2 into 1 tv aerial adapter

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picky
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2 into 1 tv aerial adapter

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I know u can get these as a little plug in box, to give you two aerial sockets, but has anyone seen available a Y shaped cable, two seperate coaxial cables that join together at one end into a single plug?? Its for a friend and i think they would rather purchase a ready made unit than have me solder one up :D

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here is one on ebay 99p!! LINKY
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Post by mike.perry »

I have a 2 into 1 Y Aerial connector. I have it plugged into a signal booster box
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Post by picky »

did you find the signal booster was needed if two TV's are drawing signal from the same aerial through an adapter?

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Post by mike.perry »

One aeriel was pointing at London and the other was pointing to southern channels. The booster box saved me manually switching aerials.
My daughter now has the equipment to run 2 TVs from 1 aerial. She has only just set it up so I don't know the results yet.
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Post by alanworland »

Everytime a signal is split (or combined) with one of these units the signal is effectively halved, which is the reason a booster is often used to get round this problem.
Low loss splitter/combiners are available but they will lose a consierable amount of signal.
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Post by picky »

right well i am going to try the non powered splitter and see if it works. going to feel like i wally if it doesnt work when both TV's are on though :o

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Post by alainmoran »

I believe that the input amplifiers on your average telly will be of such high impedance that you will see no appreciable loss when connecting 2 or more televisions to a decent source aerial ... if your aerial is pants, or signal strength low then you may see problems.

I can say for sure (living in student houses way back when) that you can connect at least 3 or 4 televisions to a single aerial using those 'poundland' aerial splitters.
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