New TV installation
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Hello,
I'll try to be clear, but since this is a subject I'm not familiar with at all... It concerns a move and 2 televisions.
The first one is about 15 years old. It's connected to my Free box and the satellite of the current building. The second one is newer (around 10 years) and is connected to a rooftop antenna.
In our next residence, which is quite new, things have apparently (again) changed. There are no longer what we used to call TV sockets. They are RJ45 sockets now.
Do we need to install an RJ45 cable on the wall side and USB on the TV side? This for both televisions?
We are trying to get information from our future neighbors, but all those we've talked to so far have new televisions...
Thank you for your help.
Nadia
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For the satellite, you need to install a dish and have a cable if that hasn't been arranged already.
For the TNT, your TV box decoder should be sufficient, but you can replace the "rabbit ear" antenna with an "Android TV box".
The Android TV box allows you to receive channels and packages distributed via the internet. Some are free and others are paid.
Since it uses the Google Play Store service, you can download applications like Amazon Prime Video or YouTube... or TF1+ or M+ etc..
Hello, I have a different answer regarding your TVs. Do you have HDMI input ports? An "internet TV" subscription and a decoder from your provider will suffice. The channels referred to as TNT are included in the bouquet of offerings from TV and internet access providers. Your TVs will be connected to the box via a decoder, and your phone and internet will be connected to the box as well.
The box is connected to the network via RJ 45. If your recent TV is called "smart," it can be directly connected to the box.
Any questions?
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Hello, you don't tell me if any of your TVs are connectable to the internet with an RJ45 cable
If you have an internet plan with Free and a TV subscription, you will need to pick up this decoder at a Free store
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Hello,
thank you for this clarification. I will wait for the technician who connects us to the fiber to come to the new apartment where I will have brought my two TVs. He may be able to tell us what is feasible considering our equipment and installation. Otherwise, we will enlist the help of an electrician...
Hello,
The cables coming to the RJ45 sockets in your apartment most likely come from the cabinet containing the electrical panel.
The box should be installed in this cabinet and the cables will be connected to the outputs of the box.
The fiber that the technician will connect to the box will certainly end up in the cabinet.
To connect the TVs you have 2 options.
1) You have a Free player: the player receives the signal from the RJ45 socket and its output is connected via an HDMI cable to the TV.
2) You do not have a player:
a) If the TV is recent and runs Android, you connect it directly to the RJ45 socket. You will use the OQEE app from Free to watch TV. You may need to download it from the Play Store.
b) If the TV is old (and that seems to be the case), you will use a media gateway to turn your TV into an Android TV. One of the most popular is the Amazon Fire Stick. See HERE.
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And the words to say it come easily.
(Boileau)
Well, since someone in my circle also talked to me about a decoder (which should solve everything...?), I called Free. Please don't laugh ;-) actually, I have a decoder. It's what I call the TV box, a black round one (Freebox Pop).
So, I asked them about the second TV. They told me that I just need to subscribe to a second decoder (€ 5.99/month).
That's understandable, it's fine. In any case, I'm really looking forward to the technician's visit: sometimes we come across people who go a bit beyond what they were called for. Maybe he'll accept to tell me a bit more, in the presence of my setup...
Currently, I have a decoder connected to the main TV, to the box, and to a satellite antenna. Moreover, the second TV is connected to an antenna and I only receive the TNT channels. It's basic, but it's helpful!
Ideally, this is what I would have liked to have: one TV connected to everything and a second one just for TNT. But with my new setup, I fear I’ll be forced to subscribe to a second decoder...
The continuation on Tuesday! Thank you for all your advice, it's nice of you.
Hello,
It is quite possible to transmit a TNT antenna signal through RJ45 sockets.
For this, and if obviously the initial cabling from the antenna to the patch panel has already been done, you just need to use cables BalUn.
Very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
Especially when it's not there...