Quick Question about Freeview

johnmcdnl

I'm just after buying a 22" tv primarily for PS3ing in my bedroom but the tv can get freeview and all the RTE digital stations and all the radio stations and all that when I plug it into my aerial because it has the digital tuner built in...

I'm moving this tv up to my bedroom though so just wondering would a set of rabbit ears or something similar be able to get the digital tv stations

I'm living in the middle of Co Cavan so I'm not too hopeful but if anyone has any idea before I go out and waste whatever on the rabbit ears... I should be able to get the analogue stations with the rabbit ears though still shouldn't I

will I be able to get Freeview and digital tv with rabbit ears or something like that basically

thanks

More than likely not.
You might just get the irish channels as opposed to NI freeview.

watty

True "Rabbit's Ears" are really VHF.

You want UHF aerials. About €6 to €15 so cheap experiement
The three indoor aerials here are examples what to buy:
http://www.techtir.ie/saortv/saorview


But a distribution amp and cable for main aerial is what you need unless you on very high ground facing strong UK signal.

johnmcdnl

where's the best place to buy a UHF aerial and how much extra is one of those distrubtion amp going to put me back...

it's only going to be for the bedroom to save me walking downstairs so I really don't want to go over the top with the money

All in about a 100 euro tops including cable,maybe 60 euro.

Get a decent distribution amplifier and put it behind where your living room tv is and plug the aerial currently going into your present tv into the signal in end of that.
If theres 6 out points,choose one,plug in one end of the cable run to that and put a plug on the other end up in your room.
Use a short cable to use one of the other "outs" for the living room tv.
Simple

winston_1

You may not need a distribution amplifier. Try a 2 way splitter first.

johnmcdnl

I think I'll chance just a UHF aerial for the bedroom and if it can pick up RTE1 RTE2 TV3 and TG4 I'll be happy - spending more than 20-30 eur o is out of the question as is getting wires all over the house etc etc...

This all has to go pass the auld pair so all the gear has to stay in my room or else I'll just go downstairs to watch the freeview.... it'd just be the convenience of it really - If I can't get the freeview with the wee aerial I'll just leave it - not too bothered and definitely not going to start spending money on it...

is it easy to find a UHF bedroom aerial in an electrical sop??

rockey1

Is your main aerial for your sitting room is it on the roof? if so dose the cable come in2 your attic? or is your aerial in the attic? if it is you know, you might have a distribution on already if so there could be room to take a other cable if so all you have to do is get what every size of cable you need two coax plugs one end into the splitter in your attic bring the other end down to your bed room into your TV and your done

and if there is no room in the box in the attic you can just tie into it with a white y splitter bout 50cent

if none of these is the way your sitting room is done let me know how it is done (how the cable comes to the tv from the aerial) and i will tell you what to do cause you have freeview already in one room it should cost very little to get it in a other room

johnmcdnl

The main tv is in the living room and the aerial is on the roof..

the wire comes down on the outside of the house and past the bedroom but goes on down and enters the house through the living room window...

I'd have to start drilling holes through the outside wall of the house or through the ceiling and it's just too much effort to be worth it...


The tv is gonna be used for the PS3 most of the time but I just really want an aerial basically to flip over to see the score in the soccer maybe or something like that and if I got lucky maybe get some of the freeview stations... I'm not looking to go out of the way to get the freeview but if there's an aerial that is better for getting the freeview that's pretty much what I'd be looking for basically but I really don't want to go much further out of my way than to plug the aerial straight into the tv

rockey1

your right would be a bigger job than you would think just get a grid uhf aerial they cover all channels www.vanjaks.com or good but you need to reg on there site there about 18 pound

FREETV

rockey1 wrote: »

your right would be a bigger job than you would think just get a grid uhf aerial they cover all channels www.vanjaks.com or good but you need to reg on there site there about 18 pound

Either install another aerial with a high gain low noise masthead amp such as the Triax 34A, old saddle and clamp type which is old stock being cleared very cheaply from above, it will do the job for Divis and buy a roll of budget RG6 satellite cable by Philex, SAC or Triax, it will suffice when amplified. That masthead amp has three variable gain stages.Your other options are to use a splitter from the livingroom coaxial outlet box on the wall and buy a cheap high gain one way distribution amp, the Konig 20db type on Ebay or Philex may do. Also you could change the box downstairs to a two way outlet box, buy 50 metres of satellite cable and coax connectors and amplify the signal in to your room. A wideband aerial should get you both Divis Freeview and Irish DTT so the 34W WIDEBAND MASTHEAD AMP by Triax would probably be the best all round solution and a Vision V23 100mA power supply unit. Window cables can be bought on ebay from the UK very cheaply so you could slide one under your window and won't need to bore a hole there.

Tom Slick

Is an outdoor splitter and a hole in the bedroom wall/window not by far the simplest solution here?(Ignoring arguments already made against)

johnmcdnl

johnmcdnl wrote: »

I think I'll chance just a UHF aerial for the bedroom and if it can pick up RTE1 RTE2 TV3 and TG4 I'll be happy - spending more than 20-30 eur o is out of the question as is getting wires all over the house etc etc...

This all has to go pass the auld pair so all the gear has to stay in my room or else I'll just go downstairs to watch the freeview.... it'd just be the convenience of it really - If I can't get the freeview with the wee aerial I'll just leave it - not too bothered and definitely not going to start spending money on it...

is it easy to find a UHF bedroom aerial in an electrical sop??

hmm you could hook a video sender up to a digital terrestrial stb in the living room there using a splitter and 2 feet of co ax to feed it which would mean minimal signal loss.
Control the video sender with remote control extenders aka pyramids.
No cables,funny set up but problem solved,all channels and perfect reception and best of all,your parents will hardly notice it's there

Tom Slick

This all sounds like considerably more effort than the "drilling holes" solution.

Takes about 10 mins...
All plug in and play...
No drill no cable no mess...

watty

Interferes with WiFi or interfered by WiFi (esp N).

Channels A, B C and D for video on 2.4GHz. But no channel selection for Remote (433.92MHz). So if a Neighbour has same set box they can accidentaly change your channel.

The 5.8GHz kind according to my reading are illegal here. Likely because not only is 5.8Ghz, 802.11a WiFi, but "full" spec 802.11n uses 5.8 and 2.4.

Plus Side
No need for "pyramid" as all Video Senders have IR remote built in.
All do Stereo
All take SCART adaptor (composite video).
FM Video, so if signal is good, the quality is better than any built in RF modulator (AM videio and Mono sound always).

Also there is much "registered" FWALA Licence Free "Fixed Wireless Broadband" in Ireland (not elsewhere much in Europe/UK).

I like wires.

Tom Slick

If your TV has digital tuner,why go to all this trouble? (Used one before with Sky box and analogue only set) Maybe I'm missing the point.