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[theolodian]

We seem to only have one outlet for the roof aerial in the house.  We want to have a small TV in the bedroom.  What is the cheapest workable way to have freeview?  Do rabbit ears, etc. work for freeview?  Amplified aerial?  Get a guy in to snake a cable into the loft and tie into the roof aerial?

Freeview doesn't work that well around here, most of the channels drop off a lot of the time, so I don't want to spend more than necessary to get something that doesn't work very well in the first place.

TIA!

[TheBoy]

We seem to only have one outlet for the roof aerial in the house.  We want to have a small TV in the bedroom.  What is the cheapest workable way to have freeview?  Do rabbit ears, etc. work for freeview?  Amplified aerial?  Get a guy in to snake a cable into the loft and tie into the roof aerial?

Freeview doesn't work that well around here, most of the channels drop off a lot of the time, so I don't want to spend more than necessary to get something that doesn't work very well in the first place.

TIA!

The fact that I know you have trouble anyway, all the mickey mouse stuff will be worse

[theolodian]

We seem to only have one outlet for the roof aerial in the house.  We want to have a small TV in the bedroom.  What is the cheapest workable way to have freeview?  Do rabbit ears, etc. work for freeview?  Amplified aerial?  Get a guy in to snake a cable into the loft and tie into the roof aerial?

Freeview doesn't work that well around here, most of the channels drop off a lot of the time, so I don't want to spend more than necessary to get something that doesn't work very well in the first place.

TIA!

The fact that I know you have trouble anyway, all the mickey mouse stuff will be worse

Either the transmitter works or it doesn't.  Seems to drop out regularly.  Analog always works, as well as BBC1 and 2 on freeview.  The rest of it is a cr@pshoot.

[stuart30]

Had a similar problem in my old house due to weak signal...spent £180 having a loft Ariel supposedly especially for freeview and low and behold it was utterly useless and that's with it being boosted by the fitter.

Have you considered a dish...several free to view channels without subs.

I use one of these at work as the signal here isnt much cope...works pretty good so might be worth buying one and giving it a go.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5344204/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIEL.htm

[theolodian]

Had a similar problem in my old house due to weak signal...spent £180 having a loft Ariel supposedly especially for freeview and low and behold it was utterly useless and that's with it being boosted by the fitter.

Have you considered a dish...several free to view channels without subs.

I use one of these at work as the signal here isnt much cope...works pretty good so might be worth buying one and giving it a go.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5344204/Trail/searchtext%3EAERIEL.htm

We don't have permission to install a dish.  Yeah, I may give one of those amplified thingies a shot.

[carlos_fandango]

We have a freeview box, a tv with a portable aerial (looks like a small version of a roof aerial) and a £5 booster box.

Works great get all the channels.

AERIAL to BOOSTER to FREEVIEW to SCART to TV

Carlos

[carlos_fandango]

Do have to put the aerial quite high up in the room though, ours is hanging over the curtain rail in the bedroom.

[Martin_1962]

Here goes.

1) Check the cables, possibly recable with CT100, check the aerial, how old, how big ect - a picture may help

2) Get a decent box, PVRs are usually better than £20 noddy boxes.

3) Daisy chain to upstairs, my cable route is

Aerial->amp
------->
PSU->TV->Twin->BT Vision->Beta VCR
-------> back up stairs
->Pace DTVA

Yes I do have 2 PVRs, 1 box and an IDTV

[STMO123]

If you are in an area where the signal strength is weak Theo, then you're likely to be fooked. I've tried everything for my poor old mum in Liverpool, all to no avail. A chap who came out to have a look quite honestly told me I was wasting my time.

[theolodian]

We get freeview from the existing building aerial directly through the TV or BT Vision.  However, the transmitter seems to drop out regularly.  Not looking to fix that, just to see if we can get freeview in the bedroom where there is no outlet for the building aerial.  We rent, so can't do a dish or other major work - and not worth too much trouble since the transmitter is flaky.

[TheBoy]

We get freeview from the existing building aerial directly through the TV or BT Vision.  However, the transmitter seems to drop out regularly.  Not looking to fix that, just to see if we can get freeview in the bedroom where there is no outlet for the building aerial.  We rent, so can't do a dish or other major work - and not worth too much trouble since the transmitter is flaky.

Doubt the transmitter is dropping often, I'd suggest weak signal...

[Plomien]

if your pc is in the room
http://zattoo.com/

[theolodian]

We get freeview from the existing building aerial directly through the TV or BT Vision.  However, the transmitter seems to drop out regularly.  Not looking to fix that, just to see if we can get freeview in the bedroom where there is no outlet for the building aerial.  We rent, so can't do a dish or other major work - and not worth too much trouble since the transmitter is flaky.

Doubt the transmitter is dropping often, I'd suggest weak signal...

Often it is fine, then all but a few channels drop out.  We are supposed to get freeview here, but the neighbors have Sky so no idea if the signal is any good for them.

[Danny]

freeview boxes are dirt cheap, have a nosey through your yellow pages for a company that will fit an extra roof aerial onto your house

thats what i've done, aerial was about £50 (held onto the chimney properly and not drilled into the brickwork!), freeview box was lifted from my mates when he got sent down, to cover an outstanding debt

[theolodian]

if your pc is in the room
http://zattoo.com/

No it isn't, and the Wifi is yet another problem at the minute!