I have a TV in my kitchen and would like a freeview box - Do i need to connect to an ariel?

Question

I currently do NOT have my TV connected to an outside ariel.

Do I need the freeview box connected to an outside arield or is there an easier and cheaper method???

Answer 1

Depending where you live you may pick the freeview signal up with a decent indoor ariel.

Answer 2

Oh how people misunderstand digital! Firstly, anybody who says that aerials receive the signal only as analogue do not know anything about aerials. Most aerials receive BOTH analogue and digital signals, some are better than others and receive all available frequencies.
Your kitchen TV may well be able to run a digital Freeview box via an indoor aerial, but (as some people have correctly suggested) this is entirely dependant on how strong the signal is in your area, and how well the indoor aerial picks the signal up. Generally, weak to moderate signal areas will not fully support indoor aerials running digital set top boxes.
If your main TV aerial is good and has strong enough signal, you could try a professional splitter (not a tacky plastic white Y splitter!) or a 2 way amplifier, and run a feed from it to the kitchen and into the digital box.
However, if you want to know for definite, and get the job done professionally, you need to get in a qualified, CAI registered aerial installer. Would you want to try to fit a gas fire yourself rather than pay to get it done professionally and safely by a qualified tradesman?

Answer 3

The thing about freeview is that the mux banding is carried on a different wavelength to analogue and so a normal analogue aerial is no good for it. Some of the country still cannot receive a digital signal and so your retailer will have to check your postcode for you to ensure you are able to receive. If you live anywhere like the High Peak you can forget it.
If you already have freeview working on your TV in the sitting room you can put a splitter rated at 75 ohms in the co-ax cable from the rooftop aerial and run two lengths of co-ax, one to your sitting room TV and one to your kitchen although this is untidy. Another alternative is to buy either a dipole or parabolic aerial that sits atop your small TV but make sure it is capable of receiving digital signals. This will either work or it won't and depends on many factors including the signal strength and what your house is made of. A stone house blocks radio signals and even cordless telephones can be difficult to run in them.
In theory a digital signal can't be interfered with and in practice it bloody well can. If you live near a fire, police or ambulance station you may find that TETRA transmissions produce interesting patterns on your screen. You'll know if you do because you'll have seen the odd herringbone on your TV pictures. They're fixing this at the moment but slowly.
Finally the last caveat emptor about digital telly is that it now comes in three kinds. Standard, which gives you all the free-to-view channels, top up tv which gives you more channels but in a limited broadcast time for £7.99 a month, and top-up tv anytime which gives you even more but I don't know what the price is. You need a different kind of box for all three.

Hope that's useful.

Answer 4

My freeview box is connected to the TV and the TV is connected to an aerial. I do not have a separate aerial for the freeview box.
It works fine.

Answer 5

there are a number of strategies to ascertain this difficulty. each and every of the recommendations that precede mine have benefit. in spite of the fact which you ought to run the television aerial directly to the Freeview container and purchase the two an aerial splitter to run on your residing room television or a Y adapter plus the mandatory length of aerial cable. Run the cable between the Freeview container on your mattress room and the residing room television. previous to doing all of those issues you ought to quickly hit upon and set up your freeview in the lounge so as that it could connect directly to the aerial. this may be sure that the aerial is receiving a stable sufficient sign to function the freeview container. in case you may get a stable sign then circulate forward and undertake my suggestion, or extra than a number of of the different recommendations offered by making use of alternative respondents on your question. in spite of the fact that, in case you are able to not get a stable sign quickly from the aerial to the freeview container, then not one of the different recommendations will artwork. if this is so that then you'll want the two a booster equipped on your roof aerial to %. up digital television alerts, or a sparkling aerial altogether. an prolonged-winded answer, i understand, in spite of the fact that this is a complicated difficulty. i desire this helps and chuffed viewing!

Answer 6

I run my freeview box from an indoor aerial. Depends on the signal strength in the area you live.

Answer 7

It all depends on the signal strengh in your area, an indoor aerial with a booster may work but like I say, if you're in a weak signal area you might experience blocking and freezing. The best result would be to have a split of your main t.v. aerial by you re local aerial services, it may be a little more expensive but you'll have peace of mind and you could be wasting your money on buying an indoor booster........... TreVaerial

Answer 8

i shouldnt think so as the signal you recieve through your areal is analog wheras the freeview box should have an inboard areal which is digital which is why we sometimes call them digi boxes and the main reason why in a couple of years the analog signal will be turned off and everybody will have to have a freeview box or a newer television (hence those damn commercials trying to flog them to us at ridiculus prices)

Answer 9

you can get booster aerials that you can connect your freeview box to. that way you don't need an outside aerial. prob get one at dixons, curries etc

Answer 10

no not fixed onto the house but it would help the picture if you have a small one connected to the box