Perfect tutorial. You've successfully taught me how to refit our coax aerial and get our TV working again today 👍 Thank you kindly Tom. Helen in Lancashire.
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Thanks! Useful! Showed me that the outside tiny wires need to NOT touch the central core. Maybe even more useful if the action had always remained in shot? But I managed to make the tv aerial work because watched this. Thank you!
Thankyou! You got straight to the point, with easy instructions for twits like me! Managed to fix my sky connector problem in minutes (well maybe a bit longer 😂)
Great little video, i was not too sure if a Sky cable was the same as a standard coax cable, wanted to confirm connecting, before cutting off the old connectors !
Thanks James. This is a screw on connector and as long as they are installed correctly they are fine for domestic use, but some installers disagree with this. There are other types like a crimp-on style F plug and compression type which require specialist tools to install. Hope this helps, please subscribe to our channel. Tom
Top man. Been having a nightmare with these connectors and this makes it look a doddle. Look at an F connector and there's like a tube within a tube which I thought the screen has to go round, virtually impossible, and I'm handy, can change a scooter engine no probs. Thanks for the tutorial, nice one. I feel like a pr..
You're welcome, you have have a crimp on style F plug is there is a tube within a tube, need a special type of tool to terminate them. We all have our skills, I'm useless with vehicles! Tom
Still relevant today, many thanks . Don't suppose you could show how you can link 2 cables to the one source cable? Trying to hide an extension cables behind a skirting board
Thanks for this video, I love how it was clear and straight to the point, no faffing around. I had to remove my f connectors to move my sky box and one got a little bent so I straightened it back out but now it wont work. When I plug it in nothing happens, any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Great video thanks! Is it essential the f connector is screwed on to the folded down copper strands? If not can you just cut them away before installing the F connector? I ask as my F connector does not screw on to the plastic itself and therefore does not get to the outer plastic but screws into the white foam instead. RG6 CT100 cable with F connectors. Thanks!
I suggest switching to FREESAT, which uses the sky dish, exactly as it is.. Humax make a range of receivers and recorders... and most channels have free HD optionstoo.
TOM, how do I transfer a twin sky lead that I have into one? I need to put into the back of TV but I can't as there are two leads. I can't change the lead to one as it's through the wall. But the other single sky leads worked fine but this twin lead I can't seem to work out?
HI Lorna. If you have a twin lead you can just connect one the cables. It doesn't matter if you leave one disconnected. Unless you have Sky Q. Have you just moved to a new property or something?
Hi - I’m trying to connect an aerial cable to a Manhattan Freeview box. Cable is ‘cable con 4.9’ I think it’s an F connect as it has the hexagon screw on it. I need to plug that into a IEC-169-2 Female (Pal) but currently the cable doesn’t fit in. Is there an adaptor or something to fix this issue?
the two white cables that come out of the sky box , are they the same type of cable with two different jobs or different types of cable ( asking for a friend ) 😉
Some of the factory fly-leads really are appalling. I went to a call out last week where a it wasn't working and found it to be a newly purchased flylead that was at fault.
My upstairs box (the wire is threaded through the house ) the wire detached and the metal parts are left in the box. Is this a live wire ? Can I do this on the wire? And the other wire touched the Centre wire does that mean it’s useless or will it work If connected once they aren’t touching when put in ?
Yes you can do this.You should be OK but important to know that you will lose a bit of signal through the splitter. If after you have installed it and reception is not as good as it was, you might need to add an amplifier to the system. Tom
On virgin media, Is the co-axial cable the cable that is connected from outside, that they drill a hole through the outside wall of the house, to put the cable through, then connect it to the box on the wall? Or the cable that connects the box on the wall to the main hub
Hi Tom, another great video mate, thank you! I'm just wondering what a CX3 connector is - is that the same as an F connector? I'm trying to find the right compression connectors and tool to connect my WF65 shotgun cable to my satellite. Thanks again
Regarding the compression tool. I'm not 100% if this one will fit the WF65 plugs so you may want to check with seller - www.ebay.co.uk/p/1734630805?iid=233263669742&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233263669742&targetid=879667141355&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006692&poi=&campaignid=9441266808&mkgroupid=97517275362&rlsatarget=pla-879667141355&abcId=1140486&merchantid=7353394&gclid=CjwKCAjw1v_0BRAkEiwALFkj5ipA42I18VCnaFxlJanj-vV4jUhhRMGaSnssmKxrO8TMT9ROwL7VchoCX04QAvD_BwE If not, I have a set of these. Quite expensive though! - www.systemsat.co.uk/f-compression/cabelcon-triple-compression-tool-cx3.html
Hi Myles and thank you, about a cm is fine, but you may want to cut a bit more as this will give you more play. Can always trim down the excess at the end.
Hi, i have a question My TV has female antenna-in port (it's name on the internet is belling lee or sth like that), can i connect this cable to it with the F connector and adapter that will change it into male antenna-in ? And if so, which connections will i be receiving ? satellite or aerial or both ?
Screw on F plugs are fine as long as you have the correct one for the cable and it's been installed correctly, you shouldn't be able easily to pull the plug loose but compression plugs are the best, followed by the crimp type and then screw ons.
A tutorial video that was the same length of time as the actual procedure. If only all UA-cam "how to" videos could be like this.
Thanks Joesph.
You normally find this with the British, the Americans will play music and waffle on for 10 minutes oh! and that's not all lol.
Perfect tutorial. You've successfully taught me how to refit our coax aerial and get our TV working again today 👍
Thank you kindly Tom. Helen in Lancashire.
So very straightforward and helpful. No more breaks in signal transmission. Thanks!
I never thought I need this tutorial one day, but you rescued me today, I finally fixed my satellite connector cable.
Short, direct, straight to the point and well explained. Thank you so much for saving my time.
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Thanks for the tutorial, Here i was thinking you need all the fancy tools!
Easy to follow. Nice tutorial, hope the business is doing well!
thank you , followed another you tube video and no luck , followed what you did and worked first time
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Simple but invaluable. Many thanks from someone who overthought it and got it wrong a lot. Cheers.
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Excellent video. Shows you how easy it is to fit an f connector without any special tools.
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Thanks! Easy to copy and well explained. Who needs loads of tools when a Stanley knife will do!!
Brief, articulate and thorough guide . Excellent.
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This worked a treat, easy to follow thankyou! Cable just failed before England's game in rugby world cup, phew!
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Brilliant I have used you twice, so easy and simple to watch. Thanks 👌
thank you so much. you saved us money getting a sky engineer out!
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Hey thank you for the demonstration, you professionals make it so simple.
Thanks! Useful! Showed me that the outside tiny wires need to NOT touch the central core. Maybe even more useful if the action had always remained in shot? But I managed to make the tv aerial work because watched this. Thank you!
Short, to the point and very helpful. Many thanks.
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Thankyou! You got straight to the point, with easy instructions for twits like me! Managed to fix my sky connector problem in minutes (well maybe a bit longer 😂)
Brilliant! Thank you - I've just fixed my Sky box following your extremely clear and helpful tutorial. Top marks!
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Excellent video, clear , concise, on point with no waffle. Thanks very much !
Great little video, i was not too sure if a Sky cable was the same as a standard coax cable, wanted to confirm connecting, before cutting off the old connectors !
Hi Tony, thanks. Yes they are the same, but you need to make sure that it is a double screened cable for satellite.
The vital comment was about the post not touching to copper fibres which seems to have solved my problem. 👍
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Super no messing about, straight to the point.
Many thanks.
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Tom - you the man, simple easy and to the point !
Wow, I'm the man. Can I put that quote on my website? ;) Glad to help.
Exactly what I needed, easy to understand and stress free. Many thanks 👍🏼
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short and to the point... very very good
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Fairplay mate I've been stressing right out for about an hour, top man short and straight to the point!!! Thanks 👍
Had to move my satellite box to another room and then saw this. Bang on 👍👍👍
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Thanks, man, short and to the point 👍
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You saved my life and my wife 🙏😉
I can't stand 'how to' videos that prevaricate.. nice job, quickly and clearly demonstrated.. I shall redo my connectors when I fit the new LNB.
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Simple demonstration, but effective! You solved my problem! Thank you
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Smart Aerials Just did it! Cheers
Nice one m8. I have loads of these and always thought I needed a crimping tool to attach to the cable. Had no idea they just screw onto the wire .
Thanks James. This is a screw on connector and as long as they are installed correctly they are fine for domestic use, but some installers disagree with this. There are other types like a crimp-on style F plug and compression type which require specialist tools to install. Hope this helps, please subscribe to our channel. Tom
Very clearly explained I can now proceed with confidence.
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A very helpful video. Nice and clear and to the point. Thanks 👍
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Nice and straight to the point big ups
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Great stuff, I learned why mine was not working, I had the thin bit of copper touching the main centre one!
Excellent video. Just what I needed. Thanks.
Top man. Been having a nightmare with these connectors and this makes it look a doddle.
Look at an F connector and there's like a tube within a tube which I thought the screen has to go round, virtually impossible, and I'm handy, can change a scooter engine no probs.
Thanks for the tutorial, nice one. I feel like a pr..
You're welcome, you have have a crimp on style F plug is there is a tube within a tube, need a special type of tool to terminate them. We all have our skills, I'm useless with vehicles! Tom
Simple and straight-forward, thanks!
thankyou you for taking the time to show how correctly,liked and subscribed
Nice video Tom...Simple and very clear...
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Still relevant today, many thanks . Don't suppose you could show how you can link 2 cables to the one source cable? Trying to hide an extension cables behind a skirting board
wow thank you so much for helping teach self fix items! i will say, your accent supprised me. i thought wed both speak western county yehahh lol :p
Thanks for the demo. Will have a go.
You’ve just saved me from having to call out an engineer! Instructions were so simple to follow, and I had the job done in no time. Thanks!
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Thanks for this video, I love how it was clear and straight to the point, no faffing around.
I had to remove my f connectors to move my sky box and one got a little bent so I straightened it back out but now it wont work. When I plug it in nothing happens, any ideas? Thanks in advance.
great clear easy to follow. thank you
Exactly what I needed! Thanks
Great simple explanation, thanks
Thanks solved my problem, i had long cable inside the room, it will be very tidy after cutting and reconnecting.
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Great explanation 🙂 Thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks, mate, this was really helpful.
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Great video. Worked perfectly. Thanks
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What a legend !
Its working thank you
Sticking the tongue out always helps me with precision work too 😛
LOL. I do it all the time without knowing, the girlfriend is always making fun of me. :)
Shot bro. Much love from Newzealand 👍
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Thanks for this.
Once you have this connector on how do you connect it to the TV? I also bought a coaxial connector but am stumped
GRT video straight to the point.....
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Hello mate love to see how to install motorised dish cheers great channel.
thanks for this concise video. please can i run a UHF antenna straight to my satellite TV and get the satellite channels?
No I'm afraid not, you could get terrestrial TV services though.
@@smartaerials thanks once again. I tried and it didn't work so I've bought a dish and set it up myself
Great video thanks! Is it essential the f connector is screwed on to the folded down copper strands? If not can you just cut them away before installing the F connector? I ask as my F connector does not screw on to the plastic itself and therefore does not get to the outer plastic but screws into the white foam instead. RG6 CT100 cable with F connectors. Thanks!
Thanks dude, very helpful.
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Cheers buddy ...my job for tomorrow
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Excellent. No fluff
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Thanks. Great explanation
really helpful thankyou.
my external ariel is connected to a disused sky dish. can i run my tv ariel from that sky dish
Hi Linda and thanks. No afraid not, you could use your satellite dish for Freesat, but you would need a Freesat box or Freesat TV in each room.
I suggest switching to FREESAT, which uses the sky dish, exactly as it is.. Humax make a range of receivers and recorders... and most channels have free HD optionstoo.
Thanks for a wonderful detailed video, certainly it is helpful for me. and have you noticed elecbee connectors or cables?
This fixed my Sky box, decent😎
That was helpful, thanks.
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Close up video easy to see very good
Top job. I can record on Sky again.
Very clearly demonstrated; thanks
good easy to follow video
Do you need the braid to touch the outer part or can you cut it off?
TOM, how do I transfer a twin sky lead that I have into one? I need to put into the back of TV but I can't as there are two leads. I can't change the lead to one as it's through the wall. But the other single sky leads worked fine but this twin lead I can't seem to work out?
HI Lorna. If you have a twin lead you can just connect one the cables. It doesn't matter if you leave one disconnected. Unless you have Sky Q. Have you just moved to a new property or something?
Well played mate and thanks
Hi - I’m trying to connect an aerial cable to a Manhattan Freeview box.
Cable is ‘cable con 4.9’ I think it’s an F connect as it has the hexagon screw on it.
I need to plug that into a IEC-169-2 Female (Pal) but currently the cable doesn’t fit in.
Is there an adaptor or something to fix this issue?
the two white cables that come out of the sky box , are they the same type of cable with two different jobs or different types of cable ( asking for a friend ) 😉
You can tell your friend :p that both cables are exactly the same. Same cable, same type.
Yes that's right, doesn't matter which way around.
Good practical video.
Hi, for some reason my type f won't just screw onto the coaxial cable, any ideas? Cheers
Hi Mitchell, it may be the wrong size for the cable. Do you know the make/ model of the cable/ plugs you're using?
Great help mate
Thanks, glad it helped. Please subscribe to our channel. Tom.
I needed a longer cable so brought one from Screwfix but the picture keeps pixelating (sky q) is it because the lead is pants
Some of the factory fly-leads really are appalling. I went to a call out last week where a it wasn't working and found it to be a newly purchased flylead that was at fault.
My upstairs box (the wire is threaded through the house ) the wire detached and the metal parts are left in the box. Is this a live wire ? Can I do this on the wire? And the other wire touched the Centre wire does that mean it’s useless or will it work If connected once they aren’t touching when put in ?
Can I extend an regular aerial feed from room upstairs using a splitter and F connectors to a aerial socket downstairs outputting to the tv?
Yes you can do this.You should be OK but important to know that you will lose a bit of signal through the splitter. If after you have installed it and reception is not as good as it was, you might need to add an amplifier to the system. Tom
Nice and quick nice and easy cheers
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thank you, very helpful
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Watching this while sitting in the roof cavity of my house trying to figure it out lol.
Oh no, doesn't sound fun but I have been there many times. Haha
@@smartaerials It's all good. Your video made things super easy. Thanks for the help. 👍
On virgin media, Is the co-axial cable the cable that is connected from outside, that they drill a hole through the outside wall of the house, to put the cable through, then connect it to the box on the wall? Or the cable that connects the box on the wall to the main hub
Hi Emma, they are both coaxial cables.
Can this be used for a radio antenna also?
Hi Tom, another great video mate, thank you! I'm just wondering what a CX3 connector is - is that the same as an F connector? I'm trying to find the right compression connectors and tool to connect my WF65 shotgun cable to my satellite. Thanks again
Thanks Callum. Yes it is the same. Here is the right plugs for you. www.amazon.co.uk/CABELCON-CX3-Compression-Conn-0-65mm/dp/B00CELOKV8.
Regarding the compression tool. I'm not 100% if this one will fit the WF65 plugs so you may want to check with seller - www.ebay.co.uk/p/1734630805?iid=233263669742&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=233263669742&targetid=879667141355&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006692&poi=&campaignid=9441266808&mkgroupid=97517275362&rlsatarget=pla-879667141355&abcId=1140486&merchantid=7353394&gclid=CjwKCAjw1v_0BRAkEiwALFkj5ipA42I18VCnaFxlJanj-vV4jUhhRMGaSnssmKxrO8TMT9ROwL7VchoCX04QAvD_BwE
If not, I have a set of these. Quite expensive though! - www.systemsat.co.uk/f-compression/cabelcon-triple-compression-tool-cx3.html
Smart Aerials
Amazing, thanks very much mate!
Much appreciated 👍🏼
You're welcome. All the best. Tom
Hi Tom, how far down the cable do you make the first cut? the second cut is around 0.5cm down. P.s excellent video really helpful.
Hi Myles and thank you, about a cm is fine, but you may want to cut a bit more as this will give you more play. Can always trim down the excess at the end.
Hi, i have a question
My TV has female antenna-in port (it's name on the internet is belling lee or sth like that), can i connect this cable to it with the F connector and adapter that will change it into male antenna-in ?
And if so, which connections will i be receiving ? satellite or aerial or both ?
Do i not need to crimp the connector for it to stay on?
For crimp on style F plugs you do, but these are screw on type. If put on properly they should remain on fine.
great just what I needed
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Great video. Thanks.
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Thanks and great video, are these screw on type as good as the crimp type or even compression type? Many thanks
Screw on F plugs are fine as long as you have the correct one for the cable and it's been installed correctly, you shouldn't be able easily to pull the plug loose but compression plugs are the best, followed by the crimp type and then screw ons.
@@smartaerials appreciate the reply and info :)
Thanks ! Cheers Eddie
Would 3c2v coax cable work to connect an internal satellite socket to sky box?
Bridget Tiernan Yes it will be fine. Just make sure you have the correct connectors.
Cheers bud, cut out all the rubbish and got to the point
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