Moved into a rental house recently where the aerial on the roof was connected by a pay tv cable to a box onthe side of the house (which was previously installed by the cable tv company) - this box then had (amongst others) a cable running under the house and into the tv room. I don't want pay tv I just want free to air - can I simply plug into the outlet in the tv room and get free to air through the pay tv cable - or do I have to disconnect the pay tv cable from my antenna and install a new co-axial from the roof antenna to my TV?
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you may find that the aerial inside your home was disconnected and used to wire up Foxtel in the roof, some technicians do that,
meaning all your Tv Outs on the wall would now be connected to Foxtel now instead of the aerial
if you can gain access to the junction of where all the Cable Coax wiring is in the roof make sure they haven't used the tv aerial cables for Foxtel ....just go check where your Aerial comes in and see it is still connected to the junction and not pulled out and a foxtel is going into it instead of the aerial
If the tvs share the aerial but only one is working then the wiring of the non functioning socket has shorted. Perhaps the cable you used to connect the second set is damaged,try another. PERHAPS THE AERIAL SOCKET HAS BECOME DAMAGED,THIS ONLY COSTS A FEW PONDS/DOLLARS TO CHANGE. Alternatively it might be the wiring from the roof to the wall socket that is faulty.
First things first, check that the tv is working by connecting it in the other room. If it does work there you will know that theaerial socket in the second room is faulty and can begin testing.
HI, the first thing to check is that your TV aerial or cable connection is ok. Try removing the connection from the back of the TV and re-seating. If you use an aerial on the roof or in the loft, check the state of it, if it has moved or been damaged in anyway that may be your problem.
Check you have an aerial connected to the lead you are using. If the aerial is on the roof, has it got an inline box about 18" from the aerial? If it has it is a mast head amplifier and requires a power supply to work. Hope that helps.
Do a first time installation, move the TV or bite the bullet and either buy an external aerial or extend the main house aerial cable to reach the TV. assuming your TV has no signal where it is now
The cable & wireless system is not capable of picking up the digital freeview frequencies.
Idealy you need to put a new aerial on the roof,
If this is not possible try an indoor aerial that you to plug in to the mains electrical supply.
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