AV Connections Help Guide

Understanding Connections
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The other common type of connection which most people are familiar with is the ‘RF cable’ or ‘Antenna’ cable.
This is the type of cable which has been used for years to carry signals from your house’s roof antenna to videos
and televisions in your front room.
Most audio visual configurations will also need an antenna or ‘RF cable’ to refer to the official term to run right
through their setup in order to carry the signal around the different units. If an RF cable is only plugged into a
video recorder for example, the video recorder will be able to pick up a signal but the television will not because
the cable has not been plugged into the television.
An example of good RF Cabling technique is shown in this diagram. As a rule of thumb, the only devices which
should not include an RF cable in the setup are those which do not have a tuner. For example, a video recorder,
DVD recorder, Sky box, and television should all have an RF cable included in the configuration. However, a
typical DVD player will not as this is purely a playback device.
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