Advice please.

[sweetpea]

I'm going to give a freeview box to someone who just has terrestrial TV. Can anyone tell me do you need an ariel or a satellite dish?

[Boozeburglar]

Suck it and see Sweetpea, they might need a better ariel but try it first. Is their ariel on the roof?

[lasher]

Washing powder is no much good for tv signal, be better using an aerial!!

[Boozeburglar]

Har har! Bet those tiles are clean!

[sweetpea]

Yes v good! Going to have a look and see if there's an ariel first. Cheers.

[joxville]

I would suggest you ask Persil Toboggan but he's now banned.

[sweetpea]

I would suggest you ask Persil Toboggan but he's now banned.

Was he the BNP guy? It's a pity but my friend doesn't have an ariel, we checked. I've got a freesat as well to try but someone said you need a dish for that?

[Boozeburglar]

I would suggest you ask Persil Toboggan but he's now banned.

He he, if I may be so bold, there is no need to soft soap us, we get your dreft.

[Boozeburglar]

Yes freesat needs a dish.

what kind of aerial are they currently using? set top? there are set top freeview aerials but unless you are in an area of strong reception they are generally poor. long term it would be better to get a high gain aerial. does not need to go on the roof it would do just as well in a loft.

[sweetpea]

It's on top of the TV and only getting BBC1+2.

[Boozeburglar]

then i think you wont get much on the freeview box

do they have a loft? or at a push the top of an airing cupboard

a full size high gain aerial will usually do the job, you just need to point it in the right direction

[sweetpea]

Right, next question, How much does an ariel cost? I have someone to put it up.

[Boozeburglar]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...t%3EAERIAL.htm

I think that is a good deal

should be sufficient, and ten metres of coax should be ok, no?

[sweetpea]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...t%3EAERIAL.htm

I think that is a good deal

should be sufficient, and ten metres of coax should be ok, no?

That's just the job and twenty quid. Ten metres is twice enough

[sweetpea]

oH Does that ariel do inside and out

[slinky]

http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=92955 dish here wortha pm see if still available ,ariel better outside i think mine cost 110 roughley for instalation ariel cable etc from chessors but ended up getting sky the dish would do with freesat box

[Boozeburglar]

oH Does that ariel do inside and out

there is no difference really

if they have a loft try to get it as high as possible in there

in an ideal world you install it on your chimney stack but it is £20 and worth trying the cheapest route first.

[sweetpea]

there is no difference really

if they have a loft try to get it as high as possible in there

in an ideal world you install it on your chimney stack but it is £20 and worth trying the cheapest route first.

Yeah it's worth a try. Simple things are hard sometimes!

[dx100uk]

use one of the free postcode checkers on one of the various freeview sites

tell us how far you are away from the recommended transmitter it states.

dx

[sweetpea]

use one of the free postcode checkers on one of the various freeview sites

tell us how far you are away from the recommended transmitter it states.

dx

KW1 is the postcode.