No TV aerial - what are my options?

[Nick]

Hi,

I am renting a house in Western Sydney with 2 lounge rooms. One has an
aerial outlet and we use a power injector to get the analogue signals.
The signal comes through OK, but ABC is a little hazy sometimes. SBS is
non-existent.

The other lounge room has the "good" telly but no aerial. We just watch
DVD's there but i would like to watch broadcast TV and use teletext.

What are my options to get TV signals to the good telly but keep in mind
it's a rental and i can't change the aerial or punch holes in walls. I
will spend money though.

Some i thought of...

1. Very long cable to other room
2. Bunny ears
3. Bunny ears + power injector (does this work?)
4. Bunny ears + STB (does this work?)
5. Some wireless product



Thanks Nick.

 

[Phil Allison]

"Nick"

I am renting a house in Western Sydney with 2 lounge rooms. One has an
aerial outlet and we use a power injector to get the analogue signals.

** Err - "power injector " = ????

An antenna booster ?

Has it got two or more outlets ?

The signal comes through OK, but ABC is a little hazy sometimes. SBS is
non-existent.

** Bet the antique antenna has no UHF elements .

The other lounge room has the "good" telly but no aerial. We just watch
DVD's there but i would like to watch broadcast TV and use teletext.

What are my options to get TV signals to the good telly but keep in mind
it's a rental and i can't change the aerial or punch holes in walls. I
will spend money though.

** Run a long cable under the floor - same way installers do it.

Consider buying a digital STB - will dramatically improve all signals,
esp the ABC.



......... Phil

 

[Nick]

Phil Allison wrote:

What are my options to get TV signals to the good telly but keep in mind
it's a rental and i can't change the aerial or punch holes in walls. I
will spend money though.



** Run a long cable under the floor - same way installers do it.

Should have said that it's on a slab. And it's the downstairs lounge room.

Consider buying a digital STB - will dramatically improve all signals,
esp the ABC.

OK this might sound really dodgy.... but would it work/help if i plugged
bunny ears into the STB? Or does the STB need to be connected to a
proper aerial?

Nick.

 

[mark jb]

Consider buying a digital STB - will dramatically improve all signals,
esp the ABC.

OK this might sound really dodgy.... but would it work/help if i plugged
bunny ears into the STB? Or does the STB need to be connected to a proper
aerial?

It'll work, if you can get a decent signal into the bunny ears in the first
place.

You could always stick another aerial on the 'mast' of the original and run
a cable down the outside of the house if you're feeling adventurous =) use
U-clamps and take it with you when you move!

-mark

 

[Phil Allison]

"mark jb" = public masturbating idiot

It'll work, if you can get a decent signal into the bunny ears in the
first place.

** Sure - exactly like * fucking * "perpetual motion " works ???

Only if you can get more energy into the system that you expect to get out.




........ Phil

 

[David L. Jones]

Nick wrote:

Hi,

I am renting a house in Western Sydney with 2 lounge rooms. One has an
aerial outlet and we use a power injector to get the analogue signals.
The signal comes through OK, but ABC is a little hazy sometimes. SBS is
non-existent.

The other lounge room has the "good" telly but no aerial. We just watch
DVD's there but i would like to watch broadcast TV and use teletext.

What are my options to get TV signals to the good telly but keep in mind
it's a rental and i can't change the aerial or punch holes in walls. I
will spend money though.

Some i thought of...

1. Very long cable to other room

That will work of course, but ugly.

2. Bunny ears
3. Bunny ears + power injector (does this work?)

Bunny ears might work, cheap enough to simply try it.

4. Bunny ears + STB (does this work?)

If your analog signal is OK on the TV then the STB should work just
fine. Doesn't matter if it's rabbit ears or a full band external. It
won't magically pick up SBS if you don't get it now though.
An STB should improve your existing reception.

5. Some wireless product

You can put an STB at the antenna output and then run the A/V output to
an AV transmitter in the other room. If you want to watch two different
digital channels on the two sets at once then you'll need two STB's, or
have one running analog, the other digital. You'll need a remote
extender to control the STB from the other room.
You could try diplexing your external antenna and indoor rabit ears
too, that might help you get SBS and/or better ABC.

Dave