Cable hook up question, please help!

annat

Maybe this is the wrong place to post this, but I have a quick (and hopefully easy!) question that I'm thinking one of you might know the answer to. I am going to have cable television hooked up in a couple weeks (first time ever having any sort of tv besides over-the-air), and my television only has the "antenna" hookup on the back. Will the cable box be able to be hooked up to that? And if not, is there something I can buy that could hook on to make it work?

Any information would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

McLoki

Radio shack will have the adaper you need.

WilliamM2

Depends what you mean by antenna conector. If it's a standard coax connector you should be all set. If it's the two screw terminals, it will require a an adapter.
Either way, the cable company will hook it up for you, and supply what's needed, you won't have to buy anything.

Kex

WilliamM2 wrote: »

Depends what you mean by antenna conector. If it's a standard coax connector you should be all set. If it's the two screw terminals, it will require a an adapter. ...

+1! If the cable company gives you a decoder box, the cable from the street will go to the box, and another short cable will go from the box to the rear of you TV, just like the OTA connection from the antenna does currently. If they do not give you a decoder box, the cable from the street will connect straight to the back of the TV. You should not need anything unless you have the old two screw thing on your TV, and that will be solved by a simple adapter.

DeepFreeze

Typically the person installing the cable will have everything they need to get you up and running. It shouldn't cost you anything, except for your time.

PGWarner

If your TV set is a truly vintage set, say before 1980, than you just might have two pair of 300 Ohm "flat-lead" screw terminals marked UHF and VHF. A 79 cent balun coil is all that is required to adapt that to the 75 Ohm coaxial F-connector from the cable box. It's more likely you have that same single (round-silver) coaxial f-connector marked "Antenna" In either case all you will need to remember is to keep the TV set tuned to either channel 3 or 4. That being the most basic, most newer sets also have a selection of auxiliary inputs with incrementally better picture quality. If you were to want high definition television, the HD cable box and the HD ready TV will require a component (grouping of 5 RCA cables) or an HDMI cable hook-up.

bigaudiofanatic

Go with Sat TV instead of cable you will not be hurting on the bill in a few months like cable

ben62670

PGWarner wrote: »

If your TV set is a truly vintage set, say before 1980, than you just might have two pair of 300 Ohm "flat-lead" screw terminals marked UHF and VHF. A 79 cent balun coil is all that is required to adapt that to the 75 Ohm coaxial F-connector from the cable box. It's more likely you have that same single (round-silver) coaxial f-connector marked "Antenna" In either case all you will need to remember is to keep the TV set tuned to either channel 3 or 4. That being the most basic, most newer sets also have a selection of auxiliary inputs with incrementally better picture quality. If you were to want high definition television, the HD cable box and the HD ready TV will require a component (grouping of 5 RCA cables) or an HDMI cable hook-up.

Welcome to Club Polk! I have been to LRP a few times. Nice country there. You would expect a track out there like that. Very nice.
Ben