Re: Wall mount TV discreet wiring tips needed

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy

You will just need a DVI cable as the world is quickly moving to HDTV .....

Or trunking so you can pull the cables through later.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Aston" <jeremyaston@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Wall mount TV discreet wiring tips needed


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> Hi,
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> I am doing some rewiring as a result of an extension and would like
> to put some cables in place for the day when I finally get a big
> plasma or lcd screen and can wall mount it.
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> I would like to put some cables and face plates in the wall ready
> for this, probably hiding them behind a picture or something until I
> am ready to put a tv up.  To this end I would appreciate any advice
> people may have especially on the following questions:
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> 1. What sockets and cables should I be allowing for? (I assume 1x
> SCART, 1x power, possibly speaker, even RJ45)?
> 2. Where can I get long lengths of unterminated scart cable for
> connection to scart wall plates?
> 3. What is the max length a SCART cable can be before signal loss is
> an issue?
> 4. Is there an alternative to using SCART?
> 5. What if the TV has a seperate receiver?  Does that complicate the
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> 6. What height should the TV be at?
> 7. If I choose to use multiroom distribution using say KAT-5, what
> implications may there be?
> 8. Does anyone know an AV wall plate connection supplier that does
> brushed steel/chrome plates rather than plain ole white plastic?
> 9. Is it an idea to run cable in a conduit when chasing in to
> prevent any moisture penetration?
> 10. Are there any issues with interference between AV and power
> cables?  I guess not as AV/Power live quite happily in my current
> spaghetti junction ;-)
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> Any help on this would be really appreciated!
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> I have sold my missus on the hardware idea on the basis everything
> can be neatly hidden so exposed cables up a wall are not an option ;-
> ) - oh and neither is building a fake chimney breast to run cables
> and mount the TV :-)
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> Brgds
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> Jez
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