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Aerial in apartment?

  • 24-09-2018 10:38am
    #1
    Oonagh123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I've moved into an apartment and I'm a little bit confused regarding the aerial output?

    In the bedrooms there are:
    Bedroom 1- NTL (Which has TV & FM input)
    Bedroom 2 - UPC (Which has 2 outputs - no label) 
    Living room - UPC (Which has 2 outputs - no label) 

    Is this my aerial connection or my internet connection? I only want to watch the standard channels (RTE, TV3 etc.)

    I'm also assuming this is my connection for my internet connection? Do I need to go with UPC/Virgin to get an internet connection? Or can I go with any provider?

    Thanks,

    Oonagh


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Those boxes are connected to the Virgin Media (VM) network, it was previously UPC and before that NTL. The labels on the boxes are not significant, functionally they are all the same. VM has started to switch off the old analog TV signals so the likelihood is that there is nothing available from those sockets and there is definitely no connection to an aerial, that would be a separate wall socket if you had an aerial.

    You probably won't be able to erect an aerial so you will have to talk to VM about getting connected. They can offer TV and/or broadband services. It will all come from one of the sockets on those wall boxes, the other port is for a restricted set of FM radio stations.

    If the apartment is wired for a landline phone, you would also have the option of getting services from Eir or Vodafone.


  • #3
    Oonagh123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭Oonagh123


    coylemj wrote: »
    Those boxes are connected to the Virgin Media (VM) network, it was previously UPC and before that NTL. The labels on the boxes are not significant, functionally they are all the same.  VM has started to switch off the old analog TV signals so the likelihood is that there is nothing available from those sockets and there is definitely no connection to an aerial, that would be a separate wall socket if you had an aerial.

    You probably won't be able to erect an aerial so you will have to talk to VM about getting connected. They can offer TV and/or broadband services. It will all come from one of the sockets on those wall boxes, the other port is for a restricted set of FM radio stations.

    If the apartment is wired for a landline phone, you would also have the option of getting services from Eir or Vodafone.

    If I want standard TV I will have to pay for the service via VM? Is it possible to upgrade these boxes in the apartment to get digital/Freeview?
    The apartment has a magnet wall socket also, so I'm assuming this is the telephone line. Its a Magnet wall socket and a magnet box in the cupboard, but can I go with a different company or am I restricted to Magnet? 
    Thanks for your help Coylemj.


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    You will have to pay VM for a TV package which will involve a digital box per TV, the channel options are documented on their website.... https://www.virginmedia.ie/television/buy-a-tv-package/

    The only way you can get Saorview/Freeview is with an aerial. I don't know anything about Magent's kit or wiring.

    The wall points in your apartment are probably wired to a point somewhere on the first floor where the VM feed comes into the building. Even if you were permitted to erect an aerial, getting it connected to the existing wall points wouldn't be that straightforward.


  • #5
    Oonagh123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭Oonagh123


    I have access to the roof space, will I be able to rewire the wall points? Or is this totally out of the question?


  • #6
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,620 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Oonagh123 wrote: »
    I have access to the roof space, will I be able to rewire the wall points? Or is this totally out of the question?

    It's not totally out of the question but it will be a long route from the aerial to the TV points in the apartment. The UPC/NTL wall boxes in your apartment are wired to a point in the building where the Virgin Media feed is connected. This could be a messy collection of boxes attached to the outside of the building at first floor level, or it could be a patch panel inside the building to which the maintenance people have access.

    Without drilling a hole in a window frame or through the exterior wall of the building, any aerial that you erect will need to be connected to the end of the cable that leads to your wall points. That will mean running the aerial cable from the roof to somewhere probably on the first floor of the building, where the cables from your TV points are currently terminating and connected to the external VM feed.

    Just because you have 'access to the roof space' doesn't mean the landlord will allow you to erect an aerial.


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