Beginner: what is the Aerial In for on the back of the Sky+ box?
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Forgive me, but I am new to this:
Why is there a Aerial In connection on the back of the Sky box? If I WAS to plug in an RF coaxial cable (from my analogue aerial), what would be the use of that? Would it let me watch analogue channels (BBC1 etc) through my Sky box somehow? If so, how? Please explain!
Thanks, and I anticipate a speedy reply!
Thanks again,
Shai
Why is there a Aerial In connection on the back of the Sky box? If I WAS to plug in an RF coaxial cable (from my analogue aerial), what would be the use of that? Would it let me watch analogue channels (BBC1 etc) through my Sky box somehow? If so, how? Please explain!
Thanks, and I anticipate a speedy reply!
Thanks again,
Shai
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By doing this, you can tune a channel on your TV or video into the Sky box which is ideal if you don't have a scart socket (although it's preferable to use the scart if possible which doesn't need tuning and has a much better picture!)
It also means that your aerial signal is fed as normal to your TV and video so you can tune them in as normal - you can then watch, say, BBC1 on analogue (aerial)(channel 1 on your TV) while recording a Sky channel on your video (or vice versus!).
The aerial in/out setup is also a really cheap way of distributing the outside aerial signal and the sky signal to other TV's - I have my Aerial going into my Sky Box then to my video downstairs then from my video to 3 TVs and 3 video's upstairs resulting in all TV's using the single outside aerial for channels 1-5 with Sky tuned in to channel 6 and the video on channel 7 on all tv's.
Perfect picture on all channels as well. The downside is that the sky box only outputs one signal so only 1 sky channel is seen around the house but the whole thing (cabling, connectors and clips) would probably only cost £4!
(Actually, thinking about it I have 4 TV's and 4 Videos connected! - Oh, and a DVD recorder.)
I want to use a tvLink. Do I HAVE TO have a cable from the digibox to my second tv? is there no way i can do it with wireless senders? i dont want a cable going right through my house!
Yes, you can use wireless senders. One advantage being that they transmit stereo sound (the RF cable will only be mono)