Prewiring for new external box

[nadimaj]

Can someone please confirm if a single coax is all I need to prewire from the external (brown) Virgin media box to inside the house?

The house I'm about to move into and currently renovating currently has what I think is an older design where a coax + telephone cable are leaving the external box to go into the house.

I believe the new design of external box relies on a splitter thats usually installed inside somewhere?

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@nadimaj wrote:

Can someone please confirm if a single coax is all I need to prewire from the external (brown) Virgin media box to inside the house?

The house I'm about to move into and currently renovating currently has what I think is an older design where a coax + telephone cable are leaving the external box to go into the house.

I believe the new design of external box relies on a splitter thats usually installed inside somewhere?

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old installs has a twin cable from the cabinet - coax for the BB and a 4 wire telephone cable - the telephone cable is not needed on new installs but may be if you are on the old telephone system - does not matter either way if you dont have a land line - there is no new design of box it just covers the joint 

not sure why you are asking - you cannot supply your own cable - any changes should be done by VM

[Tudor]

The small telephone cable on the Siamese incomer is not used anymore. All internal wiring must be done by VM. If you want it to follow a specific route, say under the floor, you will need to install draw ropes/string. If you are having TV and broadband there are two options: 1) TV box and hub located together, there will be be one cable from the outside omnibox and a splitter located with the Hub, 2) TV and hub in different locations, a splitter wil go into the omnibox and two cable will be routers internally. Hope this is what you are asking.