Is it possible to connect two Freeview boxes to the same aerial?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV Yes, you can connect as many as you like.
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013
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Mazbar3:46 PM
paul feetenby: if I read your post right your other tv has freeview in it. You need to go into the menu of the youview box and set the rf through to yes not no this will let the signal through but you won't be able to watch the youview on the other tv. If you have set the rf to yes and are still not getting all the channels your signal may not be strong enough ( you will not be getting too much signal so discount any posts that suggest this as some posters seem to think that is the problem for all signal problems when it is less than 1%)
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Thursday, 11 April 2013
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Rj Brambling3:14 PM
Hello
I am currently watching freeview via a dvr in the living room. The aerial is quite new. Talk Talk have now sent me a 'YouView' box which will replace the dvr and work wirelessly with the aid of the internet router. If I were to put another tv in the bedroom and connect the dvr to it would I be able to get a tv signal to it without using cables and without one interfering with the other?
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jb384:04 PM
Rj Brambling: If you move the Freeview PVR that you are presently using into the bedroom then you will have to extend the aerial from the living room into the bedroom using the RF out (loop through) socket on your new box, that is should it be fitted with this facility, if not then this can successfully be achieved with the aid of a two way powered splitter unless you reside in an area where the signal is strong then a "passive" (non amplified) splitter is suffice, but no matter what type is used the aerial is connected into the splitters common input and with the two boxes being connected into each respective output.
The two boxes will not interfere with each other as they are not working in tandem but independently of each other.
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MikeB5:20 PM
Peterborough
RJ Brambling - The YouView Box is currently not able to use wifi to directly connect to the internet via a dongle (see the whathifi.com's review of it in December), unlike the Humax T2. You will have to put an ethernet cable in the back, at least for the moment. However, you could use an old wifi hub to carry the signal from your network.
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013
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Lisa2:52 PM
I have a freeview digital TV and a freeview digital hard drive/DVD recorder player.
hence we can record anything from freeview to the hard drive or DVD while independently watching something else on TV. they are connected by both scart and HDMI. the aerial goes into the HDD box then another aerial cable goes from HDD machine into TV.
We have now received a talktalk youview box, with catchup tv, but would like to retain our old HDD option too.
Could sks explain what wires I need to go in and out of what device to enable this?
Thanks
Lisa
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Lisa: Feed the aerial lead into one of the boxes then out and into the other box and then out and into the TV.
I suggest that you connect the HDD/DVD box using one cable: either HDMI or scart. If you're not careful everytime you watch it the scart input will be seized on the TV, meaning that you are viewing via the scart lead and not the HDMI lead.
If the TalkTalk box has HDMI out then use it else use scart. If you are using scart then there are a number of different standards and it is the box "supplying" the picture where this can be set. Use "Component" if available, or else "RGB". This will be in the settings somewhere, perhaps "Video out" or something similar.
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MikeB3:52 PM
Lisa: Firstly, you should remove the scart from the TV and DVD recorder - you have them connected by HDMI already, which is much better, and you only need one or the other, not both.
OK - I don't know what model/make of TV you have, but by the sound of it, you have at least one HDMI socket, and I suspect 2 or more. Simply attach the HDMI lead from the talk talk box (its actually a Humax Youview box, so if you run into problems, there is a huge amount online about them)into the first HDMI socket on the TV (you'll be using it the most, so make it the first).
Next, take the HDMI from your older recorder and put it into the second HDMI socket on the TV (OK - if you have only the one HDMI socket, its back to the scart!). Any other equipment with HDMI's should go to the third socket, etc.
As far as the aerial leads are concerned, there are a couple of choices. If you look at the manual for either recorder, it will normally tell you attach a lead from the aerial socket on the wall to the back of the recorder, and then get another lead to take the signal onto the TV from that recorder - this is called 'looping through', etc, and which is exactly what you've done. Thats fine, and in theory there is no reason you cannot do that twice, with the boxes all in a long daisy chain.
However, you have two boxes to attach with lots of leads, and I spoke to some customers on Sunday with exactly the same setup who has run into problems since the Youview box was hooked up.
I advised them that they were better off splitting the aerial signal, with their orginal recorder and TV going one way (in the same way as before), and the Youview box going the other - simply so that they could see where any problem lay.
A good splitter is very cheap 2 WAY TV AERIAL SPLITTER MALE TO FEMALE: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics , and excellent aerial leads can be had from Television Aerial Boosters / Amplifiers, Splitters, Diplexers & Triplexers ATV - £3 for a lead is a bargain, and they sell good splitters for the same price. My splitter is actually one of the screwin type, and gives a very good connection, but pushin will be fine.
Don't worry about a slight loss in signal strength, it should be fairly small, and in fact I found that the splitter caused less signal loss than running it through the other boxes.
The best way I've found to set up the aerial cables is to have one coming out of the wall socket, and attaching the splitter to it. You can then have leads running off like a 'Y' to the various boxes (this means there is not a heavy splitter sticking out of the wall which can come loose). All you should need is one splitter and another aerial lead. A couple of little connectors to make sure it all fits properly are useful as well.
You might also need some cable tidies...
Anyway, if you want to do the same thing again as you've done with the aerial leads already, go ahead. If you run into problems, then try it the way I've suggested.
Good luck!
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Thursday, 1 August 2013
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Lisa11:22 AM
Lisa: to Dave Lindsay and Mike B
many thanks gentlemen for your advice, I've printed it all off and will attempt to tackle my wires tonight, or this weekend if I need to purchase the splitter first.
best regards, Lisa
PS the existing scart is because our HDD/DVD device also has VCR which is hardly ever used but once in a while.....
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MikeB12:16 PM
Lisa: It should work anyway with an HDMI, since your Panasonic machine (they are the only ones with HDD, VCR and DVD) has one on the back - give it a go!
As I said - try it Dave's way first - if it does not work, then get a splitter.
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