virgin box and aerial

dave030445

Hope this is the right place to post this.
My Mum has just had a new virgin box installed.
She has a TV in the living room next to the virgin box which works via a hdmi cable which is fine. Now the problem she also has a TV in the kitchen which is run with a normal Aerial cable. But there is no output on the virgin box for this to work the man from virgin said the new boxes don't have Aerial connections. so my question is how can i get the TV in the kitchen connected to the virgin box.
Many thanks for any help.

macman

It's an aerial. HDMI cable? Or SCART if an older TV-depends what other outputs are on the VM box.

dave030445

macman wrote: »

It's an aerial. HDMI cable? Or SCART if an older TV-depends what other outputs are on the VM box.

the tv just has a aerial connection the VM box has hdmi and scart

MataNui

It cant be done. They are completely different technologies. You cant connect a HDMI/AV to an analogue aerial socket. Your choices are give up or get a new TV.

dave030445

MataNui wrote: »

It cant be done. They are completely different technologies. You cant connect a HDMI/AV to an analogue aerial socket. Your choices are give up or get a new TV.

hi thanks for that. would it work if i run it through a video player which has aerial socket.

MoneyMate

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dave030445

MoneyMate wrote: »

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/nikkai-digital-freeview-receiver-a75hq?gclid=CjwKEAjw0ueeBRCmhozc-_DRrlUSJABihBEEPN37w7UbGzKnz2LxmpISbVc9BdrOetGaLMYy7akYshoC-QXw_wcB :beer:

thanks but that wont work.

[Deleted User]

Whatever you do, the most you are likely to achieve is being able to only view the same channel on both TVs.

If you want Virgin in both rooms with full functionality your mother will have to pay for another decoder by subscribing to Multi-room.

The only realistic alternative is to continue watching the Freeview channels provided by the Kitchen TV's aerial.

dave030445

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Whatever you do, the most you are likely to achieve is being able to only view the same channel on both TVs.

If you want Virgin in both rooms with full functionality your mother will have to pay for another decoder by subscribing to Multi-room.

The only realistic alternative is to continue watching the Freeview channels provided by the Kitchen TV's aerial.

she lives on her own so the same channel is not a problem she really wants virgin on both tv's. so any idea how this is possible.

Inner_Zone

dave030445 wrote: »

hi thanks for that. would it work if i run it through a video player which has aerial socket.

Should do it its a recorder with an RF modulator (most did but not all) or:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/programmable-universal-modulator-vh89w

Pincher

You can get 10 meter length cables, HDMI, video and audio, and even SCART. For HDMI, there are splitters you can get to share the HDMI output from the Virgin set top box. This will provide the simplest solution if you can run the cable.


If not, the video sender approach means you need to power the transmitter and receiver on both ends, and find space for the extra bits and pieces.


I simply do not believe there is an old TV out there with no video and audio input, on top of the aerial co-ax socket. If that was truly the case, the need to buy a modulator and therefore the power adapter means I would get a new TV, probably one of those folding TVs that mount under the wall kitchen unit.


Looking at my spare junk lying around, HDMI can convert to DVI by adapter, so an old computer monitor can work. There is a SCART to VGA adapter, but it doesn't always work, obviously the SCART has to output in RGB, not S-Video or composite. The monitor speakers are horrible, but usable.