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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

My flat currently has one TV and one ariel point.. I can watch freeview on that quite nicely

If i buy a 2nd TV and put it in my bedroom.. am i right in thinking i can not watch free view on that as its not plugged into an ariel?

If i buy a SMART tv.. i could watch On Demand programs using the iplayer etc

How expensive roughly would it be to get a blokey in to hook me up in the bedroom so i could watch freeview?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I may be wrong, but if you put a splitter plug in the back of the box and run a 2nd cable from there to the new TV, you should be fine. It's a Y shaped TV aerial plug.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I may be wrong, but if you put a splitter plug in the back of the box and run a 2nd cable from there to the new TV, you should be fine. It's a Y shaped TV aerial plug."

Thanks for the reply.. would be a hell of a lot of cable to get from front room to my bedroom lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cant you get a wireless thing how instead of using cables

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cant you get a wireless thing how instead of using cables "

This is it.. i dont know

Be lush if there was :D

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An Amazon Fire Stick would work for your needs.

Or a Chrome Cast.

Or a little desktop/media centre with Kodi on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just had a look at PCworld and I think you can, around £50

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"An Amazon Fire Stick would work for your needs.

Or a Chrome Cast.

Or a little desktop/media centre with Kodi on it"

Would they allow me to watch FreeView?

I have a NowTV box.. so can watch films on a TV

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Just had a look at PCworld and I think you can, around £50"

Cheers will have a ganders :D

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fire stick install Kodi with an iptv client watch tv from all over the world

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

If the freeview is built in to the main TV, then no, unless your 2nd TV also has freeview built in. But it depends on whether you'd get a good enough signal on your 2nd TV - it depends on the aerial feeding it.

I've been able to slave a 2nd non freeview TV off the freeview box in the lounge, but it needs a mains powered signal amplifier as the cable run is quite long.

Freeview boxes are only around £20, but unlikely that you'll get an adequate signal with an indoor aerial, even with a signal booster.

Having said that, I bought a new TV for the bedroom (with freeview built in), and rather than try to slave off the house aerial, I drilled a small hole in the ceiling up into the loft, and using a co-ax extension cable, mounted a really cheap crappy indoor aerial up there and it works fine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"An Amazon Fire Stick would work for your needs.

Or a Chrome Cast.

Or a little desktop/media centre with Kodi on it

Would they allow me to watch FreeView?

I have a NowTV box.. so can watch films on a TV "

With Kodi, you can watch anything you want.

The chromecast, with the right apps you can watch loads of different things.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

OK will start again..

Lounge - Built in Freeview and plugged into ariel socket thing

Bedroom - Smart (with Freeview built in) tv NO ARIEL socket..

Im getting the idea i can not watch freeview in the bedroom as its not plugged into an ariel. How can this be resolved?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is your bedroom upstairs or on the same floor?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Is your bedroom upstairs or on the same floor?"

same floor

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is your bedroom upstairs or on the same floor?

same floor "

If it's not easy or simple to get a cable from your lounge to your bedroom (internally)

I would put a splitter into the aerial cable outside before it goes through the wall of your lounge. Then fix an additional cable externally to your house and go through the wall of your bedroom.

I'm not keen on the wireless senders they are too prone for things interfering with them. Plus you are restricted to watching what the main TV is tuned to.

Another option is to get a portable Aerial. Depending on signal strength in your area, it may be ok or it may be shit.

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

Basically, you need an aerial feeding it.

You have a few basic approaches:-

You could try a T, or Y shaped splitter, but the signal may not be powerful enough and you might not want to drill through the walls to pass the cable through. Better, would be to put a decent mains powered signal amplifier into the aerial socket - make sure you get one that has two output feeds on it.

If the first one is a no-go, then you might get by with a separate indoor aerial in your bedroom, but again, you'd probably need a powered one, or a separate signal amplifier.

If your bedroom has an outside wall, and it happens to be on the correct side of the building, you could mount an external aerial there, and bring the cable in through a window frame, or the wall itself.

It may be possible for a contractor to take a feed off the aerial for the building, but he'd need to be able to get up to it.

Without knowing the cardinal orientation of your outside walls with respect to the nearest broadcasting antenna, it's difficult to say, but I'd try a cheap indoor aerial and signal booster first, as you can do that yourself and it won't cost much.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

ah see its rented accommodation and dont want to be investing mega bucks by drilling holes in walls etc..

Still guess its movies in bed. :D

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

Just buy a portiable arieal that's what I have in my bedroom I have a tv that has freeview built in

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

What I'd try first then, is get an indoor aerial and a mains powered signal booster. Get the aerial as high as possible and near to an outside wall that faces the broadcasting antenna. Get an aerial with elements -one that looks like a smaller version of an outdoor aerial. Have a look at which way the external aerials in your neighbourhood are pointing and whether the elements are oriented horizontally or vertically - this is vital.

There maybe more than one antenna serving your area, so you may find some pointing one way, and some another, you'll just have to experiment for the best signal (or you can buy a signal meter, and a more accurate way of aligning is by taking the grid co-ordinates of the antenna off the web, and use a map and compass to point the aerial - don't forget to add 2 degrees when going from grid to magnetic)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

While we're on this subject, if I got a Kodi loaded firestick, could I get BT sport so I could watch motogp?

Sorry to hijack your post OP!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Use a AV sender

Had one in my old house - worked a dream and will use your freeview from same room

Get an old one on eBay

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"While we're on this subject, if I got a Kodi loaded firestick, could I get BT sport so I could watch motogp?

Sorry to hijack your post OP!!!"

Hubby has bt sport via his cromecast

We don't have by broadband so use a friends login

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes you can get BT sport on kodi, my bf has kodi and we can watch all sky and BT sports plus he watches his prem team home and away when they are not on sky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"While we're on this subject, if I got a Kodi loaded firestick, could I get BT sport so I could watch motogp?

Sorry to hijack your post OP!!!"

You can get everything on Kodi but you do need to do a little bit of research on YouTube

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent! I'll get one!

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Why cant you just get an indoor ariel?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I may be wrong, but if you put a splitter plug in the back of the box and run a 2nd cable from there to the new TV, you should be fine. It's a Y shaped TV aerial plug.

Thanks for the reply.. would be a hell of a lot of cable to get from front room to my bedroom lol "

I did this just put in into the ceiling and pulled it through on the other room

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Forget the Y splitter suggestions as it will degrade the signal to both TVs, unless a distribution amp is used- even using high grade cable, not to mention the mess running it round your flat/house.

The kodi/ firestick/ chromecast units are pretty good but can be a bit tricky to set up and they rely on a good wifi signal to the end point and you will need an uncapped data allowance from your ISP if you plan to stream a lot.

Depending on your budget, you could use a HDTV mains transcoded, which allows you to send your TV signal through your electrical system. You plug a box in by your main TV, plug in the aerial and then your main TV- then by your 2nd TV, you plug in another box and connect the aerial to that telly and you have access to your aerial via your electrical ring mains. They're not cheap though, about £250 on average- but it will give you the flexibility to move the TV to any point in your home. Look for something like this

http://www.justhdmi.co.uk/hdjuicebox/

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

I got a cheap indoor aerial for my sons freeview TV, depending on the weather the signal is ok. Maybe invest in a decent one.

Failing that get a chromecast for £30 and find a good streaming site on the web, I like cartoonhd

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By *he Original TTMan
over a year ago

Brackley, Northants

Indoor aerial would be your best bet - there is a flat one made by Philex (SLx Pro Flat Indoor Amp Aerial - that is available from Argos amongst other outlets) that was developed with, and won an Enterprise award from, Loughborough University - I have used these successfully recently. They are only around £25 and will be the quickest, cheapest and most cost effective solution to give you freeview in a second room with no aerial socket available.

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By *inzi LTV/TS
over a year ago

The Garden of Eden in Beautiful North Wales

Just buy a 4 way booster/splitter and put it in your attic. Wire into a 240 socket and your sorted. Different channel on each tv.

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By *he Original TTMan
over a year ago

Brackley, Northants

"Just buy a 4 way booster/splitter and put it in your attic. Wire into a 240 socket and your sorted. Different channel on each tv.

She can't - rented housing and doesn't want to drill holes as she said earlier....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go for something like wookie wizard or the beast add on with kodi and they self update too if anyone wants more details drop me a line

"While we're on this subject, if I got a Kodi loaded firestick, could I get BT sport so I could watch motogp?

Sorry to hijack your post OP!!!"

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

I have an amazon first stick with kodi and I dont have a TV aerial to the house at all

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By *jj46Man
over a year ago

rhyl

"My flat currently has one TV and one ariel point.. I can watch freeview on that quite nicely

If i buy a 2nd TV and put it in my bedroom.. am i right in thinking i can not watch free view on that as its not plugged into an ariel?

If i buy a SMART tv.. i could watch On Demand programs using the iplayer etc

How expensive roughly would it be to get a blokey in to hook me up in the bedroom so i could watch freeview? "
buy yourself an android box and find out if any neighbours have WiFi and pinch there's

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