Extend the antenna cable for cable television

What you need:

• Antenna cable of sufficient length
• Antenna plug and coupling
• Knife or wire stripper

Extend the antenna cable

Antenna cables are available from specialist retailers, which you can use to extend the cable for your cable television. This is necessary, for example, if you want to move a cable connection to another room.

• But it may also be necessary to extend the antenna cable for your cable TV if you want to move your TV to another location in the room.
• To do this, you need the appropriate length of antenna cable and connectors for this. It is easiest if you use standard antenna plugs and antenna couplings for this purpose.
• This also gives you the option of disconnecting the antenna cable when you no longer need it for your cable connection.

How to extend the cable for cable television

1. First of all, obtain a normal antenna cable in the required length from a specialist retailer, as well as an antenna plug and antenna coupling to connect the cable for your cable television.


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2. Now lay the antenna cable from the cable connection for your cable TV to the desired location where you want to set up your TV.
3. At one end that leads to the television, you now bring the antenna connector. To do this, strip the antenna cable about twelve millimeters, slide the shield over the insulation and then isolate the inner conductor of the antenna cable. Now you can connect the antenna cable to the antenna connector by screwing it tight.
4. Attach the antenna coupling to the other end in the same way.
5. Now connect the antenna cable that you have laid to the television at one end and to the antenna connection for your cable television at the other end.