Wiring Your Home For Cable
Written by Elizabeth Wood
Editor In Chief, United Home Improvement

The development of cable wiring has drastically changed the way the world communicates. It’s no longer a matter of telephone lines and door bells. Cable wiring makes the communication technology of the 20th century possible, including cable television, home networking, video distribution, home theater, video security, intercoms, and whole house audio wiring.

“Cable” and “wiring” are words that can be used interchangeably. The word "Cable" refers to the wires or groups of wires that are used to carry voice, video, and data transmissions.

Basic cabling needs include:

• High Speed Local Area Networks
• Telephone Cable
• Video Cable
• Security Systems
• Data Switches
• Routers

The Cable used for residential video application is “RG6 Coaxial Cable.” Coaxial cable is called "coaxial" because it includes one physical channel that carries the signal surrounded by another concentric physical channel.

Your source for video could be a HDTV signal from an Antenna, a Satellite service, or Cable TV service. In order to use cable services, you must have the wiring hooked up to your house through the company that owns the lines. An authorized technician will connect the cables to a junction box outside of your home. How you use your cable wiring is completely up to you.

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