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Old 03-02-2019, 14:27   #1
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Virgin Media broadband faceplate and cable setup

Hi All,

Thanks for reading my post and for any assistance you may be able to provide.
I'm in the midst of renovating our house. We only have Virgin cable broadband and we do not need any other Media service other than the broadband.
The 1st photo shows where the Virgin cable enters the house, along with the gubbins attached to this. I don't know what these 2 boxes are, although I believe the 2nd one may be a splitter.
The 2nd and 3rd photo's show another cable which enters the house and this cable's terminations. I have no idea what this cable is, or whether we need it.
My questions to those of you who no doubt have much more knowledge than me about these things:
1. Do we need all the 'gubbins' connected to the Virgin media cable?
2. Is there a particular Faceplate we should use to house the Virgin media cable entry point into the house and the gubbins we have to keep connected to it?
3. Would there be any issues with us chasing the Virgin cable into the wall, so that it doesn't hang down the wall?
4. What is the second cable please and would you advise we keep it? If so which faceplate would you recommend?
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Re: Virgin Media broadband faceplate and cable setup

That second cable looks like one for a satellite PVR install, not Virgin Media.

As for the other questions, I think you've got an isolator, Splitter and attenuator in your current cable setup. Out of the three you might be able to get rid of the Splitter in the middle without it causing problems, although to be honest, if it all works I'd generally leave it alone!

As for a wall box for the isolator, here's an option https://ebay.us/ABA9tA. Anything past the wall box I'd leave running free in case it need to be replaced at any point.
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Re: Virgin Media broadband faceplate and cable setup

Looking at the photos I'd concentrate on sorting the parking ticket .
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Old 04-02-2019, 03:22   #4
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Re: Virgin Media broadband faceplate and cable setup

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That second cable looks like one for a satellite PVR install, not Virgin Media.

As for the other questions, I think you've got an isolator, Splitter and attenuator in your current cable setup. Out of the three you might be able to get rid of the Splitter in the middle without it causing problems, although to be honest, if it all works I'd generally leave it alone!

As for a wall box for the isolator, here's an option https://ebay.us/ABA9tA. Anything past the wall box I'd leave running free in case it need to be replaced at any point.
Thanks, I suspect that the 2nd cables are satellite related, as they don't appear to come from the virgin box, I'll just remove them. The wall box looks good, although I'd like to hide the splitter and attenuator if possible.
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