Splitting a freeview signal?
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I fitted my own aerial in the loft, and split the signal between the bedroom and living room with no issues. Did the lot for £30, and then laughed at my neighbour who got a company in and paid £450 for the same set-up
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Thats my plan. No loss in quality either when only one tv is on or both?
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eh? If its DVB-T its exactly the same as splitting a terrestrial analogue signal.
Aerial --> Aerial amplifier/distributor --> TV sockets --> TVs
I've got a 8-way Invacom "loftbox" in the attic. Seems to do the job, it will multiplex DAB radio and analogue radio via the same cables and has satelite throughput via the "TV-out" on a sky box, so you can watch the same Sky channel in the other rooms (if needed). Although the latter feature is useless for anything other than a portable TV as it only can do analogue with mono audio.
Aerial --> Aerial amplifier/distributor --> TV sockets --> TVs
I've got a 8-way Invacom "loftbox" in the attic. Seems to do the job, it will multiplex DAB radio and analogue radio via the same cables and has satelite throughput via the "TV-out" on a sky box, so you can watch the same Sky channel in the other rooms (if needed). Although the latter feature is useless for anything other than a portable TV as it only can do analogue with mono audio.
Last edited by ALi-B; 19 January 2014 at 05:22 PM.
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of course theres a loss , it doesn't split it in 2 you lose about roughly about 4dB insertion loss.
So if you're in a strong area you could get away with a splitter (don't buy the crap plastic white one) if that doesn't work buy a two way amplifier .
Oh and fit the splitter as close to the aerial as possible too as you'll be splitting the best possible signal not the worse at the end of the cable as you will have cable loss
Make sure your connections are good and theres not short (braiding touching the centre core)
So if you're in a strong area you could get away with a splitter (don't buy the crap plastic white one) if that doesn't work buy a two way amplifier .
Oh and fit the splitter as close to the aerial as possible too as you'll be splitting the best possible signal not the worse at the end of the cable as you will have cable loss
Make sure your connections are good and theres not short (braiding touching the centre core)
Last edited by Ant; 19 January 2014 at 07:30 PM.
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