Cable Wiring Help

[KevM]

Hi all

I have just bought "The Box" which I believe is Starview 2???

I am currently signed up to 20mb broadband only with v*rgin. The problem I have is that the internet is in my room and I want to set up the box downstairs. There is a brown box outside my house which runs up the wall to my bedroom. I'd ideally not like to put a splitter on the white box that the internet is connected to in my room to avoid having cables coming through my ceiling.

Is the anyway I can put a cable/splitter directly from the brown external box in to my living room? The only way I can think of is getting v*gin out to install the tv where i want it and then cancel the tv service a week or so later but scared they'll get suspicious ha!

Any help/advice would be appreciated

Kev

[thedigger]

Have you got a V phone service? You can get their minimum subscription for 99p a month - the cable they'll run is worth the £12 you'll pay over the year.

[KevM]

Originally Posted by thedigger

Have you got a V phone service? You can get their minimum subscription for 99p a month - the cable they'll run is worth the £12 you'll pay over the year.

I've just checked their website and it says £11 per month for a phone line. Aren't the connections on a phone socket different too?

[thedigger]

Yeah, sorry, I was just going to say if you already have a phone line installed, they'll install the TV for you too. In your case, if they install the TV for you, they'll install phone too (it is a different connector, but V always bundle them together), and you'll be tied in for 12 months (which you probably don't want!).

No reason why you can't run a second cable from the brown box - I think there's a break in the cable there, but if not you'll need to cut and crimp the wire and cover it in something to waterproof it.

[jimbo]

look inside the brown box and see if there is a splitter, if so you can replace it with another 3 or 4 way, u can then drill hole in the wall and pass cable through, or u can split the signal in your room upstairs before it goes into the modem and run a cable downstairs through ceiling or outside wall.