-tv-delivered-like-telephone/
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How are you concluding that? The colours don't match, wrong type of cable and there's no mention of a rotary switch. It's clearly telephone cable and the OP mentioned he has an antenna but doesn't know where it terminates.
And what colours do you see on that cable ? One looks red ( not a bt colour on that size cable )
I would say that, at least on my screen, it's very hard to tell - I would think that that 'red' could easily be orange ..
Kind Regards, John
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