What Is This Wall Socket?

JAF on 28/04/2021 - 19:28
Last edited 28/04/2021 - 22:38

Hello, so I moved into my place back in December and ever since I’ve always wondered what this wall
Socket is for?

I know it’s not an antenna socket and I reached out to Foxtel to see if it was one of theirs and they said it might be a very old Foxtel socket but they aren’t sure (house was built in 2015 so I’d be confused if there was a very old Foxtel socket in the house)

EDIT:

It was indeed an antenna F Type connection so I raced to Bunnings and got a $7 connector and now I finally FTA TV after a months of wondering what the socket was for!, thanks a million for the help OzBargain community!

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • No Username on 28/04/2021 - 19:30

    Do you have Satellite TV?

  • mapax on 28/04/2021 - 19:40
    +3

    Housemilk. Lol.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 28/04/2021 - 19:48
    +2

    It's coax. So either foxtel (they will know SFA over the phone), old telstra cable or a dodgy home antenna splitter install.

  • ECE on 28/04/2021 - 20:03

    That's a coax cable conxn and could be an NBN HFC 🤔😷

    • JAF on 28/04/2021 - 21:32

      Na I have FTTP box already setup at the property so not HFC

  • Gnostikos on 28/04/2021 - 20:03
    +6

    I know it’s not an antenna socket

    Plenty of antenna sockets now have F Plug-type, threaded/screw-on coaxial connectors. The older TV coaxial connectors that plugged into female antenna sockets have largely been phased out in the last decade.

    • Blue Cat on 28/04/2021 - 20:24
      +1

      Yeah it looks like the older TV coaxial connector to me, OP can connect their TV to it if they want to watch free-to-air TV.

    • JAF on 28/04/2021 - 21:24

      So I have an F Type antenna socket?

      • resubaehtgnolhcs on 28/04/2021 - 21:44
        +2

        F type antenna connectors were the recommended connectors when FTA tv went digital

  • PissLUR on 28/04/2021 - 20:56
    +2

    Thats for your TV. Mine looks like that and have to buy an F-Type Male to PAL Female Socket TV from ebay.

  • Ehty on 28/04/2021 - 21:08

    I have the similar situation, along with Foxtel have another one? not sure If I can connect TV to it, Two Sockets

    • Stewardo on 28/04/2021 - 21:20

      The two outlets both go to Foxtel box, one satellite and the other free to air antenna (for Foxtel box free to air channels)

      • Ehty on 28/04/2021 - 21:36

        Can I use it as antenna socket , in absence of Foxtel box.

        • Stewardo on 28/04/2021 - 22:01
          +1

          Yes this should work.

  • AndyC1 on 28/04/2021 - 21:56

    Pop the cover and unscrew it and check the cable type and thickness. If it's brown then it's FTA, but if it's black then it could be FTA or Foxtel or NBN. NBN HFC use an F-type connector.

    If the cable is black and there is NO other connectors on any wall that are not power points or phone sockets then it's FTA. Be aware that old TV antenna's had a two prong socket and then moved to a PAL socket then moved to a F-Type (same as foxtel).

    One "good" thing about either FTA or Foxtel or NBN is that they do not put a voltage on the cable that will blow things up, so if you think it's a FTA cable then go to Jaycar and grab a F-Type to PAL cable and see if you get channels on your TV after tuning the TV in.

  • This Guy on 28/04/2021 - 22:31

    As other's have said, it could be a TV antenna, Foxtel or NBN.

    These can be single service or multiplexed service. It's not unusual to feed foxtel and Free to Air on the one cable into apartment buildings.

    But from what you have said, it's either Foxtel or FTA. If you don't have a satellite dish, it would be FTA.

    • ashpete02 on 28/04/2021 - 22:48

      ^ this… I've installed hundreds of these as TV points connected to a FTA antenna… much better than the old female pal sockets (which I also now mainly use, due to clients already having PAL cables). To my knowledge and exp, foxtel and NBN should have custom plates, and foxtel normally take 2 x RG6QS (i.e. 2 x f-type connectors on a plate), not a single.. so this is likely to a FTA antenna, if you get fta signal from it, that's what it is..

  • capslock janitor on 01/05/2021 - 14:57

    kids these days not knowing FTA lol..

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