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Trouble with amplifier and splitter

  • 03-02-2018 2:26pm
    #1
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I recently moved into a house in Drogheda that has a grid aerial on the roof that was connected to some sort of amplifier in the house. This setup was doing a good job of picking up Saorview and Freeview.

    I'm now trying to distribute the TV signal to TV points in the house that aren't hooked up. I've plugged the coax cable from the aerial directly into a One-4-All Booster I bought in Argos and connected the other TV points to the one-4-all.

    Now none of the points can get Freeview, but Saorview works fine. I've tried introducing the original booster into the chain either before the new booster/splitter or after it between the booster and TV, but still can't pick up the Freeview.

    Booster from Argos: http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5446353/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/Trail/searchtext%3EONE+4+ALL.htm

    I've attached images of the amp and aerial.


Comments

  • #2
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    The original 'booster' is a power supply for a masthead amplifier, this amp. being outside below the aerial. You can't remove this PSU, or put your new amp. between it & the amp. it's powering. Putting the new amp. after the PSU could be introducing too much amplification, especially since the Saorview signal seems to be strong enough to work with the masthead amp. (& hence the aerial itself) taken out of the equation, & a passive splitter would be the way to go.

    The cables for the other TV points must be running from the TV where the power supply is located?


  • #3
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Use one of these power passing splitters between the existing power supply and aerial down lead, connecting the existing cable to the power pass input/output. The other outputs will now have the amplified signal.

    http://www.freetv.ie/saorview/tv-splitters/power-passing/


  • #4
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    Thanks for the replies.

    So I refitted all the connections on the coax cables and it seems to be working now the with the power supply between the aerial and the new splitter/booster.

    Seems like the problem was my shoddy workmanship.


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