So what would you advise me to do?
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Stuttering reception
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| Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:28:30 #11 |
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Need some idea of your location ant type of property. Do have a accessible loft ?
Enter your postcode and house number here and tick the detailed view and post the results,
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/operations/about_the_coverage_checker
Can you run a coax cable from the loft to the box location ?
The Sky-dish is only useful if you have some sort of satellite receiver Though you might be able to divert the existing coax cables and use one of these to connect a aerial.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:33:39 #12 | -
I live in Northern Ireland. My house is three storey with an accessible loft but it would be very difficult to run a cable to the ground floor which is where the box is located. This is what I got when I coverage check:
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/display/detailed/BT387DP/62/0/7clsf4bd7c8m8ka00chupdrnb5The information it gives means nothing to me as I'm not technically minded. Does it give you the information you need? Would it be best to get a local aerial company out to instal a new loft or roof aerial?
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:43:27 #13 | -
Georgypan - 8 minutes ago »
I live in Northern Ireland. My house is three storey with an accessible loft but it would be very difficult to run a cable to the ground floor which is where the box is located. This is what I got when I coverage check:
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/coveragechecker/main/display/detailed/BT387DP/62/0/7clsf4bd7c8m8ka00chupdrnb5
The information it gives means nothing to me as I'm not technically minded. Does it give you the information you need? Would it be best to get a local aerial company out to instal a new loft or roof aerial?In view of the fact that you have a 3 storey property it might be best to get a quote from a installer. The Good News is that you have an excellent signal.
As a stop gap if your TV is in a room on the same side of the building as the transmitter direction (look at neighbours aerials to find the direction) it might be worth trying a indoor aerial, I will post the detailed reception details in the next post.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 #14 | -
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 16:57:51 #15 |
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I'm glad you were able to read and explain the technical stuff to me Graham and very glad that I should get good reception when I get this all sorted out properly. I do happen to have a small indoor aerial which I used when I had a second TV on the top floor so I'll dig that out and see what happens. On the plus side to all of this, when I check my recording schedule, only two of them is for Channel 4 which is dodgy. All the others are the BBC channels which are being received perfectly.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:03:54 #16 | -
Georgypan - 14 minutes ago »
I do happen to have a small indoor aerial which I used when I had a second TV on the top floor so I'll dig that out and see what happens.If you are getting 50% signal strength with no aerial there must be a reasonable chance that a decent indoor aerial will be satisfactory.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:20:07 #17 | -
I'll see if I can find it and come back to let you know how I get on.
Can I just say how grateful I am to you both for taking the time to help me.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 17:22:51 #18 | -
Well I must say you guys are miracle workers as far as I'm concerned! I plugged in a little Pictek aerial and all the channels are up and running with perfect reception. Thank you again.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 19:36:40 #19 | -
Georgypan - 46 minutes ago »
Well I must say you guys are miracle workers as far as I'm concerned! I plugged in a little Pictek aerial and all the channels are up and running with perfect reception. Thank you again.The fact that you were able to get anything on a length of coax with a lnb on the other end meant you must be in a very strong area and close to a high power main transmitter.
| Tue 12 Mar 2019 20:25:45 #20 |
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