Thread: dumb TV antenna question

Originally Posted by iamskippy

I have moved into a house that has no external aerial.

I was told that you can purchase a small adaptor plug and use the foxtel connection as a normal aerial. Is this the case … is it a simple exercise?

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Thanks

That would not be correct unless you are subscribing to Foxtel in which case I believe you can watch free to air TV through the Foxtel connection.

If it's the satellite antenna it will be about as much use as a coathanger for free to air. (so may work fine, lol)

Just get Foxtel, then you don't have to put up with 7 or 10.

Originally Posted by Iain

Yes and Yes.
In fact some of the skinny white fly leads are so crappy that anything can get in, digital coax leads are the same, in fact, some will sell you 'digital coax' at mega bucks and it is exactly the same, you can get RCA plugs for coax or just get a 'F' to RCA adapter and use the same fittings as you have now.

Maybee we should highlight those crappy white leads sold in most supermarkets etc.

Don't bother!!! Fencing wire would be better at least it wouldn't break.


As soon as you see one you have probably found the problem to bad reception. Common prob is the bodgy joins in the connector, designed to be used for one plugin then self destruct.

Do yourself a favour and don't try and cut costs with your cabling, get quality and that way you can veg out watching tv.

Originally Posted by bennylaird

If it's the satellite antenna it will be about as much use as a coathanger for free to air. (so may work fine, lol)

Just get Foxtel, then you don't have to put up with 7 or 10.

Yeah right get foxtel, and watch repeats, adds, etc, your no better off than watching 7 or 10, at least your not paying to watch adds!!

If you have a sat dish Installed then buy yourself a sat decoder for fta services, shouldn't cost any more than $200.00, then you can point it at:
C1,B1,PAS2,PAS8,NSS6,AS4,B3 ETC, and receive many many stations that you can flick through with the remote and annoy the hell out of your partner, although it helps if you speak other lanquages as there are a lot of ethnic channels, and if you get tired of climbing the roof to turn the sat dish to point to another satellite then get a motek(motor which turns your dish approx $120.00) the picture is digital and crystal clear, for a detailed channel list go to :http://www.lyngsat.com/asia.html

(Rg6 quad shield) wow must be good stuff they have actually shielded it four times?? couldn't they get it right the first time??
Beware there is a lot of rubbish rg6 out there, some of the older coax manufactured with a real wire furry and 1mm centre conductor was and still remains the bees knees.

Now tell him how easy it is to align the dish without a meter or squawker
Heard a caravan salesman telling a retired couple about sat TV, just point the dish at the sky and away you go, and even about some dead spots in the outback where there is no sat reception (must be the UFO's blocking the signal).
These people have no idea how to point an antenna yet alone a dish:eek: