Thread: NTL with Freeview ?
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Old 20-05-2005, 18:25   #2
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Re: NTL with Freeview ?
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Originally Posted by Mike Cais
I'd like to use freeview on a second TV upstairs. Unfortunately I'm not in a freeview area, but I have been told that it is possible to feed the stb from the ntl box (either the one on the wall or my stb - samsung) and use the ntl feed as an aerial. I don't want to do this if it's illegal, but I am a legit subscriber to ntl, but don't want to fork out even more money to hire another box if I could buy one.
Is this possible / legal ? & does it make a difference that I now receive from a digital source rather than analogue (upgraded last year)
I am told that an ntl engineer has wired my friends bungalow so that 1 tv is fed from his stb and 2 others are fed directly from the wall socket to receive free channels - he does not have any aerial ? - can this only be done on an analogue feed ?
You can use the RF output of the STB, but do not use the input cable to the STB box to achieve what you want as this will degrade the signal into your STB and also cause noise, interference on the cable network that will degrade the service for others.

All you have to do is either buy an amplifier with one input and 2 outputs or more, put the RF output of the STB into the input of amplifer send one output upstairs and one to your TV downstairs. This will enable you to send the Channels that is on the STB around house. Also if you have a terrestrial ariel you can combine this with the input to amplifier and you will also send around the terrestrial channels.
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