Additional TV in bedroom

[dipee65]

Santa has brought my daughter a new TV with built-in Freeview, which she wants to use in her bedroom. She has a roof top aerial feeding the existing TV downstairs, with a separate digibox for Freeviw. If I get a wireless video sender will this mean it will only be possible to watch upstairs, depending on whatever channel the set top box downstairs is selected to? Or is there a device where the RF signal from the existing aerial can be "beamed up" to the new telly.
I think I know the answer will be to get a new high-gain digital aerial to feed the new telly, but I'm looking to save her a bit money.

[sherrardk]

Santa bought my son the same thing and he uses his with a really cheap set-top aerial (you know, those ones with the two pull-out bits like on an old radio - a bit like this one http://www.argos.co.u...arch|crid:4535897265)

[Postdog]

Does your aerial lead go down the outside? Probably be as well to get an aerial installer to run a feed off.

[dipee65]

Thanks Sherrardk. She has something similar which worked reasonably well on the old analogue TV, but can only get 4 or 5 Freeview stations. I know the Freeview transmitter power is much much lower than the analogue. The transmitter is 20 miles distant (Bilsdale)

[dipee65]

Might try that Postdog, or put a splitter on the aerial inside the house. Of course, the bedroom is on the opposite side of the house to the living room, and like most women doesn't want any disruption.
I might just go for the quiet life, and pay the erector myself, 'cos I'm too old to go up on the roof, even if I had the ladders

[romko]

As far as i know, the vidoe sender will onyl do what you describe, tho 'more spohisticated ones allow you to change the channel via infra red.

bear in mind that just splitting the aerial signal will lose a lot of gain - so freeview may be unusable.. This splitting needs to be done via a distribution amp.

what I'd do is take a length of good quality twin screned coax (satellite qaulity) and use the RF out of the video or dvd recorder to the upstairs tv. that way you will not affect the existing setup downstairs.

[dipee65]

Romko. Thanks for the advice. I will add that into the equation

[VHG]

I have an "amp" on my chimney and there are four cables that now come down from the roof (outside) so we have an aerial connection in different 4 rooms.

[AlBags]

None of you know what you are on about .. do you?!
To be able to watch any channel on all TV's, you will need to use a twin output amp at the head end (at or near antenna .. this can be in roofspace) (VHG has a 4-output amp) Feed the outputs to each outlet.
Splitting after any existing distribution amp is risky for signal quality and strength. Usually only works well with a premium antenna and good signal area, with top quality distribution amp.
Using an RF output downstairs may be impossible because possibly only scart connected!
Many freeview receivers do not loop RF though.

[magicmerlin]

Albags. I find the first line of your reply very insulting. Not everybody who replies is an expert like you. They may be speaking from experiance.

Definition of an expert -
"ex" - an has been
"spirt" - a drip under pressure.

Lets see how you like being insulted.

[AlBags]

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[ChuckFickens]

AIbags,

People in glass houses should not throw stones.

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[dizmouk2009]

You just got owned by chuck...

[magicmerlin]

Albags - If you had not put the first line in your first answer you would not be getting the flack.

There are more polite ways of putting your point across without being obnoxious.

[AlBags]

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Comprendez?

Chuckfickens name ... maybe he should get back to the hen house.

[AlBags]

You may like to check that link again Chickenflicker