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coldunn · 07-02-2007, 21:52

I was a long term cable customer but finally went to the dark side for sky+. The equivalent being offered by virgin has lured me back (finally getting rid of the niggles I have with sky). The only thing that is holding me back is a possible problem with the physical cabling.

My cabling comes inside then down into the cellar across the room and up to the back of my tv. However, last year I had my cellar converted and the cables are now locked into the ceiling. The floor of the living room is varnished floorboards so I am not about to pull them up. This lack of foresight has left the cabling locked away.

So to finally get to my point... If I order cable would I be able to connect using the existing sky+ cable? I have no idea if virgin cable is different to sky or if they require a different number of cables - the sky+ has two - one for each tuner.

I have asked the sales guys at virgin / ntl but they have no idea.

Thanks for any help.

07-02-2007, 21:52	#1
coldunn Inactive Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 22	sky & cable cabling I was a long term cable customer but finally went to the dark side for sky+. The equivalent being offered by virgin has lured me back (finally getting rid of the niggles I have with sky). The only thing that is holding me back is a possible problem with the physical cabling. My cabling comes inside then down into the cellar across the room and up to the back of my tv. However, last year I had my cellar converted and the cables are now locked into the ceiling. The floor of the living room is varnished floorboards so I am not about to pull them up. This lack of foresight has left the cabling locked away. So to finally get to my point... If I order cable would I be able to connect using the existing sky+ cable? I have no idea if virgin cable is different to sky or if they require a different number of cables - the sky+ has two - one for each tuner. I have asked the sales guys at virgin / ntl but they have no idea. Thanks for any help.