Great reception/Poor reception???

Standard Sky satellite dish, great reception down stairs in the tv room. Use it as an aerial for freeview not sky.

Go upstairs in the bedrooms, get no signal?

my old home, I split the cable ( 2 cables joined side by side) and was running 2 tvs off it, with 2 freeviews.

But here, I get no signal on the top floor. Confused? Moved the satellite dish around and managed to get 12% upstairs, while still getting signal downstairs.

Any reason why this would be happening?

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Permalink Reply by Taylor on August 8, 2017 at 19:58

Taylor said:

Hmmmmm .... House is Plumbed for the UHF aerial. Wall connection has TV written on it and looks like this. I ony have one of these in the wall. Each bedroom has one also, Like this.

But I pulled the white plastic cover off and found the cable actually looks like this but with a white covering instead of black. Guess it makes no diff.

But screwed on to the white plastic board I pulled off from the wall is something like this, except its one piece. Its the bottom brown picture that shows itself on the switch for the aerial UHF.

Paul said:

I suspect this is how you have the freeview box connected to the wall ?

Permalink Reply by Taylor on August 8, 2017 at 19:59

Well have someone coming out to align the tv aerial, sigh. Blast it. :o)

Permalink Reply by forumuser on August 9, 2017 at 9:54

Thanks for letting us know Taylor,
The installer is the best as he can ensure they are receiving the best optimum signal

Taylor said:

Well have someone coming out to align the tv aerial, sigh. Blast it. :o)

Permalink Reply by Taylor on August 9, 2017 at 16:16

ahhh rats. Seems I have to get newer tv?

I have Sony wega CRT TV. Huge fan of crts.

AUDIO

BBE	Yes
Intelligent Volume	Yes
Output	7.5 W + 7.5W + 15W
Surround	TruSurround / Simulated Surround

GENERAL

Colour	Silver with black frame
Dimensions (W x H x D mm)	994 x 652 x 605
Remote Commander	RM 1007
Warranty	1 Year
Weight	88 kg

INTERFACES

A/V Input	Front x 1, Rear x 3
Component Input	Rear x 2
Headphone Jack	Yes
Memory Stick	Yes
Monitor Output	Rear x 1
S-Video Input	Front x 1, Rear x 1

VIDEO

Aspect Ratio	16:09
Intelligent Picture	Yes
Picture Definition	High
Screen Size	86cm (36 Inch)
Teletext	Yes
Tuner	Analog (Multi-system)
Video Standard	PAL, SECAM, NTSC4.43, NTSC3.58

Im told I have to buy newer terrestial freeviews if I want to use the UHF aerial and that I cant use satellite dish and change out the adaptors, is that right.

Josh Hill ✔️ said:

Thanks for letting us know Taylor,
The installer is the best as he can ensure they are receiving the best optimum signal

Taylor said:

Well have someone coming out to align the tv aerial, sigh. Blast it. :o)

Permalink Reply by Taylor on August 9, 2017 at 16:46

Do I have to buy newer newer terrestial freeviews/tvs

Here is my wall

And heres what I thought I could use that would let me use my sky satellite freeview to the UHF

by plugging this into the wall then to my cable.

so in order to use my UHF, what are my options, buy new tv and freeview?

Permalink Reply by forumuser on August 9, 2017 at 18:38

Gosh! I can't remember the last time I've seen a CRT TV! You can either go for a box or a new TV (which will need to have Freeview built in) if you want to keep your current TV then go for a set top box. Make sure it's a UHF one.

Permalink Reply by David Lipscombe on August 9, 2017 at 18:39

After following your problems a Sat box will only connect to a dish and if you want uhf tv then you will need a freeview terrestial box that connects to the aerial and then you can still use your crt tv

Permalink Reply by Taylor on August 9, 2017 at 21:02

Excellent. Will get terrestial box. Thanks :o)

Solved. Close pls.

David Lipscombe said:

After following your problems a Sat box will only connect to a dish and if you want uhf tv then you will need a freeview terrestial box that connects to the aerial and then you can still use your crt tv