Guest Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 If you go to services then system setup ou will find the signal test option. Both my inputs look to be around 75% in strength and seem to move between about 60% and 75% in quality. If yours look like the bar is less than halfway across it would be worth getting it checked. Being a satellite signal where you are in the country shouldn't matter - it may even be that your dish is out of alignment. If you do get someone in find a good local aerial person as they are a LOT cheaper than Sky. The guy we had was marvellous, he even fitted our cat flap (we were desperate and didn't know anyone to do it). He fitted me another dish and didn't charge for that as we gave him a couple of old Sky boxes that were left here by the previous owners (and still kept 1 spare for ourselves!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I was told that after the digital switchover, it would not be possible to video one programme while watching another with my old VHS recorder. Is this not true? And I don't think little indoor aerials will work any more: every television has to be connected to an outdoor aerial (two per aerial). I have only opted for the box, but even that was a huge upheaval, as we discovered our TV aerial was too old and that had to be replaced. It has all been an expensive nuisance, and it will get worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I was told that after the digital switchover, it would not be possible to video one programme while watching another with my old VHS recorder. Is this not true? And I don't think little indoor aerials will work any more: every television has to be connected to an outdoor aerial (two per aerial). Yes, your video recorder will no longer be able to record from it's built in analogue tuner. That's why a lot of the new DVD recorders have freeview built in to enable you to still do this. You can get portable indoor digital aerials but I think you need to be in a strong signal area for them to work. Argos sell a couple. Also, if you put a signal booster on your main aerial you could connect more than 2 TV's no probs. With regards to the original poster, I think as long as you use scart to connect a video recorder to a TV it will work fine. There may be problems with people who use the old fashioned RF cable but I might be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
