(1) How long is the built-in coaxial cable? (2) Since it's built in, what do you do if you need a longer cable?
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The cable is four feet long, I have mine connected to a power booster. Then since I live in a apartment with neighbors upstairs, I purchased a hundred foot cord to run from an area clear of people walking above from interfering with signal, and run a extra cable to location of the TV without to many breaks for better reception, to connect you need a double threaded connector to splice from anttenna to cable to TV.
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Thanks Justin, I appreciate the feedback.Do you know if the cables are proprietary, meaning that you cannot use a longer cable?
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Cable is not very long. I used a splitter and connected it to the cable in the attic since I had to put the antenna in an attic window to get good reception. So yes it can be extended.
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I've extended mine about 15 ft. Purchased a longer cable, RCA both ends, for $5 - $6. Could also have added another cable to the one supplied.
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I bought the adapter and it was by no means 2 ft long. Mine is only a couple of inches (long enough to simply convert the connection). And as the others said, you will need a standard optical cable.
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It depends on your particular setup. Yes, having extra lengths of coax is a must, even if very short. The manufacturer presumably assumes you will already have this available or will just buy what you need, since there is so much variation in setup and cable needs.
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Nothing else needed to plug into a full size radio, except if connecting to a hand held unit, an adapter will be needed. The coax is about 8 feet long. Hope this helps, Puppyman
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I installed this on my winch in an enclosed trailer, which I have stored at the present time, so I can't easily look at how I dealt with the excess cable. I believe I just coiled it and put plastic ties around it. I installed the antenna unit in a cabinet in the trailer, and once that is done and hooked up, all you have is your hand held remote, everything else can be out of the way. I would assume if you were really serious about having no excess cable you could shorten the wires.
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Mine came with a 12' Mini-coaxial cable, with male "F" connectors on each end. However, I didn't buy mine from Amazon, but a national home improvement chain. I notice that some suppliers (including the Channel Master site) claim that the cable is not included, while Amazon is rather vague about any hardware and accessories included in their package. So, (1) someone else, who actually bought it from Amazon should give you a better answer, and (B) You need to be careful in comparing prices unless you know exactly what is included, or you already have enough coax on hand.
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I thought it was the square input, as well. Thanks for this tip, and it works great. Sharp wanted to charge me $28 to answer this question. The thing that threw me was that the manual refers to the output as coaxial. It is simply takes a single RCA cable. Wonder what that square connection is all about?
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It isn't very long, but you can extend it with a cable. This antenna in our apartment works amazing!! Even better picture than our cable was.
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Both cords are very short the connection cord is about 3 ft. and the plug is little longer maybe about 4 .5. I have the antenna placed really close to tv because of the lenth of cords. I hope this is helpful.
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Not long enough. Maybe 10 ft. You really need to purchase additional longer cable to have flexibity in placing the antenna. It's not that expensive.
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I know the cable is long but its only so you can find a good place to mount the receiver. You work it from the remote. Trust me you will love it....I do!!!
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I have one of mine deployed at the max distance - unfortunately it was hard to measure precisely but I'd put the length of that cable at about 13 feet. Since previous respondents have stated lengths up to 20 feet, I decided to get up on a ladder and unravel the cord from the second unit and measure it more accurately.. that one came out to 15 feet plus or minus a few inches. So I'm not sure if the first one is truly two feet shorter or if that's just due to my inability to measure it accurately, but my best answer would be 13-15 feet.
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You can get longer cables. I purchased 100' cables. they run about 25$ or so. great system
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Well, I just ordered a coaxil cable two-way splitter (listen to the techie here, lol!) The guy at Best Buy told me to somehow get the antenna hooked into the recorder/player AND the tv. He said we didn't need that channel 3. Wish me luck. I just may have something. I'll let you know! - Linda