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Post by bobelhat on Jun 1, 2014 23:33:19 GMT
Just thought I'd put here what I had to do to fit a TV aerial in case it's useful to other people. In the Barratts section has I have no idea how different it is for TW or HH.
My house is a Barwick, but I guess they do things similarly for all their builds.
The cables from the faceplate went up into the loft and were coiled up on a bracket right in the eaves - exciting to get to walking on the rafters with the thick insulation! They were more or less directly above the sockets.
I fitted a 32 element aerial in the loft with a decent masthead amplifier and pointed it at Emley Moor (322 degrees, North-West). Good signal on all channels.
Power for the amp was a problem as there are no power sockets in the loft and the aerial sockets don't pass DC power. I soldered one of mine to bypass the capacitors, but you could also replace the faceplate or get get power fitted in the loft.
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Post by pr1vatepiles on Jun 2, 2014 7:25:10 GMT
Just thought I'd put here what I had to do to fit a TV aerial in case it's useful to other people. In the Barratts section has I have no idea how different it is for TW or HH. My house is a Barwick, but I guess they do things similarly for all their builds. The cables from the faceplate went up into the loft and were coiled up on a bracket right in the eaves - exciting to get to walking on the rafters with the thick insulation! They were more or less directly above the sockets. I fitted a 32 element aerial in the loft with a decent masthead amplifier and pointed it at Emley Moor (322 degrees, North-West). Good signal on all channels. Power for the amp was a problem as there are no power sockets in the loft and the aerial sockets don't pass DC power. I soldered one of mine to bypass the capacitors, but you could also replace the faceplate or get get power fitted in the loft. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Good to know, thanks
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Post by chris1983 on Jun 2, 2014 7:27:00 GMT
Hi
This is very useful, many thanks for taking the time to post it. I my self am looking at fitting an aerial in the very near future.
I'm assuming that because your aerial has a mast head amplifier you just used a passive splitter for the multiple connections?
How many tv points have you got? I'm just wondering if I would need a second stage amplifier for all the tv points...
Thanks
Chris
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Post by bobelhat on Jun 2, 2014 21:13:29 GMT
I have 4 outlets in the house (had some extras fitted). The masthead amp has four outputs so each one gets a full signal, but I have a passive splitter in the lounge going three ways and it works fine, 95+% signal strength and 100% quality on all the devices. I should probably turn the amp down a bit from its maxed-out 20dB setting as close to 100% strength after a splitter means the upstairs sockets are probably over-amplified.
Actually I only have three hooked up so far as the lengths of cable left in the loft weren't all long enough to reach one point! There was a good few metres on each, but not quite enough for the one at the front of the house to meet the three from the back. A length of cable and a couple of F connectors and an adapter will sort that out when I get round to it.
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Post by chris1983 on Jun 3, 2014 5:42:46 GMT
Thats awesome, thank you.
Currently we have got two outlets as we didn't get a chance to spec any thing on our house but I'm planning on adding a few more...
Ideally 6 in total...one in each bed room. Lounge and kitchen...
Hopefully a 4way mast head amp would work and I can fit a couple of two way splitters to feed the bedroom outlets once the sockets are in place.
Thanks for your help...hopefully this weekend we will have tv signal...
Cheers
Chris
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