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MovedGoalPosts · 19-03-2006, 16:38

I'm not convinced about all of that, and especially if you have legal entitlement. In some areas, where the cable co took over a communal aerial there will be an entitlement for the terrestrial signals to remain.

As far as I know all the analogue STBs from the UK cable cos have been hired rather than sold. Thus when a contract ends the STB should return to the cableco. Not that sure that ntl have been that efficient in collecting them though.

Even when you had a STB connected via analogue, you needed a bypass fitted to the back of the STB to enable channels 1-5 to be received independent of the STB decoding. However those signals are transmitted unscrambled.

Other posts on CF have indicated confusion as to whether with the STB disconnected, it is better to have the cable left disconnected from anything (i.e. unterminated) or indeed plugged into something. If you follow the plugged in theory, then simply getting a short length of coaxial with a satellite end plug and RF end plug enables you to connect direct to the TV.

Of course, if your cable has been disconnected at the street cabinet, then you'll get nothing. Additionally, if in messing around with the cable you do affect your own or your neighbour's signal, be prepared for the consequences.

19-03-2006, 16:38	#4
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Watch on analogue cable I'm not convinced about all of that, and especially if you have legal entitlement. In some areas, where the cable co took over a communal aerial there will be an entitlement for the terrestrial signals to remain. As far as I know all the analogue STBs from the UK cable cos have been hired rather than sold. Thus when a contract ends the STB should return to the cableco. Not that sure that ntl have been that efficient in collecting them though. Even when you had a STB connected via analogue, you needed a bypass fitted to the back of the STB to enable channels 1-5 to be received independent of the STB decoding. However those signals are transmitted unscrambled. Other posts on CF have indicated confusion as to whether with the STB disconnected, it is better to have the cable left disconnected from anything (i.e. unterminated) or indeed plugged into something. If you follow the plugged in theory, then simply getting a short length of coaxial with a satellite end plug and RF end plug enables you to connect direct to the TV. Of course, if your cable has been disconnected at the street cabinet, then you'll get nothing. Additionally, if in messing around with the cable you do affect your own or your neighbour's signal, be prepared for the consequences.