Cable in a 2nd room.

James9740 · 07-12-2008, 13:27

My father in law has Virgin cable. He's uses it for his freeview TV and broadband. This all goes into front room. He has bought a new TV and has set this up in another room. How can he get cable TV on this new TV. The cable which is plugged into it is a normal one (arial). All the Virgin cable stuff is in the 1st room. He mainly wants to watch the horse racing which he can't get on the 2nd TV (it's a free view TV). Thanks for any help.

James

Jonnymeg · 07-12-2008, 14:18

Easiest option is to get an AV/Video sender. You can get these from Argos for around Â£30.
It comes in two parts. The transmitter plugs into the spare scart on the digibox and the receiver plugs into the scart on the new TV.
The picture is transmitted between the two wirelessly. With certain models you can also control the digibox from the other room remotely too.

The other option is to run a length of COAX from the RF ouput on the digibox to the new TV. This is probably cheaper but a lot more work running the wire and drilling holes is involved.