on 04-06-2020 09:52
Hi All.
I recently moved home during lockdown. As the previous owner had Virgin, I was sent the equipment to install myself.
The cabling set-up, and original equipment was set-up as follows... Virgin cable enters the property and is split. One cable goes to the living room which had an original Virgin TiVO box attached. No forward attenuator present.
The other cable is then split again. One cable goes to Bedroom 3 and has a 3db forward attenuator attached. This had a Superhub 1 attached to it. The second cable has a 6db forward attenuator attached to it, and had a very old Virgin V+ set-top box attached.
The current set-up is I have a Virgin V6 box in the living room, and the Hub 3 in Bedroom 3. All are working ok.
Would the attenuators have been installed based on the type of device connected to the specific cable?
Ideally I'd like to move the Hub 3 into bedroom 1 as it'll be better placed for WiFi in the house.
My question is... should I swap the 6db and 3db attenuators over? Or are they needed at all?
Or should I just move the Hub 3 and see what happens?
Many Thanks...
on 04-06-2020 09:57
on 04-06-2020 09:58
on 04-06-2020 10:52
Thanks Jon... I'll PM you shortly.
on 27-01-2021 11:16
on 27-01-2021 17:20
@Sprodrop please don’t “coat tail” on other peoples post, raise your own post. It’s extremely difficult to respond otherwise.
on 28-01-2021 10:37
on 19-11-2021 19:23
Hiya, These attenuators are required unless your network has been upgraded in the road. The Virgin "engineer" who recently replaced my TV box simply discarded it. This has resulted in scratchy channels. The Modem reports on levels and is much happier with the attenuator - as expected D'Oh!
I have another 3dB unit on order to fix my new TV box.
We assume these guys know what they are doing. In reality, they just follow robot setup instructions and get home as soon as they can.
So yes, if the original Engineer (competent, checked dB levels) installed them, make damned sure the latest "engineer"/robot doesn't ignore them.
P.S. Chartered electronics engineer with 40 years experience here.
on 22-11-2021 08:44
Hi @dogshome
Thanks for posting on our community forum!
Are you experiencing issues with your TV service currently?
Regards
22-11-2021 10:27 - edited 22-11-2021 10:28
nimbus
If you want to move the Hub to another room as you said at the start, this will have to be done by a Virginmedia technician. You can't rewire the incoming coax yourself.
For £25 they will do all the work for you and set the levels correctly with whatever attenuators are then required.