Exactly what every person who knows nothing about Virgin Media’s cable network thinks and which is why people DIY the cable. Do it properly use crimp on F connectors and make sure they are tightened so you can not undo them with your fingers. I have just received and sucessfully installed the Hub 5. I cannot install my home phone as I have a Female RJ11 to Male BT Telephone Extension Cable and need an adaptor to connect the phone to the hub. Plug the phone cable we’ve supplied into the Hub, and then plug the other end of the cable into your home phone.

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Use the new HDMI cable provided to connect the TV Box to your TV. Take a note of the name of the HDMI port you have connected to, e.g. HDMI 1.Remember, one remote will pair with one TV box and cannot be used to control both of your TV boxes. Be very careful following the advice above. You should use never use non Virgin terminate plates and never use twist on F connectors. The current hole is to small to pull the cable out with the end on, so I’ll need to cut the cable, drill another hole, insert through and crimp a new end on.

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The remote will only work with this TV box. If you’ve a second V6 box, this will automatically upgrade. You’ll need to use the second remote that we sent you with your second TV box, once it has upgraded. On another matter, and I don't know if you can help. One of my laptop is only connecting to the 2.4ghz band, whereas on my previous hub (2ac) I connected to the 5ghz band. Is there any way of forcing it to connect to the 5ghz band. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/151786-how-change-preferred-band-wireless-network-adapter-window... Push the white cable that was attached to the old TV box, into the other end of the white cable adapter – which you’ve just attached to the new TV box. When you see ‘time to make the big switch’ screen, you can now remove the red tab from the new remote control.Yes they look similar. I didn't know it was just a coaxial cable... feel rather daft now! I always assumed Virgin Media cables were fairly specific and were crimped with a tool as they feel robust. VM use RG-11 Snap 'n Seal connectors (SNS11QS to be precise), you need tooling to fit these so go for a decent quality F connector and you should be fine.