Arial upgrade for freeview

hunnybugs1

penrhyn wrote:

What was the problem with the TV-link?

I could never get it properly positioned and anyway I asked how to use a freeview box since I have one!

Joe_Bloggs

@hunnybugs1
There are many ways to get television signals. The first method was via terrestrial broadcasts using transmitters on hills and aerials on rooftops. There were many who grumbled as they had hills or buildings in the way. So they got cable channels from a cable company.
Then it became possible to view channels from geosynchronus communications sattelites with a dish. These were all analogue but then came the digital revolution. The broadcasters could cram more information into the same frequencies. The digital TV age was created.
Tune in next time for an updated low down of where we are today. I've been your presenter and you have been a captive audience.
J_B.

mike_paterson

T4i wrote:

....and that is what I said :rolleyes:

Using a booster on a poor reception ie indoor aerial made things twice as bad for me. Using a outdoor aerial indoors without a booster gave me a signal strenngth of 97%.

Its the aerial that picks up the transmission and if thats not upto the job then any kind of booster will result in ghosting, static, poor picture....and with freeview blocky, freezing pictures every 5mins.

What I was saying was that boosting a poor reception works very well for me - this is not what you have said .

penrhyn

hunnybugs1 wrote:

I could never get it properly positioned and anyway I asked how to use a freeview box since I have one!

Yes I know what your original question was, but you can't for what ever reason get a strong enough signal for your freeview box, which makes it as much use a a chocolate teapot.
You've got Sky and a TV-Link its a simple way of getting all your channels in another room, which seemed to me what you wanted.
Can't see what positioning issues you could have as its a just a cable from your Sky box to the second TV.

Joe_Bloggs

We have now hit the digital terrestrial TV age. Unfortunately this has to share the same airwaves as existing terrestrial analogue broadcasts. This
often means that the frequencies employed are at the extremities of
aerial reception for a particular region/transmitter. The power of
the a digital multiplex channel signal is also a few percent of an
analogue channel. This makes digital terrestrial prone to local
interference often created by devices in your own home.
Get a masthead amp to boost the signal. This boosts the signal before
it can pick up interference from within the home. Turn off/retune/disable
devices which can output via an aerial socket. This feature is termed a
UHF modulator. These can be found in video recorders freeview boxes,DVD
players etc. They could be sending their analogue output at the same frequency as a digital terrestrial TV multiplex. They may even overload adjacent channels.
J_B. (Stay tuned. And now message from our sponsors. Do you have problem flatulence ? Then try ....... )

penrhyn

Sound words from the blogg meister, visited a friends house the other day who was having problems with Channel 5, turned out the videos RF output had never been retuned, and was swamping the signal.
.....laying off the onion soup and baked beans........

hunnybugs1

penrhyn wrote:

Yes I know what your original question was, but you can't for what ever reason get a strong enough signal for your freeview box, which makes it as much use a a chocolate teapot.
You've got Sky and a TV-Link its a simple way of getting all your channels in another room, which seemed to me what you wanted.
Can't see what positioning issues you could have as its a just a cable from your Sky box to the second TV.

No, I have 2 little boxes, one from the sky and one for on top of the telly in my room. I wanted 2 be able to view different channels than what O.H is watching in living room. I have a freeview box and I know there is a way of upgrading my aerial but not sure how to

hunnybugs1

Joe_Bloggs wrote:

@hunnybugs1
There are many ways to get television signals. The first method was via terrestrial broadcasts using transmitters on hills and aerials on rooftops. There were many who grumbled as they had hills or buildings in the way. So they got cable channels from a cable company.
Then it became possible to view channels from geosynchronus communications sattelites with a dish. These were all analogue but then came the digital revolution. The broadcasters could cram more information into the same frequencies. The digital TV age was created.
Tune in next time for an updated low down of where we are today. I've been your presenter and you have been a captive audience.
J_B.

Eh? :rotfl:

penrhyn

hunnybugs1 wrote:

No, I have 2 little boxes, one from the sky and one for on top of the telly in my room. I wanted 2 be able to view different channels than what O.H is watching in living room. I have a freeview box and I know there is a way of upgrading my aerial but not sure how to

Now I understand, this was not the TV link of which I spoke.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.tvlink.co.uk/tvlink.htm <<<<<<<<<<

Best bet on the aerial upgrade was the Argos one as far as I can see, its a fixed price.
Or what about Freesat from Sky in your bedroom, they would just have to fit a new Quad LNB and run awire from the dish to the bedroom.

hunnybugs1

penrhyn wrote:

Now I understand, this was not the TV link of which I spoke.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.tvlink.co.uk/tvlink.htm <<<<<<<<<<

Best bet on the aerial upgrade was the Argos one as far as I can see, its a fixed price.
Or what about Freesat from Sky in your bedroom, they would just have to fit a new Quad LNB and run awire from the dish to the bedroom.

This is probably a really stupid question but, could I not just buy one of these and hook it up to my existing sky aerial?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5341087/Trail/C%24cip%3D36693.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D36702.Accessories%2Band%2Bbatteries%3EC%24cip%3D36710.Television%2Baerials%2Band%2Bboosters.htm