changed from sat dish to uhf arial

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#154088 17-Oct-2014 15:25

At my old house I had a satellite dish now my new house has a uhf aerial what do I do to get my Zinwell zmx-7500 to work? Or is this unit just fot sats not aerials

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#1156914 17-Oct-2014 15:34

Only for DVB-S (satellite)

So you'll need either a DVB-T receiver or if your TV has Freeview built in, just plug in.

But you'll need to confirm you can get a DVB-T signal - just becaise it has a UHF antenna does not mean you'll get a decent (if any) suitable signal.

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#1160639 23-Oct-2014 13:20

I have DVB-T unit for you (Freeview HD DVB-T (terrestrial) tuner G7503 DES with remote, HDMI output):

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=77&topicid=153916

Can sell or trade for Isolating Transformer 230v-230v >1Kw or Garmin ANT usb stick (currently looking for bargains on these two gadgets)

From experience - you need to watch for two things:
- whether UHF antenna is not blocked from the line of sight to the transmitter by a house or huge trees as in my place both are blocking signal almost completely.
- polarisation of UHF anenna on your house (H or V) - masts in Auckland have different polarisation and you may need to turn antenna 90 degrees to get it right.

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