need help to connect tv to aerial
hi. my tv is on the wall and is far away from my aerial socket and i can
either get a long aerial extension to connect it .....Is there any other way or equipment i can use.?. ...and just askin will a plug in aerial booster work and would it allow to be pluged in a normal plug in the wall which i could just add the aerial from the aerial socket from the booster to the tv? |
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What about getting a Freeview box somewhere else in the room and using a TV sender which are normally fairly compact and IE easy to hide
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thnks 4 the reply
how would this work though? and would it leave any long wires to the tv which i dont want. how would it conect the tv sender, tv and freeview box together ? |
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any other more simple way to connect the aerail to my tv other than having to use long aerial wires would a simple plug in aerial boster work like the one above? any other simplified ways to solve the problem? |
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If by TV on the wall you mean a portable on a bracket, then the video sender is a good idea. If you're talking a large screen Plasma or LCD then a direct feed is essential to avoid loss in picture quality.
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talking about a large lcd the aerial socket is to far away from the tv.. and i dont want 2 have a long aerial cable going across the room ..
other ways? |
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Moved to 'Other TV Services' as this has nothing to do with Virgin cable TV so far as I can see.
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If I were you I'd be researching your best options for minimising the appearance of the cable rather than looking for fiddly technical solutions that will simply end up compromising the quality of your TV viewing. |
aerial boosters
my aerial socket is far away from my tv i was wonderin becasue theres a plug under my tv weather plugging in a aerail booster then inserting the aerial cable in there to connect to my tv would work?
below is the picture of what im on bout http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argo...5UC229518M.jpg |
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You would still need a long length of ariel cable as input for the booster... then a short length for output to your TV. But to be honest, CoAx cable (that they use for ariels) can run for 100meters - and surely your room isn't that big :) without major signal loss, if you have good quality stuff...
We use one in our house, as the ariel cable is split between 2 TV sets and works rather well. |
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ive got aerial cables im just askin if i put them in the booster and connect to tv would it work
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Yes they would. But why do you need the booster? Do you not get a good signal?
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no i need it because my aerial socket is too far away from my tv and either i get an extended aerial cable which i really dont want or the booster which im not sure on if it will work or not.
so would it defintley work then? |
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Exactly how far is the Tv from the socket? If within 20meters then just get a decent quality co-ax, if though you find you do need a booster then always place the booster as close to the antenna side if possible than the TV side, otherwise you're boosting all the noise that the coax picks up
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im avoiding the coax cables because it looks untidy and really dont want cables running around . would that booster work if i plug it in and use the sockets on the booster to connect the aerial cable to my tv?
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You connect the aerial into the aerial in socket on the booster and then connect an aerial lead to the output socket and the other end into the TV.
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As Ben says the booster isn;t designed to transmit the signal via the mains cabling but instead it boosts the signal over co-axial cable. with or without the booster you still need the co-ax..
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so u cant just have one lead goin from the booster to tv
if im readin it rite u need a lead and a indoor aerial ? for it to work |
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Yep, you need an antenna, a bit of coa-ax and a TV to recieve TV channels
If the antenna is weak (indoor or a fringe area) or it's a long co-ax run then the booster you show goes between the coax to the antenna and another piece of coax to the TV and amplifies the signal BUT they can;t perform miracles and boost a really bad signal |
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The aerial amplifier you are looking at does not replace a cable, it boosts the signal in the cable. We have had this discussion with the OP already in another thread.
In short there is not yet a way to wirelessly transmit high quality video to a large screen TV. Ofcom have hinted at licensing this type of product in future, but it is not yet off the drawing board. A direct connection from the TV to aerial is the only option. |
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would have been cheaper and better ( if only 1 tv is need ) a female coax to male ( coax meters needed ) and male coax plug at end to plug in tv/freeview box . u drop some db`s but would be low.
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Is the TV on the outside wall?
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