The practice of installing and connecting a TV cable in an apartment - features of the process

In today's article, we will consider laying the TV cable to the apartment, its wiring to the television signal receivers, and the main points and rules that must be taken into account in this, so that in the future, the image and sound quality on your TVs are excellent.

For successful installation of a TV cable, it is necessary to take into account some rules, the specifics and features of this type of work, which we will now consider.

What are the general rules and features of the process of laying and connecting a TV cable in an apartment?

We will consider the most difficult version of the work - this is the supply of the TV cable from the staircase (interfloor panel board) to the apartment and its subsequent wiring to the television signal receivers in it.

When laying a television cable you need to remember the following:

• In order to avoid “spurious interference” on the cable lines of the TV signal, it is preferable to place them as far as possible from the power electric lines in the apartment, as well as from devices and lines to them, where there are large inrush currents (refrigerators, microwave, iron, washing machine) .

• A television cable, as a rule, is located in the same cable channel with such "low-current" lines as the signaling line, the Internet and the telephone line.

• It is advisable to conduct all the lines and wiring of the TV cable around the apartment in solid pieces.

• Try to avoid crossing the television cable with the power lines of the mains, and if necessary, cross them at right angles.

• For installation work, when wiring a television cable, use only factory-made TV signal splitters and splitters, where reliable wire contact and reliable shielding of the input signal will be ensured. You can’t achieve any TV cable signal quality, good shielding, and therefore the quality of the TV signal.

• When laying the cable lines of a TV signal, use only a special television cable of the RK 75 brand (similar to SAT 602) or a special cable for digital television.

• When laying and connecting a TV cable, cable loops and its twisting into a bay (in reserve), as well as its sharp bends, are inadmissible. Such defects made by you will immediately lead to a subsequent deterioration in the quality of reproduction of the television signal.

• The first from the panel box to the splitter in the apartment, the cable section, it is recommended to place in a fairly wide, cable channel. Next, you may still have to place in it alarm line, Internet and telephone lines, etc.

• When using cable connections in the switch box by soldering, it is necessary to achieve the minimum length of unshielded sections - this is very important for high-quality reproduction of the TV signal by the TV.

• TV cable splitters are usually located in easy-to-maintain areas and in distribution boxes.

• When laying the TV cable together with the power lines, use a television cable with a center wire diameter of at least 1 mm, and even better if it has a double screen (two layers of foil - under the braid and above it).

• Your apartment "low voltage", as a rule, ends with a TV cable, and possibly also a telephone with Internet cables - displayed in the entrance to your floor board.

Interfloor shield and low-voltage apartments

TV cable connection

TV cables are connected to each other and connected to television signal receivers using various devices.

Devices for installing TV cable in the apartment:

• TV amplifier.

Probably, this device is used in any apartment in order to amplify the signal coming from a common television antenna to your TV. The amplifier is connected to the TV cable with plug-in screw connectors.

• TV cable splitter.

The television signal from the antenna, received in the "weakness" of the interfloor shield at the entrance, then through the TV cable splitter, is fed to the television sets in different rooms of the apartment.

• TV adder.

Externally, this device looks like a splitter. The essence of the device is that it, as it were, summarizes the television signals from antennas of different frequency ranges into one total television signal, which is already fed through a single cable to your television receiver.

• TV socket under the F-connector for connecting the antenna plug.

This is the end point of the television signal in the area where the TV is located in the room. The socket is attached in a box placed in the wall, and the TV cable itself, suitable for it, is connected via screw clamps.

• Antenna plug.

These devices serve for the final connection of a TV cable, equipped on both sides with antenna plugs, to a television outlet and a television. The plug can be connected to the cable by soldering, as well as by screwing the plug onto the cable and creating a sufficiently strong, shielded connection.

Amplifier (left) and splitter (right) of TV signal

A bit about TV cables

Always when selecting a television cable, first consult with specialists in this area.

According to their recommendations, the following types of TV cables are used to supply good quality television signals:

• For cable television cable types RK 50-7-11 and RK 75-4-11 are excellent.

• RK 75-4.8-312 cable and RK 75-4.8-318 cable are well suited for digital television.

• For small cables from the TV outlet to the TV, a smaller flexible cable with a diameter with good characteristics is used, brands RK 75-2-13.

TV brand bondage RK 75

Summing up, let’s say that the cable TV connection to the apartment, its wiring and connection can be done with your own hands. Of course, for this you will need the appropriate tool and materials, as well as certain knowledge and at least the slightest skills in conducting work in this direction.