DTT Aeriel????

discombobulate

Not sure if i've got this right but wondering if theres a strong aeriel or something I can get to receive DTT stations. I had my tv down in my parents house when I first got it and got loads of channels through the aeriel on the roof. I brought it up to Dublin then and am now using a set of cheap rabbit ears. If i fiddle around I can get RTE but nothing else and it comes and goes.

What are my options to get a stronger signal?

Bit new to this so hope i'm talking sense. I think DTT is what im on about anyway!

Tom Slick

There's FAQs at the top of the page, should be useful.

lucernarian

Depends on location. You could make the rabbits ears work much better if you have some sort of window view to the southeast, even if there are buildings obscuring some of the view out that window.

With DTT, you're supposed to be able to receive all the channels or none of them, so I can't see how you just had RTE1. Do you have a compatible receiver?

Btw, aerials for analogue and DTT are the same. The idea of a "digital" aerial is a marketing trick. A good analogue signal nearly always means a good digital signal. If you get snowy but colour pictures of analogue RTE 1/2 on UHF channel 29 and 33, DTT should be generally receivable in my experience.

Reports on boards and in real life suggest that little beyond rabbits ears is needed for DTT in all but the largest apartment blocks, in rooms that would have a northerly view only. I lived in such a place last year, and I still managed to get a signal with a little effort. Using a longer cable so the aerial faces out a window was key, even though the window faced northeast.

lucernarian

Tom Slick wrote: »

There's FAQs at the top of the page, should be useful.

In my opinion, it's not very useful. Full of extra commentary and specific questions. Specific questions should be kept for threads and FAQs for general and commonly sought information. Techtir.ie would do a better job in that regard anyway. http://www.techtir.ie/saortv/saorview

discombobulate

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

Depends on location. You could make the rabbits ears work much better if you have some sort of window view to the southeast, even if there are buildings obscuring some of the view out that window.

With DTT, you're supposed to be able to receive all the channels or none of them, so I can't see how you just had RTE1. Do you have a compatible receiver?

Btw, aerials for analogue and DTT are the same. The idea of a "digital" aerial is a marketing trick. A good analogue signal nearly always means a good digital signal. If you get snowy but colour pictures of analogue RTE 1/2 on UHF channel 29 and 33, DTT should be generally receivable in my experience.

Reports on boards and in real life suggest that little beyond rabbits ears is needed for DTT in all but the largest apartment blocks, in rooms that would have a northerly view only. I lived in such a place last year, and I still managed to get a signal with a little effort. Using a longer cable so the aerial faces out a window was key, even though the window faced northeast.

This is the tv I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE37C5800-37-inch-Widescreen-Freeview/dp/B003DNSJ0O

To be honest I know pretty much nothing about whats needed so dont know if the receiver is compatiable. Its RTE 1, RTE 2 and a load of radio stations it seems to pick up with the ears. Living in Rathmines and large window facing straight East I reckon.

Analogue signal is pretty much as you described. I just ran theauto tune and its only the RTEs it picked up. When I did the same down home it picked up all sorts but that was as I said plugged into the wall through the aeriel on the roof.

almighty1

discombobulate wrote: »

This is the tv I have http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-UE37C5800-37-inch-Widescreen-Freeview/dp/B003DNSJ0O

To be honest I know pretty much nothing about whats needed so dont know if the receiver is compatiable. Its RTE 1, RTE 2 and a load of radio stations it seems to pick up with the ears. Living in Rathmines and large window facing straight East I reckon.

Analogue signal is pretty much as you described. I just ran theauto tune and its only the RTEs it picked up. When I did the same down home it picked up all sorts but that was as I said plugged into the wall through the aeriel on the roof.

Well you have MPEG4 which is a good start. Id buy a cheapish UHF aerial and see if you can pick up digital.

lucernarian

If you're picking up the digital channels, you *would* be picking up TV3, TG4 and RTÉ News Now aswell. They're all broadcast on the one group or "multiplex" of channels. Did you try to access the Digital TV menu and try to auto install the digital channels? You could try manual tune on C. 54 for the digital channels.

Rathmines shouldn't have any problems receiving DTT out an east-facing window even with a bit of properly shaped coathanger.

Hitting "autotune" when you first install the TV simply isn't enough. The TV is probably only set to pick up the analogue channels by default, so you'll have to use the digital TV menu to find them. It's not possible to be able to receive RTE1 but not TV3 as the Irish DTT service currently stands. Analogue would be different.