Aerial Installation to feed 3 tv's.

"Adrian" wrote in message
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Steven wrote:
I now require an outdoor tv aerial to feed the back bedroom and back
conservatory of the house plus the front living room.

As far as I am aware I should be able to get an installer to fit me a
pole onto the brick wall/eaves of the roof and attach the 3 aerials
onto it, then feed from them individual cables to the desired rooms?

Anyone have any ideas on the possible cost of this (I don't want to
get ripped off)

Thanks

I'm in east Manchester.

3 aerials would look bloody awful. The best thing would be one aerial of
the correct group for your transmitter and a distribution amplifier. Don't
be conned into buying a wideband aerial it will very likely be
unnescessary and make sure you have decent cable fitted, CT100 or similar,
often called satellite grade.

Regarding the amp, it would probably be a good idea to have one or two
spare outlets in case you want to add more tellies in the future.

If you get your signals from Winter Hill, the main transmitter for your
area the the aerial should be group C/D horizontal.


Cheers Adrian.

You could try a variations of this.

I've got one aerial which feeds straight down to the Sky box in my living
room. The RF2 output of the Sky box then runs up to a distribution amplifier
in the attic - which feeds three other rooms in the house.

Means that:

a. Only one aerial.

b. I can watch Sky in the other rooms of the house, which is convenient at
times. (Only gotcha on this one is that you need to ensure that the other
TVs are analogue or hybrid - the Sky box only produces an analogue signal,
but at least doesn't degrade the digital signals from the aerial.)

Bob,



"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Steven wrote:
I now require an outdoor tv aerial to feed the back bedroom and back
conservatory of the house plus the front living room.

As far as I am aware I should be able to get an installer to fit me a
pole onto the brick wall/eaves of the roof and attach the 3 aerials
onto it, then feed from them individual cables to the desired rooms?

Anyone have any ideas on the possible cost of this (I don't want to
get ripped off)

Thanks

I'm in east Manchester.

3 aerials would look bloody awful. The best thing would be one aerial of
the correct group for your transmitter and a distribution amplifier. Don't
be conned into buying a wideband aerial it will very likely be
unnescessary and make sure you have decent cable fitted, CT100 or similar,
often called satellite grade.

Regarding the amp, it would probably be a good idea to have one or two
spare outlets in case you want to add more tellies in the future.

If you get your signals from Winter Hill, the main transmitter for your
area the the aerial should be group C/D horizontal.

"Bob Huntley" wrote in message
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You could try a variations of this.

I've got one aerial which feeds straight down to the Sky box in my living
room. The RF2 output of the Sky box then runs up to a distribution
amplifier in the attic - which feeds three other rooms in the house.

Means that:

a. Only one aerial.

b. I can watch Sky in the other rooms of the house, which is convenient at
times. (Only gotcha on this one is that you need to ensure that the other
TVs are analogue or hybrid - the Sky box only produces an analogue signal,
but at least doesn't degrade the digital signals from the aerial.)

Bob,



"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Steven wrote:
I now require an outdoor tv aerial to feed the back bedroom and back
conservatory of the house plus the front living room.

As far as I am aware I should be able to get an installer to fit me a
pole onto the brick wall/eaves of the roof and attach the 3 aerials
onto it, then feed from them individual cables to the desired rooms?

Anyone have any ideas on the possible cost of this (I don't want to
get ripped off)

Thanks

I'm in east Manchester.

3 aerials would look bloody awful. The best thing would be one aerial of
the correct group for your transmitter and a distribution amplifier.
Don't be conned into buying a wideband aerial it will very likely be
unnescessary and make sure you have decent cable fitted, CT100 or
similar, often called satellite grade.

Regarding the amp, it would probably be a good idea to have one or two
spare outlets in case you want to add more tellies in the future.

If you get your signals from Winter Hill, the main transmitter for your
area the the aerial should be group C/D horizontal.




all my 3 tv's are freeview digital.

Why three aerials?

Puzzled.

Brian

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"Steven" wrote in message
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I now require an outdoor tv aerial to feed the back bedroom and back
conservatory of the house plus the front living room.

As far as I am aware I should be able to get an installer to fit me a pole
onto the brick wall/eaves of the roof and attach the 3 aerials onto it,
then feed from them individual cables to the desired rooms?

Anyone have any ideas on the possible cost of this (I don't want to get
ripped off)

Thanks

I'm in east Manchester.

Thanks for that info fellas.

I can get a picture with an indoor aerial in the conservatory, sometimes
the signal quality is High, other times it is Good and occasionally the
pictures go a bit pixalated.

I think a local company does two aerials for £55 installed which seems
about right.

Not sure about splitters and the loft is a no no area.


£55 for two aerials installed?
You jest surely. That's far too cheap. I could barely buy the bits wholesale
for that price!

Here's a general point which is more to do with human nature than aerials.

The original poster had decided to install three aerials and asked general
questions about this. The overwhelming response (unanimous I think, from
those in the aerial trade) was that one good aerial and a small amplifier is
a far better idea. But the original poster intends to ignore this advice.

People often come to us with a solution when they should be coming to us
with a problem. It can be very difficult to overcome the customer's
preconceptions and steer them towards the best solution. Sometimes the
customer's preconceived solution is quite reasonable, but not optimal;
sometimes it is based on fundamental misunderstandings; sometimes it is
plain crackpot.

I not being critical. I've done it myself many times. I think we all need to
realise that when we consult an expert for advice it would be wise to at
least consider following it.

I've actually had the situation more than once where I've been paid a large
sum to write a report and then face a committee, only to find that I'm being
aggressively attacked for the advice I've given. Often the basis of the
attack is sheer ignorance of the basic facts.

Bill

"Steven" wrote in message
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I think a local company does two aerials for £55 installed which seems
about right.

£55 for two?

"Carpy" wrote in message
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"Steven" wrote in message
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I think a local company does two aerials for £55 installed which seems
about right.

£55 for two?

We all know it's going to be a cowboy and he'll switch sell up to about £150
if he can. And the job will still be crap.

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Carpy" wrote in message
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"Steven" wrote in message
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I think a local company does two aerials for £55 installed which seems
about right.

£55 for two?

We all know it's going to be a cowboy and he'll switch sell up to about
£150 if he can. And the job will still be crap.

Bill


Without doubt but it was the "sounds about right" part which I find
interesting!

In message , Bill Wright
writes

Here's a general point which is more to do with human nature than aerials.

The original poster had decided to install three aerials and asked general
questions about this. The overwhelming response (unanimous I think, from
those in the aerial trade) was that one good aerial and a small amplifier is
a far better idea. But the original poster intends to ignore this advice.

People often come to us with a solution when they should be coming to us
with a problem. It can be very difficult to overcome the customer's
preconceptions and steer them towards the best solution. Sometimes the
customer's preconceived solution is quite reasonable, but not optimal;
sometimes it is based on fundamental misunderstandings; sometimes it is
plain crackpot.

I not being critical. I've done it myself many times. I think we all need to
realise that when we consult an expert for advice it would be wise to at
least consider following it.

I've actually had the situation more than once where I've been paid a large
sum to write a report and then face a committee, only to find that I'm being
aggressively attacked for the advice I've given. Often the basis of the
attack is sheer ignorance of the basic facts.

Bill

Maybe I shouldn't have suggested that an amplified system might not
always be that best way to do things. It's not that I'm against
amplifiers. In my field of work, I've been used to one aerial system
feeding tens - and even hundreds - of thousands of TV sets, sometimes
using amplifiers in which I have been involved with the design. However,
I still reckon that there are occasions where the use separate aerials
should be considered, provided they are relatively small, and the mast
doesn't resemble a Christmas tree.
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Ian