[juddy]

Hi all,

i'm just about to buy my new LCD 42" tv and mount it on the wall. I have an open chimmney stack that is to be closed up and plan to feed the video cables through the chimney stack and out behind where the TV will go to hide all the wires. Planning for most eventualities is a priority.

The connections that i need to channel before the chimney is closed up are as follows:

Sky tv: Scart lead
DVD: Component video cable
PS3: HDMI cable.

I think that is all the cables i need to channel through a piece of plastic piping, but is there anything i've overseen or any suggestions?

Also, the power cable for the TV will be a problem! Will the power cable be long enough (approx 2m needed). if not how to solve this problem?

any help will be appreciated.

[hornydragon]

Originally Posted by juddy

I think that is all the cables i need to channel through a piece of plastic piping, but is there anything i've overseen or any suggestions?

Also, the power cable for the TV will be a problem! Will the power cable be long enough (approx 2m needed). if not how to solve this problem?

any help will be appreciated.

Get an electrician to fit an Switched fuse spur next to your existing sockets then run (seperate to the video feeds) Power cable to a flex outlet behind the screen.

I would run an aerial cable for freeview, an extra HDMI and a 3 RCA cable as well. If you want to be as future proof as possible add in a couple of cat5e cables.

[aggallim]

I've just had the plasterer in to go over my channeling. I wasnt going to forget something so I put in quite a few from the TV to the floor:

Scart
S-Video
HDMI
VGA
Kettle Lead
RF cable (satellite or freeview)
Ethernet - some of the new tellys have Ethernet ports now
TOS link

All of them I got were 3 meters, all sources from fleebay for 3-4 quid each.

[juddy]

thanks ppl.

so basically run as much as possible just in case i want to change it or add something.

good idea with the electrician as well. i'll get onto that straight away!

thanks again.