two tvs and one aerial

seven-day-weekend

In our bedroom we have a tv with freeview from a roof aerial (fitted in 2013). We would now like another TV in the second bedroom.

Is it possible to 'split' the aerial internally and extend it into the second bedroom so that it feeds both TVs?

Also would it be possible to watch different channels or do we have to do something different for that?

(We have Virgin Media downstairs but don't want to pay the charge for the extra box).

Words, of one syllable please, as I am no techie!

Thanks.:)

sax11

It will probably be easier to buy a powered indoor aerial for the 2nd tv than run a cable

Browntoa

You can get a amplified splitter , if the cable comes in via the wall in the bedroom then you would need someone to get on the roof to do this. If the cable comes in from the loft then you could do it yourself by cutting into the existing cable

Oblivion

Being in a strong signal area (line if sight of the Crystal Palace mast) I am able to use the one rooftop aerial to feed ... TV & DVD recorder in the lounge ... TV & Humax PVR in the kitchen ... TV & computer USB TV in the hobbies room. All done by running a coax feed around the flat and using passive splitters at the appropriate points, like these ...


http://www.amazon.co.uk/BX38-grade-aerial-combiner-splitter/dp/B000NVSODG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392635902&sr=8-1&keywords=tv+aerial+splitter


Any decent DIY store should have similar to these on the shelf together with reels of 75ohm TV coax cable and the various male, female and combiner plugs to complete the exercise.




ETA: Oh, and yes each TV and recorder works totally independently of each other so you can watch different things on different sets.

seven-day-weekend

Hi....we get really bad reception with the indoor aerial, either from Sutton Coldfield or Wrekin, as we are out of sight. Good picture with the roof aerial (I think it is from Sutton Coldfield).

The aerial comes in via the wall. Aerial Fitter, here we come!

(ETA: Just spotted Oblivion's DIY idea. My husband is probably going to try this )

seven-day-weekend

Would it be possible to watch different channels?

Oblivion

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Would it be possible to watch different channels?

Yes, the aerial supplies the complete freeview spectrum to every set, and each set works totally independently of the others.


We've often got the wife watching one program in the lounge, whilst the kitchen set is tuned to something quite different and the Humax is recording something different again. In the meantime, I can be watching another totally different channel on my computer using this USB TV decoder attached to the aerial extension ... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peak-Single-Channel-Scheduling-Recording/dp/B0042FKUQI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392637060&sr=8-1&keywords=Peak+USB+TV+tuner.


If you do decide to buy this little USB TV in a stick, here's a tip. Don't install the supplied software and use your aerial extension (the stick has a proper aerial socket) not the micky mouse indoor aerial that comes with it. Assuming Windows 7, simply plug it into a USB socket, open Windows Media Centre and click on Live TV. Media Centre will do all the hard work installing appropriate divers, gathering all the available channels etc. Once it's settled in, just use the up/down arrows to flick through channels.
I really love this little device ... it's so nice to have TV running on your computer when you're doing something else because the window it runs in is of course instantly resizable and re-positionable on the screen ... and you can't beat a 'new TV' for £12 .

seven-day-weekend

Thanks to all for your help.

J_B

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Is it possible to 'split' the aerial internally and extend it into the second bedroom so that it feeds both TVs?

Yes

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Also would it be possible to watch different channels or do we have to do something different for that?

Yes

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Words, of one syllable please, as I am no techie!

is that ok?

seven-day-weekend

J_B wrote: »

Yes


Yes



is that ok?

Absolutely! (Oh that is four syllables) :rotfl::rotfl:

bob_a_builder

and you can't beat a 'new TV' for £12

But don't forget to get any sort of of picture most people ( a lot anyway) are going to need to connect that to their main TV aerial rather than
use the little 'twig' they usually supply.

Connection to main TV aerial and a laptop are not ideal combination

If like Oblivion you live in a very strong signal area the twig' might just work but for most its a disappointment