how to wire a coax plug

[spinout3]

thanks for uploading. its amazing how many people put the plugs on wrong. (i was one of them).

[patterntangle]

Thank for the vid. I've been sticking plugs on for years and every time I wonder, "am I doing this right!?" fortunately I was :)

[Samsinized101]

Thanks for this vid, It showed my GF that I had it right, lol. =-)

[freespirt66]

thank you about to try it ;) x

[ar10024]

Thanks, I didn't know it was that easy!

[DwayneThomasVideos]

Thanks...great help

[AtheistKiwi]

Thank You

[timjamesbrennan]

Thanks. Easy and surprisingly fun

[EMNorway]

240p.... we meet again...

[autogordianknot47]

worked fine for me...thanks.

[phambaohoa]

Thank you!

[speedypete07]

Hi there, It is not quite the same procedure if you go to this link

 there is a very good video rhat demonstrates very clearly Good Luck ...

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[undergroundcity123]

Does this video work for my RG-6/U for an F connector male?

Thanks

[martyndarkly]

Thanks for the video. I followed along with you and sorted my new out in about 10 minutes. Now we have TV again! :)

[TheHotness1988]

thanks so much for this video my partner has been trying to hook the thing up for a few days with no luck but now i hes done it your way and i can finally watch my programs again! thanks sooo much

[speedypete07]

@TheHotness1988 My pleasure...Iam pleased that it helped..

[kiwirock30]

if you want a more solid connection, put the back screw on, then the collet, then strip the cable and bring the collet forward and fold the wire back over the outside of the collet... then put the center pin on nice and snug to the collet. when you screw it up, not only does the collet compress the ends on to the rubber jacket of the coax, it also compresses the outer wire between the collet and centre pin assembly making for a much stronger cable joint and grounding.

[speedypete07]

@kiwirock30 I thankyou for your input and of course you are perfectly correct and it is the correct way as the collet is self tightening !

I made this video specifically for my teenage son who did not have any tools and was working with a used coax plug and rather battered collet....but his mum was pleased as she could now watch the tele.

What is amazing is the amount of hits this video has had but it does seem to have helped a lot of folk working with similar circumstances...Kind regards

[speedypete07]

Try this link !

@kiwirock30

[realmaton]

thnx 4 the hint

[henrydalton]

Brilliant - love your presenting style! :D

[cherrycake2]

Thanks for responding back am going to try and do what you said and hope it works will let you know if it did

[speedypete07]

@cherrycake2

I hope it works out for you

Good Luck !

[speedypete07]

cont...

If you have done that then you should get a good signal !

Try your aerial into the tv without the extension first if you can,and if you are getting a signal without the extension,then the problem I'm afraid will be in your wiring of the plugs.....Bearing in mind of course that if you have an extension with plugs like yours it will cut down the signal a bit anyway.

Hope this has been of some help

Good Luck .................

[speedypete07]

If you have a male and female coax plug,your aerial will go into the female plug and the other end of the extension cable ,male plug ! into the tv...

It is important that you make sure when connecting either plugs to the coax cable that the copper shielding does not come in contact with the inner thin copper wire and that the thin copper wire is making good contact with the thin hollow pin in the center of the wire..

[cherrycake2]

Thanks for the video, I bought a tv aerial extension kit and followed the instructions set here to wire the coax plug but for some reason when I plug it into the tv there is no signal going through from the aerial, what may be causing this please

[headstrong1111]

safe guy!

[speedypete07]

This video was orinally for my son and he only had a used plug and collet to work with...with a new plug and collett,,the collet is self tightening !

[XxPICKNTICKxX]

hi have you check with a coax tester... Cause i have seen other videos.. and they cut the bottom half as well to show a copper to attached with plug.. but u just cut half of that and put that piece on it... does that still works ?

[speedypete07]

Either way will work just fine !

[speedypete07]

Thanks for your comments PhobiaGuy and you are correct in some of your observations..but you are still not yet a purist ! A purist would not be bothered with kinks he would indeed solder the inner core ! and I certainly know that collets are self tightening, but this collet had been used and needed to be manually crimped onto the cable.

many folk have had a plug come apart and need a quick solution and most don't have a soldering iron..

I now have a PHOBIA with coax plugs ! can you help ?

[PhobiaGuy]

@speedypete07

i presume like you, that most people do not own a soldering iron, so the kink is the next best thing!

I own an iron and indeed solder the inner core, guess that makes me a purist?

I too have a phobia of coax plugs...PLASTIC ONES! hahaha! cheap and nasty!

[speedypete07]

Thanks for your comments PhobiaGuy,they have sure made me smile !

Never presume though that I do not own a soldering iron ! 4 in fact, and of all differing sizes and wattages , and I have even got one that you stick in the fireplace ! but what would I know ? I have only been soldering for 50 years plus !

Kind regards

speedypete07

[PhobiaGuy]

I most certainly DID presume YOU WOULD have one, Any man who knows about soldering the tip is likely to own one (or four!) but as i said before "i presume like you, that most do not"

One for fireplaces? geez pete how old are you? was it pre electric when you started? haha just teasing!!

I have to bow to your experience of 50+ years, I've only been running my aerial business for 27, "I'm not worthy"

Look lively, you've left the iron on!

[speedypete07]

@PhobiaGuy

You have made me smile PhobiaGuy !and yes I was a War Baby , and as for my 1st iron it was such a long time ago that I only paid 2 Groats for it and had to walk home as I was so skint and could not afford the stagecoach !

Seriously though I have learned something from you (and here's an admission for you )

in all the years I have been putting plugs on coax cable ,I did NOT know that collets are self tightening ! so it is never too late to learn !

I thank you Sir !

[PhobiaGuy]

ok since we are in the mood for admissions, i have stolen your word collet because all the years i've been doing this, i've never known what the hell to call the 'grippy thing' to be honest i've never really had to refer to it or ask for just that component, so as you say it's never too late to learn, and i'm never too proud to be taught! isn't detente a wonderful thing hahaha!

[PhobiaGuy]

Peter you are a nice guy but you are getting some of this wrong! score the sheath with scissors or knife and bend it over a few times it'll split the sheath, pull it off (never cut toward yourself) pull back the braid and wrap it around top of sheath neatly, DO NOT USE pliers on the collet, they are self tightening, doing so makes it useless for gripping! Also give the inner core a slight kink so it does not waggle in the barrel, make sure no braid touches core! 27 years & 10000plugs! later!

[liferasta1]

What about the foil thats under the copper wire can this be removed?

[MonkeyPugg]

THANK YOU!!!

[SonsoftheProphets]

Well presented

[semco72057]

Those scissors replaces many of the tools many of us have to do that job.

[mattfox14]

Thanks for the video Ive bin trying this myself and though ive been doing it my tv signal has been giving me about 50% ish at the best of times now I'm getting 72% and about 30 more channels thanks to your video

[armandocongas]

Muchas gracias

[PhatPhunk]

Awesome..Direct.. and entertaining.. Thank you sir!

[ashleyMEAH96]

hi peter thaks very much for this video me being a woman i didnt have a clue how to do it after 5 trys i found your video and i now have tv in 2 rooms thanks

[ultimatecloudwolf]

hi does the colet have to touch the copper braiding you pulled back and twisted round.

[speedypete07]

Hi, In answer to your question, YES the collet MUST come in contact with the pulled back copper screening braid and the pointed ends of the collet get pushed down onto the copper screening and coax cable to make a good firm grip !

I hope this is helpfull, any further questions I will be pleased to help.

Happy New Year Peter

[brad1brad]

Hi,

I just ran a co ax cable up to the loft for my bedroom - All I did was bend the copper centre of the co ax cable to an exhisting co ax cable in the loft - I seem to have a crap picture still, would it make a big difference if I do proper co ax connections at BOTH ends ?