Glossary
TV aerial socket (toma de TV, toma de antena)
The wall outlet where the TV aerial cable is plugged in. It receives the digital terrestrial (TDT) signal, and sometimes satellite, from the building or house aerial through a coaxial cable. In US English, an antenna outlet.
What a toma de TV is
The toma de TV or toma de antena is the TV aerial socket (antenna outlet in the US): the wall outlet where you plug in the television cable. Behind it runs a coaxial cable from your own aerial or from the building’s shared installation. On the front it has the same frame as the switches and sockets of its range.
Types
- TV and radio: one connector for television and another for FM radio.
- TV and SAT: adds a screw connector for a satellite receiver.
- Loop-through socket: in old installations the sockets were wired in series and the signal passed from one to the next. If one fails, the ones after it fail too.
- End socket: the last in a chain, with a terminating resistor.
In current installations each socket has its own cable from a splitter, which gives a stronger signal and avoids chain failures.
Why one room has a bad picture
If one television pixelates and another does not, the problem is usually in that socket: a badly crimped connector, a crushed cable, a loop-through socket or a splitter with too many outputs. If every room is affected, look at the aerial or the amplifier.
Adding a new socket
To move the TV to another wall, a new coaxial is run from the splitter or another socket, in conduit or trunking, and the outlet is fitted. It is worth using the same conduit for a network cable if the router is nearby.
How we help
We test the signal with a field strength meter, replace sockets and splitters and realign the aerial if needed. See TV aerials and satellite in Seville, Spain.
Related services
TV aerials and satellite
As a TV aerial installer in Seville, Spain we install, align and repair TDT aerials (antennas in the US) and satellite dishes in flats, villas and apartment buildings: we measure the signal on the roof and at every socket, replace the amplifier or cable that has failed and retune your televisions so you get all your channels back.
Cable routing and concealment
We help you with hiding TV cables in Seville, Spain so not a single one shows: inside the wall, through the false ceiling or in trunking (raceway in the US) painted the colour of the wall. We run the aerial, network, HDMI and power to the wall-mounted TV, the soundbar or the projector, with a socket behind it if needed.
Building telecoms infrastructure (ICT)
We inspect, repair and upgrade the building telecoms infrastructure (ICT) of apartment blocks in Seville, Spain: the RITI and RITS equipment rooms, conduits, junction boxes and sockets, so that fibre, television and the door entry system reach every home properly. In older buildings we prepare the block for fibre broadband without opening up the facade every time a neighbour changes provider.
Need an electrician in Seville, Spain?
Call us or send a WhatsApp message with a photo of the job. You get a fixed quote before any work starts.