New LCD mounted on wall

alexhodge1234 · 28-01-2009, 2:41 PM

Hi.
Second time on installing an LCD to a wall. Last time my friends now its my brothers.
So i thought id give pulling wires through the wall a try. It was a daunting task but never the less it got done

So got the cables through and the wall mount up and it looks like this.

In the above pic i have just drilled out a hole near the mount and then a hole at the bottom where the cables will exit. Its so i dont have to use anything like conduit running up the wall.

Got the TV this morning at 7am from Makro ughhh and came home from college and mounted it up.

Only slight problem if someone can help me. There is a big design flaw when it comes to the aerial port. It cant be plugged in as the wall mount tv fixtures are blocking it slightly. I need somesort of bendy adaptor or thin cabling end.
Help? As i havnt ran any Scart cabling for an external freeview box.

Lemon_Sherbert · 28-01-2009, 3:14 PM

Havent seen a bendy adaptor, but I have seen a right angled aerial lead in the B&Q £1 boxes, dont know if thats any help? should only come out a little way, depends how close the bracket is though

**mabo** · 28-01-2009, 3:15 PM

Moved to Home Cinema DIY - more likely to yield you answers.

alz2605 · 28-01-2009, 3:57 PM

I had the same problem with my ultra slim tv mount and used this:

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From here: Right-Angled Coax TV Aerial Plug > Maplin

It was still a tight squeeze but fitted where as a normal lead had no chance of fitting in!

Hope that helps

Alz

alexhodge1234 · 28-01-2009, 4:24 PM

Well ive got it sorted now. Got a seperate cable and shaved off a bit of the side. It works all fine and dandy now. Looks good though

LAV64 · 28-01-2009, 7:21 PM

(off topic) Ive got them same pc speakers

alexhodge1234 · 28-01-2009, 7:23 PM

This is a pic of the updated room.

alexhodge1234 · 28-01-2009, 7:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LAV64

(off topic) Ive got them same pc speakers

lolz. Its a small world. Well i had them and then passed them down to my brother when i got 5.1 speakers.
Their not too bad actually for 2.0 speakers and the bass is pretty good lol.

LAV64 · 28-01-2009, 7:31 PM

Yeah I have 2 sets quite old now, but still pump out the volume

Andy104 · 30-01-2009, 7:48 PM

nice one

what size tv is that on the wall ?

ruffage · 31-01-2009, 10:50 AM

What did you use to get the cables through please? Taped to a coat hanger and pushed down to the bottom?

I'm hoping I can do the same but doubt the gap in a dot and dab wall will be big enough to allow a scart plug through..

alexhodge1234 · 31-01-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by flipp_n_phill

you did a good job there mate, looks very clean

Cheers, I would probably been able to do it in 1 day if i had all the equipment at the ready. Looking for a tv was a pain because Comet stopped a deal on a Toshiba 40" 1080P LCD TV.

alexhodge1234 · 31-01-2009, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy104

nice one

what size tv is that on the wall ?

The TV size is a 42" LCD 1080P screen. Its really good with BluRay and games through PC & PS3

alexhodge1234 · 31-01-2009, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ruffage

What did you use to get the cables through please? Taped to a coat hanger and pushed down to the bottom?

I'm hoping I can do the same but doubt the gap in a dot and dab wall will be big enough to allow a scart plug through..

Erm what i did was drilled out two holes in the wall. One at bottom and other at top. and just improvised. I got a nokia charger cable dropped that down until i could see it at the bottom hole. Attached some string onto the end and pulled it up. Fed that through and attached these:
HDMI Cable
DVI-HDMI Cable
Power Extension cable (Plug removed)
Aerial Cable

I added a piece of string to each cable when feeding it through and did them one by one.
I havnt added a scart lead to this set up as everything is going to run in High Deff now except the Aerial lead.
What you could do for the scart is to get phono cables instead.

Hope this helps

crazyal · 31-01-2009, 12:56 PM

Same wall mount as mine, very sturdy it is too.

Nice looking room & kit btw.

Cheers

Al

alexhodge1234 · 31-01-2009, 1:11 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyal

Same wall mount as mine, very sturdy it is too.

Nice looking room & kit btw.

Cheers

Al

Well its not my room thank god. Its ma bro's. Ive got the bigger room

but not as good kit.
He's also got Guitar Hero World Tour.

I have no idea where he's got all the money from. We totalled the cost of his kit to around £1100 and that is in the past year. He is 13 today. Im just like

lol

Yeah the mount is good and excellent for price. £22 from eBay. Its well sturdy

ruffage · 31-01-2009, 1:52 PM

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Originally Posted by alexhodge1234

What you could do for the scart is to get phono cables instead.

Hope this helps

Scart's for the Sky+ feed and I'm not going to reduce the pic quality by using S-VHS.

Cheers.

alexhodge1234 · 25-10-2009, 5:45 PM

My brother thought it was time to have his room decorated. So I ended up getting vollunteered by my mum to do it :\
Oh the joys.
I do hate wallpaper stripping.
If you look in the previous posts you will see what it looked like.

Pics will be posted all week due to half term holiday. Some holiday this will be :D

alexhodge1234 · 26-10-2009, 6:18 PM

Did some painting today. Oh the joys of painting.
It gets everywhere.
It doesn't half brighten the room up though.

alexhodge1234 · 29-10-2009, 4:25 PM

Just about finished with the room.
The only thing that needs doing is the floor laying which will be happening tommorow morning.
PC was also being a pain saying that the outputted display was not supported. It was orginally on 1080P so i dunno what happend there :\
So a new install of Windows 7 was in order.

This morning when everything dried over night. What a mess

Moody teenager on the bed glad to be back on his PS3 and PC.

Tv looks better on the Magnolia background

Sorry for the shocking photography

What should i get to house the pc and ps3 and games?