Connecting aerial booster to TV/Freeview

Sammz

I have just bought an aerial booster but can't seem to figure out which cable goes where! I have a scart socket on my TV and Freeview box.

Please someone help me so I can watch XFactor with a decent picture tonight!

Sammz

Now I've got less channels than before! And it's still breaking up

jembie

Did you use the reset button?
I found when I added my booster that I had to reset it and them do an auto search for the channels. I got them all then and much better reception.

albertross_2

Are the connectors on the coax on tightly, and if it has a thumbwheel to adjust the signal strength, is it turned up?

Sammz

I did reset as I was hoping for some music channels to show up. Instead I've lost the BBC channels and all the shopping ones.

Everything is tightly connected, no thumbwheel

Is it because I only have a scart between TV and freeview? All my cables have a male/female connectors but TV and freeview both need male connections. Should I get an adapter?

(I'm aware that my terminology may be completely off, I don't really know what I'm talking about!)

Sammz

I've got http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5346130.htm

All cables are moulded. Aerial is on roof or in loft of top floor flat.

Sammz

I can't put them back the way they were, there was a VCR involved at that point. I need the plug for that for Christmas tree lights!

The coax lead from booster to freeview goes in to the only bit that it fixs: TV (the other one says aerial)
No coax leads between freeview and TV.
Not sure what you mean about the picture. Is it the bit to plug in the adapter?
Red light is on.

Thanks so much for trying to help me

A_Nice_Englishman

Sammz wrote:

I can't put them back the way they were, there was a VCR involved at that point. I need the plug for that for Christmas tree lights!

The coax lead from booster to freeview goes in to the only bit that it fixs: TV (the other one says aerial)
No coax leads between freeview and TV.
Not sure what you mean about the picture. Is it the bit to plug in the adapter?
Red light is on.

Thanks so much for trying to help me

The lead from the booster to the Freeview box needs to go in the aerial
socket.

If all else fails, forget the Freeview for tonight, plug the aerial intothe TV and watch the X Factor on good ol' fashioned analogue ITV!

Sammz

A_Nice_Englishman wrote:

The lead from the booster to the Freeview box needs to go in the aerial
socket.

If all else fails, forget the Freeview for tonight, plug the aerial intothe TV and watch the X Factor on good ol' fashioned analogue ITV!

So, I need to buy a lead with the same on each end? Oh jeez, I'm building quite a collection of various leads!

Analogue it is for tonight!

antenna

IMHO Aerial boosters rarely work for what you want them to do...that is,improve a weak signal...They are really designed to send a good signal further around the house.......In simple terms,if your radio sound is all crackly,then,turning up the volume does not improve the sound quality,you only increase the good with the bad...30 years in the trade,but i still can be wrong..................................

Sammz

Thanks albert.

antenna - Only cost me £7.99 so worth a try. The person who recommended it has one and it worked for him. If it doesn't, do you have any suggestions on how to improve my picture? It breaks up quite badly.