Isolator and 2-way splitter - do I need them both?

[themissingelf]

Hi,

Hope this is the right place to ask this question about the cabling for my Virgin services.

I have both V+ cable TV and Virgin Broadband. The cable comes in to the house and connects to a small metal junction called a TV/Data Isolator (one cable in (labelled "IN"), one cable out (labelled "TV/DATA")). The out cable goes to another small metal junction called a 2-way splitter (one "IN" and 2 x outputs - one of which goes to the V+ box, the second to the broadband modem).

I want to know if I can get rid of the first box and just plug the main cable coming in to the house straight in to the 2 way splitter?

Cheers

[Graham M]

Not really a good idea as the isolator would for instance stop your box blowing up if the VM cab got struck by lightning as I understand it, these things are there for a reason.

[roryboy]

hi there as said above the isolator protects u from any power surges. so the isolator is required.

[themissingelf]

I guess I'll have to leave it in then. Thanks for the feedback.