DIY Cable TV Installation

Connect your television to a cable connection.

There may come a time where you need to reconnect your cable TV hookup. This may be due to moving around the configuration of the entertainment center or to a cable connection simply falling out. Although the actual process of running the cable into your home from the outside requires a service technician (they are the only individuals with legal access to the outside cable hookup), you can perform the interior cable installation yourself.

Things You'll Need

• Cable receiver
• Coaxial cable
• Component video cables
• RCA audio cables
• TV

Instructions

1. Attach the coaxial cable running into your room from the wall to the "In" port on the cable receiver.

2. Insert the component cables into the "Component Out" ports on the cable receiver. These are the video-only connection cables and are green, blue and red (make sure each colored cable connects to a port of the same color).

3. Attach the free ends of the cables into the "Component In" ports of your television.

4. Plug the RCA audio cables into the "Audio Out" ports of the cable receiver (found next to the "Component Out" ports).

5. Connect the opposite end of the audio cables into the "Audio In" ports of your television.

6. Power on the TV and the digital cable receiver. Press "Video" on the TV's remote control, select "Component Video," and the cable television programming will appear on the screen.

References

• Blue Jeans: HDMI Versues Component Video