Do I need wall aerial for Irish digital channels

muchos04

Guys,

I already have a combo box working perfectly in living room. Irish digital channels are picked up from digital aerial in attic with aerial socket on living room wall. I want to put a combo in another room at the other end of house with no aerial socket plate on wall and no access to the digital aerial in attic.

Will this combo box pick up the Irish channels without having an aerial plugged into the box?

Thanks
Muchos04

Peter Rhea

You need a feed from an aerial to the box.

The Cush

muchos04 wrote: »

Will this combo box pick up the Irish channels without having an aerial plugged into the box?

No, aerial always required. It might work with a small indoor aerial if the signal is good enough where you locate it.

muchos04

Thanks Guys,

I could try it with rabbit ears. Are there specific digital rabbit ears required?

grousedogtom

there is really no such thing as a digital aerial.try a uhf indoor aerial something like these http://www.ebay.ie/sch/Satellite-Cable-Freeview-/15069/i.html?_nkw=uhf+indoor+aerial

Peter Rhea

Don't spend that kind of money on an indoor aerial, something like this more directional type will probably work better for a fraction of the cost.

John mac

you could run the aerial connection outside.

muchos04

Thanks Guys,

Think i'll probably give that small direction aerial a go. I think there is enough reception about to pick up the digital Irish channels. I'll give it a go!

SalteeDog

I take it you have a satellite dish and a feed to that room too (or why else would you be using a combo-box rather than a regular Saorview set top box?). If you have a satellite feed it should be possible to combine the attic aerial signals and the Satellite signals in the same cable and split them at the wall-socket.

muchos04

Yes, I intend to purchase a twin LNB and bring a satellite feed to this new room at the other end of the house without going through the attic. For my other room with combo box already installed, i have used a combiner and split at the wall socket using one of those special wall plates. Trouble is this other room doesnt have any wall sockets and is located away from the main attic with an attic of its own which doesn't make things ideal.

regards
muchos04

SalteeDog

Well since you are drilling holes and running cables, it may make sense to stick up a outside UHF aerial too while you are at it.

Sam Russell

And if you are buying a new LNB, get a quad so you can run extra connections. They are the same sort of price as a dual.

Also, look to use splitter/combiner so that the two signals can run down the one cable to the room. Only one cable required for each combi. Two cables would allow use of a PVR.

muchos04

Hi Sam,
Will take that advice thanks. Is there such thing as a combiner which has two inputs and two outputs (one output for sat and terrestrial channels on one combo) and another (output for sat and terrestrial on the second combo)?

Peter Rhea

You can't do that with a simple satellite/terrestrial diplexer, each receiver needs a separate feed from the lnb.

Sam Russell

If you want to use two combis, then a splitter like this - http://www.tvtrade.ie/amplifiers-and-diplexers/satellite-combiners.html will do, but you need to split the aerial, and it all gets messy. A multiswitch begins to make sense for more that two combis. It all depends on what you want to achieve - and how deep your pockets are.

You are moving outside DIY when you move onto the multiswitch.

Compton

thats why things like this exist

http://satworld.ie/product-info.php?Satellite___Terrestrial_Combiner__4_TV_s_-pid344.html

and it works perfectly..

muchos04

Thanks guys

Will think of something

donutheadhomer

Sam Russell wrote: »

If you want to use two combis, then a splitter like this - http://www.tvtrade.ie/amplifiers-and-diplexers/satellite-combiners.html will do, but you need to split the aerial, and it all gets messy. A multiswitch begins to make sense for more that two combis. It all depends on what you want to achieve - and how deep your pockets are.

You are moving outside DIY when you move onto the multiswitch.

what would you use at the other end then to split the signal up to connect at the TV end?

The Cush

EurasianBadger wrote: »

what would you use at the other end then to split the signal up to connect at the TV end?

One of these http://www.tvtrade.ie/amplifiers-and-diplexers/satellite-combiners.html or this http://www.tvtrade.ie/wolsey-tv-aerial-and-satellite-wall-plate.html

muchos04

Have used these before and they work a treat