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Active Antenna

LiamKK1982 · 2012-12-09 14:50:14

I bought an Alba Saorview box from Argos, it works great. In the settings menu there is an option to turn active antenna on/off. Does anyone know what it means and what difference it makes to turn the option on or off. Thanks.

09-12-2012 2:50pm

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LiamKK1982

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I bought an Alba Saorview box from Argos, it works great. In the settings menu there is an option to turn active antenna on/off. Does anyone know what it means and what difference it makes to turn the option on or off. Thanks.

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#2 09-12-2012 3:41pm

Peter Rhea

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Active antenna on will provide a power supply (usually 5 volts) from the aerial input. This will be enough to power the amplifier in indoor 'set-top' type aerials & some masthead or distribution amps. used with outdoor aerials.

There's no point having it switched on, unless for this purpose.

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