TV Antenna

brummie · 10 Aug 2008 at 16:24

Can you feed two antenna connections into one socket on a TV?

And if yes can you point me in the right direction to the part i would need?

My daughters room has two sockets from two different antenna but neither will pick up all Digital channels but a mix of the two would give us them all.

Faded · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:08

Just search for a male to 2x female adaptor.
Should look something like this:

Will be no more than a couple of quid

brummie · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:29

Oooh ta. I saw similar in a shop that split an ariel into two TV's. This the same thing? Would they interfere with each other?

[DOD]Asprilla · 10 Aug 2008 at 17:36

brummie said:
Oooh ta. I saw similar in a shop that split an ariel into two TV's. This the same thing? Would they interfere with each other?

Exactly the same thing, you're just running the feed the other way.

Shouldn't interfere with each other. I'm presuming that the two sockets are fed from different antenna, do they both point in the same direction?

brummie · 10 Aug 2008 at 18:14

[DOD]Asprilla;12255732 said:
Exactly the same thing, you're just running the feed the other way.

Shouldn't interfere with each other. I'm presuming that the two sockets are fed from different antenna, do they both point in the same direction?

They are two separate antenna on the roof pointing 95% the same direction from what i can tell, just they are not very good ones and with a mix of the two you get all the channels on freeview

Thanks for the info i'll pop to ******s in the morning.

Caged · 10 Aug 2008 at 18:57

You'd be much better off putting one good aerial up. If the two on the roof aren't picking up the same transmitter then you can't simply combine the signals.

brummie · 10 Aug 2008 at 19:46

Caged said:
You'd be much better off putting one good aerial up. If the two on the roof aren't picking up the same transmitter then you can't simply combine the signals.

Well the day people install them for free i'll be getting two put up there.

At the mo i have better things to waste my money on

Tesla · 10 Aug 2008 at 23:42

Combining aerials is quite sophisticated business, I would advise using just one of the aerials for best results.

brummie · 10 Aug 2008 at 23:45

Its either get no BBC channels or get no music, Virgin and another which i cant remember. I'm gonna give it a go and see how it gets on

RobH · 11 Aug 2008 at 00:43

Yeah a single good aerial is the best solution, if it's pointed in the correct direction with no obstructions then you shouldn't have any issues. Getting it pointed the correct direction is important, we have a single aerial feeding 4 digital TV's at the moment using splitters and have no problems. Also any damage to the cable will reduce signal quality, water can get into it if the rbeak is outside.

Caged · 11 Aug 2008 at 02:29

Try a loft aerial, it won't require you to go up on your roof. You only need one anyway, just use a decent distribution amp and you'll be fine.