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quantummania

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#119623 8-Jun-2013 09:43

Hi we have a sky dish is it possible to use a splitter and have one cable to sky (for my parents) and the 2nd out from splitter straight to my Samsung TV and just have freeview? should my TV just find the channels? ") cheers in advance.

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#832532 8-Jun-2013 09:54

Your tv probably has a terrestrial tuner so the short answer will be no. You could get a satellite box and run that through your tv so you could then split the cable as you described.

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quantummania

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#832534 8-Jun-2013 09:56

Cool thanks. i think ill just get a internal aerial. i'm in a wee sleep out. we are on Herald Island, any recommendations for a low cost aerial?

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#832539 8-Jun-2013 10:17

quantummania: Cool thanks. i think ill just get a internal aerial. i'm in a wee sleep out. we are on Herald Island, any recommendations for a low cost aerial?

Unless you can see the transmitter, e.g., Sky Tower, Pine Hill, Waiatarua, I would forget about an indoor solution.

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quantummania

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#832549 8-Jun-2013 10:29

yes i can see the top of the tower from here apart from being in the distance i can clearly see eg line of site is sweeet ")

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#832627 8-Jun-2013 12:53

quantummania: yes i can see the top of the tower from here apart from being in the distance i can clearly see eg line of site is sweeet ")

Using an indoor antenna at 8? km or so may still be problematic given the low power of the Sky Tower transmitter. Maybe go to youtube and make a UHF antenna from designs on there.

quantummania

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#832635 8-Jun-2013 13:13

Ok DSE Indoor powered UHF antenna that had been opened for $7.49 and all channels crystal clear sweeeeeeeeet! ") thanks for your help.

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#832636 8-Jun-2013 13:13

It will be waitarua that can be seen from there. indoor antennas work sweetas at the same distance in beach haven. Even a 30ish cm piece of wire will get a largely glitch free reception on both inbuilts and my warehouse STB when upstairs with line of sight out the window.

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quantummania

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#832637 8-Jun-2013 13:18

Awsome i can probably see both with line of site ") i'm in the motorway facing side of the island looking accross at Monterey Park.

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#832862 9-Jun-2013 02:53

quantummania: Ok DSE Indoor powered UHF antenna that had been opened for $7.49 and all channels crystal clear sweeeeeeeeet! ") thanks for your help.

Can you link to it on Dick Smiths site there is bit of a debate on various sites as to which indoor antennas actually work. There is so much crap being flogged as indoor antennas that simply don't work or work randomly.