Most homes and apartment buildings have these cables and connections already installed in the walls much like electrical outlets are already installed.
Tracing coax cables lost in a wall.
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This model allows you to connect the device to a variety of cables including rj 11 rj 45 and coaxial.
If you have lost the coaxial cable in the wall or attic then you can take help of a coaxial toner probe to trace down the cable.
This video shows how to trace coax with just a multimeter and a piece of aluminum foil.
Coaxial cables are thick cables that carry a large amount of information like cable television and high bandwidth internet signals from a cable company or internet service provider to the user.
It was sensitive enough to accurately trace cables through both walls ceilings and floors and was able to attach to a variety of cables.
But your job is to activate the one cable.