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New aerial with more than 1 tv, please help

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Old 26-09-2009, 9:25 AM   #1
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New aerial with more than 1 tv, please help

I'm not very well up on digital tv being a woman so any help would be great. I've tried reading up on amplifliers and stuff but it's doing my head in.
I have one tv with built in freeview in my lounge which at the moment is connected to my sky dish and one freeview tv in my dining room which is connected to an aerial which is approx 30 years old My son also has a tv in his bedroom with freeview thats not connected to anything, he only uses it for his xbox 360 at the mo.
I have had to cancel my sky subscription due my redundancy (might get it back when funds allow) . What I want to do is install a decent digital aerial and connect all the tv's to it without losing any signal quality. I would also like to be able to add extra tv's in the future. What equipment would I need, along with my new aerial to do this.
Thanks in advance Sue
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Old 26-09-2009, 10:58 AM   #2
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Re: New aerial with more than 1 tv, please help

I phoned up my local Confederation of Aerial Installer

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on time,tidy job


1 new Aerial and 2connetions
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Old 26-09-2009, 4:39 PM   #3
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Re: New aerial with more than 1 tv, please help

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I'm not very well up on digital tv being a woman so any help would be great. I've tried reading up on amplifliers and stuff but it's doing my head in.
I have one tv with built in freeview in my lounge which at the moment is connected to my sky dish and one freeview tv in my dining room which is connected to an aerial which is approx 30 years old My son also has a tv in his bedroom with freeview thats not connected to anything, he only uses it for his xbox 360 at the mo.
I have had to cancel my sky subscription due my redundancy (might get it back when funds allow) . What I want to do is install a decent digital aerial and connect all the tv's to it without losing any signal quality. I would also like to be able to add extra tv's in the future. What equipment would I need, along with my new aerial to do this.
Thanks in advance Sue
Does your existing aerial give a stable freeview picture ?. if so you don't need a new aerial you just need to install a simple amplifier to split the signal.
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Old 27-09-2009, 8:23 PM   #4
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Re: New aerial with more than 1 tv, please help

Just cancel the Sky subscription and keep the satellite for the lounge as the free $ky channels will be greater than freeview. Don't worry about the kid as what he hasn't got he won't miss.
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