"Niall" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 08:53:51 +0000, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)"
wrote:

In article , Niall
wrote:


So if it happens, change the cable. But freeview *can* work perfectly
well without an enormous aerial array and CT100 all over the place.
If you have a reasonable analogue picture, it will probably work fine.

Believe whatever makes you happy. I can only give you the benefit of 16
years in the trade and thousands of digital installations carried out.

I believe that my Freeview installation works *perfectly*. I believe
this because I can see it with my own eyes.

You are telling people that they need to replace their aerial and coax
before it will work. This is not neccesarily true. It is not true in
my case.

I am saying why not try it first? If results are disappointing, yes,
you need CT100, gold plated connectors and an enormous outside aerial.
But you may not.

My Freeview set up also works perfectly. I didn't expect it to, as the
aerial (roof) cable is rather manky with some holes in it (!). I was quite
happy that it might not work but knew I had a strong signal, so I tried it.
It has never failed or dropped signal and the quality is always excellent.
We also have a TV up in the loft conversion, which I use with a cheap multi
element aerial in the loft. The signal here is not very good. Here the
Freeview box struggles and the signal drops out occasionally.

I would agree with Niall that signal strength is the most important factor
and that, although one should not expect a Freeview box to work with the
existing aerial/cable set up, if a strong signal exists, it's worth a try.


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Bob Mannix
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I also understand why you will always quote for this when asked for a
freeview installation. This is not a criticism. But it's not
applicable for advice to this group.

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Niall