New aerial

Enemies.Closer

I have been reading various posts and am seeking some advice on the following.

I built a house several years ago but never got an aerial installed as I have sky in the room we normally use. I have 4 bedrooms and 3 living rooms which have been cabled with aerial coax cable the only thing is the downstairs has no connection with the rooms upstairs. I want to put a loft aerial in as I know houses around me have this operational with very good reception.

Do I need a loft aerial, 6 way amp in the loft connecting the 4 bedrooms, a cable going downstairs to a 4 way amp and the 3 rooms downstairs connecting into this?

Also can the amps wire into a light socket?

I don't want to pay a small fortune to get this done as I know I can do it myself less than half the cost.

matthewcol

Hi,

You could just use one of these tv aerial amplifiers, they have 6 outputs, then a higher powered output that can be used with a splitter for the downstairs points...Saves buying and powering two amplifiers.

All you need then is a 3 way splitter. If you are going to be splitting the signal inside then one of the Triax 3 way TV aerial splitters is perfect
You can wire them into the light fittings, but it has to be correct, otherwise you will only get a TV signal when your lights are switched on...

Enemies.Closer

Just bought a 48 element high gain digital aerial which is suitable for most signal areas and loft installation.

I have ordered a 6 + 1 way amp to connect my upstairs rooms and have a full output for the rooms downstairs.

I have been thing as I have sky in the sunroom downstairs, if I run a coax cable from the RF2 on the sky hd box up into the loft and connect it to the 6 + 1 way amp will I be able to get sky in the rooms? If I connect the magic eye into my bedroom I will be able to operate the sky channels??

Would this be correct?

Moneymaker

There's no such thing as a "Digital Aerial". That's marketing hype designed to fool you into buying fancy crap.
http://www.paras.org.uk/02-myths.shtml

A Vision V10-040 log-periodic might well do everything you want at a lower cost. Do your research.

Yes to your question but, again, do your research. You need a SkyLink compatible amplifier if you want to use the remote control and "magic eye".

Enemies.Closer

Ok.

Get the point about the aerials.

How is this amplifier http://www.toy-kingdom.co.uk/Philex-SLx-Distribution-Amplifier-27823R/dp/B001SR05FY?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle

It says it will distribute digital tv and satalite signals??

DarrenMC_3

matthewcol wrote: »

Hi,

You can wire them into the light fittings, but it has to be correct, otherwise you will only get a TV signal when your lights are switched on...

How do you do this then ? I thought this can't be done.
I want to add an amp the same as Kurtis, but have left it for ages as I dont know how to easily get power into the loft.

Enemies.Closer

ok I have installed my new aerial in the loft and have aligned it the same way as my neighbours.

I can get various channels itv 2 plus 1, food channel, Viva, Sky News and more.

I cant get BBC1, 2, ITV 1, Channel 4 or Channel 5 and a lot of other channels??

Do i need to be precise when aligning the aerial? should I invest in a signal finder?

Enemies.Closer

Thanks Kurtis.

Will you buy this off me when I use it once??

Ich_2

As well as direction have you got the aerial elements on the same plane as your neighbours (horizontal or vertical) as that is fairly critical

Enemies.Closer

Ok.

What about this

Philex tv signal finder - do a google search.

Is this any good?

Enemies.Closer

Why is it not good???