2 Boxes, 2 aerials?

Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not even sure
there's enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the extra cost and
time involved)?
Regards
Rory

Rory wrote:
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof.

I think you will find that they are wrong - name the shed here.

"Rory" wrote in message
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Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not even sure there's
enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the extra cost and time
involved)?
Regards
Rory

Whatever infrastructure you have for analogue, is likely
to work for DTT, try it.


If you are starting from scratch, just get a multiple output amplifier and
run a coax
to the second location. Use good quality "satellite grade" coax cable.

If the signal is strong enough you might get away with a low loss passive
Y splitter.

Rory wrote:
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not even sure
there's enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the extra cost and
time involved)?

They're talking complete crap. Count up the number of TV sets on display,
and ask them where the equivalent number of aerials can be seen on their roof.


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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:57:58 +0000, Richard Oliver
wrote:

|Rory wrote:
| Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
| set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
| each on the roof.
|
|I think you will find that they are wrong - name the shed here.

Also write to the Managing Director of the shed, they are conning you, I
have four or five TVs running on one aerial.
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Rory wrote:
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run
2 set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an
aerial for each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not
even sure there's enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the
extra cost and time involved)?

They're talking complete crap. Count up the number of TV sets on
display, and ask them where the equivalent number of aerials can be
seen on their roof.


If you have a 10 element aerial you can run 10 TVs from it, if you have
an 18 element aerial you can run 18 TVs. The 'shed' would only need a
single 52 element aerial

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Alan
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"Rory" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed

You might as well ask a passing slug.

that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof.

Ha!

Bill

Rory wrote:
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run
2 set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an
aerial for each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not
even sure there's enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the
extra cost and time involved)?

In general, shed talking b*ll*cks.
If your signal is a little below optimum (and you've already installed
decent quality downlead), you might need either a slightly bigger aerial, or
alternatively a mast-head amplifier and a powered splitter in the house.

Only case where they may be correct; very marginal reception where you need
a huge aerial, high quality downlead, amplifiers, best freeview box you can
find, and then only just get a picture out of it. Then attempts to split the
signal in the house result in no usable Freeview signal to either box. (Yes,
I know someone in that position, but its rare, and he knows he would find
reception easier with Satellite).

- Nigel

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Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:57:58 +0000, Richard Oliver
wrote:

|Rory wrote:
| Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
| set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
| each on the roof.
|
|I think you will find that they are wrong - name the shed here.

Also write to the Managing Director of the shed, they are conning you, I
have four or five TVs running on one aerial.

Thanks for all the replies, most encouraging because there are a few TVs
in this shared house and we would like to run at least 2.
The shop is a small independent in Bristol who I can't normally fault
(Target Electronics) but I guess the guy was mistaken here. He did say I
would need satellite grade 100ohm coax and for a maximum of 20mtrs of
this and a good aerial I would be paying around £50; sound reasonable or
should I go elsewhere?
Regards
Rory

"Rory" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi, I've been told by my local electronics shed that if I want to run 2
set top boxes in my household I'm going to have to install an aerial for
each on the roof. Is there any way round this as I'm not even sure there's
enough room on the chimney for 2 (let alone the extra cost and time
involved)?
Regards
Rory

The most i've done so far running from one aerial is about 90 TV outlets.
I'm sure Bill W has done countless systems which run a shed load more than
this.

It does seem to be a common myth that you need one aerial per TV. I see
quite a few houses with 3 aerials etc. Perhaps the installers weren't clued
up enough to sort out some kind of distribution? Could happen I guess.
Probably the same people that claim they have never needed a field strngth
meter.