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bugsy1977

hi all,i need help,i just moved into a new apartment in drogheda,i plugged the tv into the hole 4 the ariel in the wall(no booster box) and i can get bbc1,bbc2,itv,channel4,tv3 and sky news.i have sky and when i plugged it in to the tv it says no signal,i cant even tune in rte,whats the story ,how come i can get sky news?

Mike 1972

When you say you have Sky is this a Sky digibox and if so where are you connecting it ?

The channels you are getting are when you connect the aerial socket to the TV without the Skybox right ?

*When you did the scan on the TV did it say anything about "VHF" (Sometimes shortened to "V" "VH" or "V-Hi") or "UHF" ?

Do you have TG4 and is the "ITV" from Northern Ireland or somewhere in Mainland Britain (i.e. you can tell from local news or ads)


* Im guessing the aerial(s) on the apartment might be pointing at Kippure rather than Claremont and RTE1/2 from there is on VHF

GerardKeating

bugsy1977 wrote: »

hi all,i need help,i just moved into a new apartment in drogheda,i plugged the tv into the hole 4 the ariel in the wall(no booster box) and i can get bbc1,bbc2,itv,channel4,tv3 and sky news.i have sky and when i plugged it in to the tv it says no signal,i cant even tune in rte,whats the story ,how come i can get sky news?

Is your TV FreeView compatible ?

bugsy1977

thanks for replying,im plugging the tv straight into the wall,i taught it was odd that i can get sky news ,dont know anything about freeview,when i scan the tv it dosnt say "ufh" ect.its says MHz and goes from 200 MHz to 999 MH z.im prob goin to have to get a guy in to sort it.

Mike 1972

Sounds like theres a private cable network in your apartment hence the Sky News.

RTE are probably somewhere below 200 MHz

VV Good point are unencrypted analouge MMDS feeds still around ? VV

maxg

It looks more like Chorus MMDS analogue.