No TV channels when scanning?

ag19lfc

Just moved into a house that seems to have an old style aerial connection:



Have bought an adapter from B&Q like the one in bottom of this picture...

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/electrical/tv-satellite/coaxial__tv___satellite_cable/Philex-Aerial-Feed-Adaptor-Kit-9686559

...and then connected a male-to-male aerial cable into the end of the adapter but the TV still can't find any channels.

Is there something I'm missing?

HappyMJ

An aerial... Where is it?

forgotmyname

Thats the cable type connection for virgin media or similar not an antenna.

This is the socket you need.

penrhyn

Thats an F connector, I'd go hunting for a satellite dish if I were you.

O and FYI, F connectors are a far more recent device than the old Belling Lee aerial plug.

ag19lfc

So will I not be able to pick up any normal Freeview channels with that kind of connection?

Would I need to get a new aerial installed?

TadleyBaggie

ag19lfc wrote: »

So will I not be able to pick up any normal Freeview channels with that kind of connection?

Assuming it was/is connected to a Sky dish, no chance that Freeview will work.

ag19lfc wrote: »

Would I need to get a new aerial installed?

Assuming you can't find one, then yes. If you were in a really strong signal area (i.e. next to the transmitter), it's possible you might get away with an indoor aerial, but it's unlikely.

penrhyn

ag19lfc wrote: »

So will I not be able to pick up any normal Freeview channels with that kind of connection?

Would I need to get a new aerial installed?

Its not the connector that you need to worry about its what is on your wall roof or in the loft.

[Deleted User]

ag19lfc wrote: »

So will I not be able to pick up any normal Freeview channels with that kind of connection?

Would I need to get a new aerial installed?

Instead of asking here, you need to go outside and look at what has already been installed on the roof or wall of the property. If the previous occupants had Sky or Freesat, it's likely there will only be a satellite dish in evidence. If there is an aerial on the roof (or perhaps in the loft) then you'll need to trace where the co-axial cable from it leads to.
If you want Freeview and have no existing aerial, you'll need a new aerial installation.

If there is a satellite dish, you could easily plug in a Freesat decoder to that old F-connector you photographed for post #1 of this thread-but to record with full functionality you'd need two feeds from the dish.

ag19lfc

Had a look on the roof and there's an aerial there but can't see where the coaxial cable comes out?

Have called a local aerial installer to come and take a look.

Rodders53

F-connectors can - and some will say should - be used for a standard TV aerial connection.

Very often people move home and take away a small power-supply box that attaches to the aerial cable and powers a mast-head or distribution amplifier. (The movers do this sometimes to be 'helpful').

Then no signal is found by the new occupants.

IF your TV or set-top box offers an 'antenna power' option you could try enabling that (it is very very unlikely to cause harm to the TV or anything connected to the aerial wires by being turned on as a test) and then re-tuning again. If you then get reception great and cancel the installer! {Either continue that way or obtain a power unit if there is more than one TV outlet in the dwelling you may want to use.}

Ideally though you need to trace the wire feeding that socket and see where it goes... as it may then be obvious if it is a ntl: / Virgin cable feed or from a satellite dish.

Also if in a house do check in the loft to see if there is a box with aerial cables attached that may need a mains supply plugged back in or switched on... The previous people may have switched it off deliberately for safety reasons when leaving the house?