1STec Genuine Virgin Media 2 Way Y Splitter for TiVo V6 Digital Set Top Box or Superhub 3 Internet Modem Router. 5-1218MHZ splitter also for Freeview DVB-C/T2/S 5-1000MHZ (2-Way Splitter)

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Not quite sure whether it's worth speaking to virgin about this, or going ahead and purchasing a 2 way online. Obviously there would still be the original 2 way splitter outside the house... The splitter outside the house (on the pic above - btw - by old, do you mean the cable connectors? We were only connected up last year, but I guess the original - Nynex probably- fittings are still in use - just the splitter and second cable box coax are new. I'd probably leave that to Virgin if I'm honest, although I have 20 odd F/aeriel connections to make up). Yes. Sky Q can use the Virgin Media broadband service over wifi. It’s not guaranteed it will work in your home. The only way to find out is to try and connect. Do you need a splitter to watch Virgin TV in a different room? If you’re using a TV antenna, make sure to run a channel scan and note the indicated signal strength of each channel, which may point to the need for an amplifier. Final Thoughts The splitter’s frequency range should match that of the type of signal you intend to split (i.e., OTA TV, cable TV, satellite TV, etc.)

Are you suggesting Virgin Media have got magic cables that are better than any other cables and that Virgin Media are the only entity in the world able to acquire this mystical cable? Their cable in your home is basically high grade RG59 which is no better than WF100 and some would suggest that WF100 is actually a superior cable. Why would using their cable be better than using your own? The world will not explode and you'll get the exact same signals from Virgin Media if using quality cable other than the cable Virgon themselves carry.The splitter has cable running out of it to the 3 seperate rooms. I am struggling to establish which cable should become the input for the splitter and from where it should connect. For the main living room I've actually placed four coax there: two for the sat TV, one for the return and the other to connect to Virgin in feed from the street (again, relying on me eventually shifting the box into the loft/hub). The main concern is potential signal loss due to setting up a splitter between the source and the receiving devices, but in the majority of installations this is of little concern. As a passive device, this means the signal power coming in will necessarily exceed the signal power going out (OK, save this thought for later).

Once at the house, the Virgin Media technician will run the cables wherever you want, and to any rooms you specify.Plenty of bundle options to choose from, from broadband, home phone, TV and mobile plans at a one-stop-shop, making the service competitive. Note that Virgin do not do multiroom as such and only install seperate TiVo or other STBs in different locations. They deal with the cable feed to each of these boxes. Virgin wont lay cabling in relation to distributing the output from a box to multiple locations. They simply install the box or boxes and cables required for its use in its primary location. The main coax cable feed coming into your home is split by the VM installer and the one feed is used for all STBs and the Virgin SuperHub. Splitting or dividing a coaxial cable to provide signal to multiple devices is a straightforward task that mainly involves attaching your existing cable to a splitter device, and running separate coax cables from the splitter to receiving devices like your TV.

In simple terms, a coaxial cable splitter (like the GE splitter with 2 output ports above) is a device that’s designed and built for the purpose of providing multiple outlets for one signal. If you don’t have a wired connection in a different room, you are forced to watch catch up streaming services like Iplayer. What are the pros and cons of Virgin Media broadband? Pros To use a splitter, you simply attach the end of each coaxial cable (which must terminate with an F connector) into each port of the splitter.

Pros and cons of wireless TV transmitters

As I suggested, Virgin's own cable is more than likely of a lower quality than the cable I suggested. Once you’ve bought the appropriate splitter, you’ll need to locate the main coaxial cable – the one whose signal you’ll be splitting. You can also readilly buy the compression F connectors and a crimping tool needed to connect them. Crimped F connectors are a common type of connection and not exclusive to Virgin Media. Get a nice installer and he may do this for you using your cable and not theirs. You don't need one of the expensive tools unless you are doing this all day long for a living. Your SuperHub and internet provision has nothing to do with the provision of cable TV and the TiVo. The second TiVo box will be installed by Virgin media in the location you decide upon.