Wanting to switch from sky to BT and was told I would need a freeview aerial on the roof of the house to watch the tv with the BT box. The best i could do in this case would be to bolt one at gutter height to the outside wall as No chimney is present. So, is it just a matter of bolting to the wall then pointing the aerial at the direction of the transmitter then running the cable down into the house to the BT box ? Any help / advice please. Thank you.
That's right. Look at the other aerials to see the direction they're pointed in for alignment, or use the coverage checker to get a more precise angle. Is there not an aerial already in/on the house?
+1 on Fibbles last point. Do you already have an aerial? We've got an aerial that's at least 15 years old, possibly more, and it provides digital signal for a youview box and 3 TVs in an area with not great reception.
No, I have no current aerial.....just a sky dish a previous owner left on the wall. Reception seems good......25 miles from the sandy heath transmitter.
I've got no chimney either, but I put mine in the loft and it works great. I did have to get a man in to check the alignment though
I did read about loft aerials but the general feeling was too much interference from lights, human movement, cars etc. One guy even said his picture went fuzzy when his wife was in the bedroom applying her make up.
I have a loft aerial running to the spare room and the coverage is excellent, no picture break up or interference. I live about 15 miles from the transmitter. I think that so long as you get a decent aerial and ensure its lined up as best as possible you should be fine, you can always give it a try and upgrade to having it fitted externally if needed.
They've likely put an 'indoor' aerial in their lofts as these are much more sensitive to interference. A normal outdoor aerial (like you see on chimneys) should pick up digital signal inside a loft in all but very weak signal areas.
I use an outdoor aerial in my loft, excellent signal, but Belfast does have its own transmitter within 20 miles. Even indoor aerials do well.
Aerials on roofs, in lofts, on chimney stacks! I'm in Suburbia and I use a booster indoor aerial that sits by my TV and it works just fine for freeview Of course it will depend whether you have good signal in your area (Teelzebub can't get signal for love nor money where he is so has to have Sky) but BT confirmed, subject to that, that an indoor set top one would work fine cos I just asked them So, unless you know your area has weak signal, try buying a cheapo booster aerial from somewhere you can send it back if it's not good enough before breaking your neck on the roof!
Nah man, mine's an outdoor one, but mounted in the loft no problems with interference and my signal is generally shite most of the time
If you still have the satellite dish, can't you just use a FreeSat box instead, or use the Sky box without the card inserted?
AFAIK, it has pretty much the same channels there's a few notable channels missing from Freesat, like the UKTV channels (Dave and so on).
Ok, decided to use the current sky dish with freesat. Purchased a Humax HDR-1000S Smart 1TB Freesat+ HD Digital TV Recorder. Should all be up and running by saturday, thanks again for all your help/advice
