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tvout · 08-10-2006, 17:52

Hi all,
As noticed mentioned in another post, I am also a Telewest customer but have bought a little freeview usb adaptor to get freeview on my PC. Thing is I'm having trouble with the reception.
The nearest transmitter is...1km away!
It apparently provides all DTV channels available and www.dtg.org.uk says that I need a C/D vertical aerial? Thing is I can't find out anywhere what exactly one of those is? Is my closeness going to be an issue, i.e. need an attenuator or something?
My house already had a sky dish on the back when I bought it as well as practically the biggest most obvious aerial in the neighbourhood! I bought a sky box for a fiver which can get free satellite channels (stuff like Zone Horror for example) and the freeview thing can get Sky Three until Telewest gets it (having nagged them about Sky Two and Three recently to a very confident advisor who knew in depth about their agreements with Sky etc. Great to have a knowledgeable advisor!)

---------- Post added at 17:52 ---------- Previous post was at 17:07 ----------

Quick follow on to this...
I tried connecting the cable from my big roof aerial to the usb adaptor and it showed good signal but didn't find any channels...
I take it from that the aerial isn't compatible with digital?

08-10-2006, 17:52	#1
tvout Inactive Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: West Midlands Services: VM L Broadband (10MB) XL TV V+ HD Box Off peak caller phone HTC Wildfire on T-Mobile UK Freeview Posts: 600	Aerial help for Terrestrial DTV please... Hi all, As noticed mentioned in another post, I am also a Telewest customer but have bought a little freeview usb adaptor to get freeview on my PC. Thing is I'm having trouble with the reception. The nearest transmitter is...1km away! It apparently provides all DTV channels available and www.dtg.org.uk says that I need a C/D vertical aerial? Thing is I can't find out anywhere what exactly one of those is? Is my closeness going to be an issue, i.e. need an attenuator or something? My house already had a sky dish on the back when I bought it as well as practically the biggest most obvious aerial in the neighbourhood! I bought a sky box for a fiver which can get free satellite channels (stuff like Zone Horror for example) and the freeview thing can get Sky Three until Telewest gets it (having nagged them about Sky Two and Three recently to a very confident advisor who knew in depth about their agreements with Sky etc. Great to have a knowledgeable advisor!) ---------- Post added at 17:52 ---------- Previous post was at 17:07 ---------- Quick follow on to this... I tried connecting the cable from my big roof aerial to the usb adaptor and it showed good signal but didn't find any channels... I take it from that the aerial isn't compatible with digital?