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| 244070 | 2004-06-13 09:24:00 | I've just moved into a new flat and there's a Sky VHF ariel on the roof and no normal one. Question is.. After I bought an adpater for the end of the able to plug my TV into the wall the reception was utter-crap! Is there any reason a Sky ariel won't work with normal (non-sky) channels? Cheers. |
Rank32 (3732) | ||
| 244071 | 2004-06-13 09:46:00 | in most parts of the country sky is UHF and normal channels VHF. most likly you will need a VHF aerial. contact your local aerial installer. they should be able to tell you what you need. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 244072 | 2004-06-13 09:47:00 | Sky do not have "VHF" aerials. Sky use UHF aerials (and satellite dishes). If the "free to air" TV signals are on the VHF channels the UHF aerial will be very poor. Some should be on UHF however, depends entirely where you are in NZ. Also, it depends where the aerial is pointed. It could be the wrong direction for the free to air signals. Look at the neighbours aerials, see what they are/where they are pointed. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 244073 | 2004-06-13 10:00:00 | when i moved into my flat i was faced with the same issue uhf aeral and no normal one but it worked perfectly when i pluged it in apart from tv2... and when i got sky(the actual sky subscription) the guy told me that the aeral was rusted on the roof, and that the technican who installed the areal didnt do it properly, so without charge he replaced the entire aerial cable and now everythings perfect and after reading your post i just tried to unplug sky and put the aerial directly into tv and yeah tv2 is perfect without the decoder... so either the aerial posistion is wrong or the cable is stuffed...or tv needs abit of a retune... |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 244074 | 2004-06-13 10:09:00 | I have a sky aerial and no decoder, and it receives both UHF (sky, plus Prime TV - in Hawkes Bay) and standard VHF (channel 1 thru 4) without any problems. As has been said, it will depend on what part of the country you live in. | somebody (208) | ||
| 244075 | 2004-06-16 04:49:00 | Ok, it's sorted. I found out we actually have a Sky Dish and the other Sky Antenna. So what I've done for now (Until we get Sky Digital) is just put a rather dodgy bit of wire in the back of the TV and stuck the other end up on the wall. I get 1 pretty good. 2, 3, and 4 are excellent. But no prime! Which means no Monster Garage! Which means I'll have to roll up to work and watch it instead. All good though, we'll get Sky Digital fairly soon. Thanks guys. |
Rank32 (3732) | ||
| 244076 | 2004-06-16 05:06:00 | > Which means no Monster Garage! :O Monster Garage is such an awesome programme! I have total respect for Jesse. |
agent (30) | ||
| 244077 | 2004-06-16 08:49:00 | What region are you living in Rank? Your UHF Sky antenna should get you Prime without any problem. I assume that you have tried to tune the TV in to Prime, or that Prime is actually available in your area. One other point, apart from the odd occasion when they go to air without encoding, you can't view Sky without a decoder. You can tune in the encoded signal though, and it makes for up to date news if big things are happening overseas. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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