tracing ariel cables

kruez

Hi,

Having just moved into a new house, I'm trying to get my TV's working.

We have an ariel point downstairs which seems to work great, I can get al my freeview channels perfectly. Upstairs I have an ariel point in each of the bedrooms, but I get no signal.

On the roof there are 3 ariels (I know know why we need 3), However can only find one cable coming into the house. this cable disappears into the wall, and I have no idea where it is going. bearing in mind it's an old house so there are no cavity walls.

Can anyone give me some idea on how to trace the cable and see if it is only connected to the one downstairs. and how to trace the ariel points upstairs to see where they are connected. I've taken the boxes off the walls and they are wired up. I just don't know where the cable goes.

Thanks

jimbo_the_jetset

Could you ask the previous owners?

Is there just one cable coming from the aerial on the roof or 3? Does it go into the main point downstairs and then get redistributed elsewhere (take the point off the wall and see if one cable goes in and more than one out).

Other than that I guess a splitter could be hidden anywhere, underfloors etc. Would a cable detector work (the sort you use to check walls before drilling holes?)

kruez

The only way to contact the previous owner would be to write to them.

I can only see one cable coming into the house. the points I have taken off the wall only have one cable going to them, so I'm guessing a splitter is hidden somewhere. good idea with the cable check I hadn't thought of that.

espresso

Just because there are three aerials on the roof, doesn't mean that there will be three cables coming into the house. In some problem areas they stack three aerials together to get a better signal. You will most likely need a distribution amplifier in the loft to feed all of your outlets. The non working ones will most likely simply have a coil of cable in the loft that will need connecting to the distribution amp.