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5th June 2008, 4:52pm
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#16 | | borte, ikke glemt
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
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Originally Posted by Jenpot  ...Unless I can find someone willing to climb up on the roof?... | Bagsy not it 
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5th June 2008, 5:13pm
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#17 | | Decaying Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SPARTA!
Posts: 6,252
| Re: TV Arial Converter
go buy a hacked NTL box and steal all the TV from them? | |
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5th June 2008, 5:14pm
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#18 | | Yer awright.
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Park-ville.
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
He already has one of those!
I don't even know where you purchase such things.
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5th June 2008, 5:15pm
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#19 | | Decaying Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SPARTA!
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
that makes it even easier then, surely pete is in the next room and you can ask him? | |
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5th June 2008, 5:17pm
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#20 | | Yer awright.
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Park-ville.
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
I'm in work, he's at work.
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5th June 2008, 5:21pm
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#21 | | Decaying Moderator
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dae some work then! | |
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5th June 2008, 5:25pm
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#22 | | Yer awright.
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Park-ville.
Posts: 11,877
| Re: TV Arial Converter
I am, inbetween this. I've been working all day and I have the best handling time in my team, so none of your nonsense.
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5th June 2008, 5:25pm
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#23 | | Vibrouk2003
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: The same place
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hehehehe "handling time" hehehehe | |
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5th June 2008, 5:26pm
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#24 | | Should Be Working
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Woodlands
Posts: 16,544
| Re: TV Arial Converter
I can confirm that old (no longer subscribing) NTL cables do indeed only feed BBC1+2, ITV1, C4 & FIVE as analogue - no freeview digital (even with box).
(I can also say that I think they also feed other stuff but it's out of the scanning range of UK television sets, I have a multi-country USB PCTV and it can find E4 & The Parliament Channel on a dead ntl line but the TV can't...  ) | 
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5th June 2008, 5:26pm
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#25 | | Sith Triumvirate Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RFS Ravager
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
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Originally Posted by Jenpot But my flatmate is using the NTL one and I reckon you can't plug two in at the same time. | You get backing plates which have two sockets on them. I've got one in my house that has a socket for the sky and a socket for the terrestrial aerial. | |
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5th June 2008, 5:29pm
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#26 | | Yer awright.
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Park-ville.
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Again, I wouldn't know how to install a backing plate. Or do anything complicated with TV arials, and I don't have someone around to do such things either.
How bad is the reception on portable arials?
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5th June 2008, 5:30pm
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#27 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
Join Date: May 2001 Location: On the moral high ground - And armed!
Posts: 25,959
| Re: TV Arial Converter
Sometimes, you will get an analogue/Freeview signal if you plug an NTLTelewestVirginWhatever cable into a TV or Freeview box, but it is rare.
Your best bet's a wee boosted internal aerial if you don't have access to a rooftop unit.
Maplin have one for a tenner right now that I use, and it works a treat. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...aerial&doy=5m6
Better than some of the pricier ones we have, and the gain on it's low enough to be useful. | |
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5th June 2008, 7:54pm
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#28 | | Yer awright.
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Park-ville.
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| Re: TV Arial Converter
Cheers everyone.
I'll head into Maplin tommorow 
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5th June 2008, 8:14pm
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#29 | | Chew you up, spit you out
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Helvetica is better. | |
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5th June 2008, 8:48pm
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#30 | | Punisher Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 8,850
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You can pick up an internal aerial with an amplifier from ASDA easy enough but if you're in the city centre it still might not be enough. I've got one here that doesn't get a strong enough signal where I am in Kinning Park.
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