Will the indoor digital tv aerials that maplin sell work in ireland ?

lucozader

thank you

byte

Yes and No, depending on your location and various other factors including what aerial you're on about.

THis is a satellite forum, not for aerial discussion, so I'm moving it to Terrestrial forum.

watty

Avoid the ones with built in amplifiers.

For UHF:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=33215&criteria=TV%20aerial&doy=13m10

For VHF

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=8967&criteria=TV%20aerial&doy=13m10

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=8967&criteria=TV%20aerial&doy=13m10
£10

More expensive or amplified indoor aerials often work less well. To get better put the indoor aerials in the attic with one satellite coax to connect back to TV. The Coax can be poked through the tarred cloth and under a roof tile to fall down outside back of house.

if that is not good enough then an outdoor aerial is needed.
Sometimes a window sill aerial is better than attic depending on direction transmitter and material of roof.

To combine VHF & UHF aerials in attic or at back of TV use a Y splitter or a UHF/VHF Duplexer

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=5126&C=Maplin&U=SearchTop&T=TV%20SPLITTER&doy=13m10
or one of these with cable at back of plate going to TV:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=30773&criteria=VHF%20UHF%20&doy=13m10

Ulsterman 1690

The DTT stuff is all UHF now but an indoor aerial is probably a waste of time unless you can see the transmitter from your bedroom window

lucozader

i meant aerials for digital tv

not standard aerials

Mossy Monk

Where are you?

DMC

lucozader wrote: »

i meant aerials for digital tv

not standard aerials

They are no different than standard UHF aerials.

And your location is needed, to give us some idea of what size of aerial you require.

L1011

lucozader wrote: »

i meant aerials for digital tv

not standard aerials

No such thing as a digital aerial. They are exactly the same as "analogue" aerials.

lucozader

ok then well how do i pick up these free to air digital channels on my tv

byte

Based on your unknown location, or which digital channels you're after (Irish DTT trial? Freeview? TNT?) it's impossible for anyone to answer your query.

lucozader

irish dtt trial

live in dublin

TM

You may need to be more specific than just "Dublin"?

L1011

Pretty much anywhere in Dublin has coverage, unless you live -behind- Three Rock...

You need an aerial that can pick up channel 55 reliably - if you're getting colour on TG4 you're probably sorted - and a suitable decoder. At the moment any Freeview box will work BUT that could change at any time, it is a non-public trial. And it'll only get the (limited) free channels.