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Saorview questions you were afraid to ask!

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  • 18-10-2012 8:00pm
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    christmas2010
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭


    In the spirit of the previous thread on computer questions you were afraid to ask i though I'd start this one.
    I realise it's dealt with on other forums but my eyes glaze over with a lot of the very detailed replies which I can't understand.
    I live in the Dublin area, my main tv is sorted as we have UPC. However we have a small portable upstairs which receives the four Irish channels. It has its own aerial attached. Is it worth my while buying a saorview box for this or do we need to have an outdoor aerial?
    Thanks


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    The rabbit ears on top of the TV can be okay, if they're in a south facing room, but interference will cause problems. Putting an aerial in your attic (no climbing up the side of your house), and feeding a television cable from it to your TV via a Saorview box will be what you want.
    This is an example of one such aerial (picked this one, as he's on baords.ie), but there are others.


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    christmas2010
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭christmas2010


    Thanks syco, that sounds very interesting. Another silly question but if I buy a newer small tv that has saorview on it should I just need this aerial to receive the channels?
    Would it be possible to receive any british channels using this system?
    Thanks


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    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Thanks for putting this up. We are in the exact same position and looking for a box for one of our wee adult bairns who has telly in his room. Interested in answers.


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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,121 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    You know how the ads say 'just get the box and plug it in, no problem!!' Well we had our TV guy (who has been sorting our tv for 20 years or more, no problems) come out to sort it for us. He spent over 3 hours trying to get two tvs to work.

    Turned out in the end that the initial two boxes he tried were both duds - two different makes - and only when he went and got two new boxes were we sorted. OK an amazing co-incidence, but I would have been fighting with it yet!

    Even now reception is a bit iffy, but we are waiting till after the switch on to see does it settle down.


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