All posts by Paul H
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Thanks for the replies. I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
Firstly, my current set up is this: a cable runs from the aerial into my loft and down into room 1 where a powered booster splits the signal.
One aerial company said all this needed taking out and that I'd need a second TV point installing, which would cost me. I don't know what he meant by "TV point" (my better half had this conversation, not I).
My point is: shouldn't my current set up work with a new aerial without the need for TV points?
Secondly, the current aerial came down because the lashing snapped.
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Actually, the chap was suggesting ripping the whole lot out and running a cable down the front of the house and drilling through the wall into the upper bedroom and lower lounge, fitting an extra TV point to allow this.
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jb38: yes, the split sends the signal to a TV in the upper bedroom and lounge.
jb38 and Stephen P: thank you both for your help with this. I've had two totally different sets of advice from aerial fitters, so you've helped clear a few things up. I'm tempted to just get the fallen aerial put back up, given that it worked fine. However, I'm also tempted to use the opportunity to replace it just because it's old. A visual inspection suggests it's physically fine though.
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Dave Lindsay: the aerial appears to have a WHITE tip, not sure what that indicates!
Stephen P: the lashing snapped.
Further question: is "Log 40" a generic type of aerial or a specific brand?
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Thursday 19 July 2012 7:53PM
My TV aerial recently came down and I need to replace it. One potential supplier has offered me a range of swanky new aerials whereas another has suggested putting back my existing one.
The existing one had been up since I moved in (making it over 10 years old at least) but it picked up freeview fine. The aerial supplies a single cable to my loft from which a booster splitter sends it to two TVs.
Can anyone advise me of a suitable replacement aerial (or indeed whether I should replace my existing one at all) and also explain whether/why I need to pay for additional TV points.
My postcode is NG2.