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[Willsha]

I've recently moved into a house on sunshine coast.
I could not get any tv reception when I moved in so a technican came around and fitted a hills amplifier. Since then the reception has been perfect.

Now i have got austar installed on the same tv. (not HD austar).
The austar picture is perfect on this tv and I now want to get this on another tv in another room.
I brought the tv from the other room to the austar box and connected up the rf out on the austar box to the tv and I got an okay picture when I tuned to the austar UHF channel I set to 69.

However when I now move my tv back to the other room and plug in the cables I can't get any reception.

My wall plate (which was here before I came) at the main tv has four F-type Connectors on it all female. It also has one cable coming out of the middle of the wall plate which is a male f-type connector. This is the one that is hooked up to the amplifier for my free to air digital tv. The austar is coming from one of the female connectors.

I thought that perhaps if i connected the rf out to one of the other 3 free connectors then I would have had reception in the other room. But I've tried them all.

Not sure what the next step is.

Edited by Willsha, 11 July 2012 - 08:37 PM.

[nbound]

You need a dedicated run back up to your distribution point so the signal can be inserted up there before the splitter. 99.9% of houses do not have this. Get a tech to come around to run the cabling and combine or diplex into the existing FTA signals.

[M'bozo]

I could not get any tv reception when I moved in so a technican came around and fitted a hills amplifier. Since then the reception has been perfect.

When this was done, did you have free to air reception in the other room?

Is the Hills amplifier a masthead amplifier, or some other type (A part number would be really helpful)

What type of wallplate is in the other room, F type, or something else?

Now i have got austar installed on the same tv.

Was this done after the technician fixed the free to air reception? (and is it a myStar?)

However when I now move my tv back to the other room and plug in the cables I can't get any reception.

Allowing that I have already asked about this, are you saying there is no reception of any type, where as before moving the TV, there may have been FTA?

My wall plate (which was here before I came) at the main tv has four F-type Connectors on it all female.

Unusual set up (for me), but I am thinking, as you seem to be, that these might feed elsewhere in the house, so that originally signals were distributed from this point.

I'm also thinking, if Austar was installed later, these connections may have been re-jigged elsewhere to get Austar to that 4xF wall plate.

connected up the rf out on the austar box to the tv and I got an okay picture

Thats about all you get with an RF output. When you did that, was the FTA input on the Austar being fed with a FTA signal?

(When an amplifier is used with FTA signals, this may cause deterioration of the Austar RF out.)

Not sure what the next step is.

You'll need a dedicated run fron the RF out of the Austar box to the TV in the other room.

The Austar only provides enough output for 1 TV, if you need to feed more TVs than that, then the signal has to be combined into your existing distribution system by another method.

If any of what I have written doesn't make sense, you might need to get the technician back to sort it for you.

[Willsha]

Thanks guys for your responses.
Seems like you have the same conclusion anyway.

I'll try to answer your questions anyway M'Bozo:

I could not get any tv reception when I moved in so a technican came around and fitted a hills amplifier. Since then the reception has been perfect.

When this was done, did you have free to air reception in the other room?

Just to complicate things the TV in the other room was brought out from the UK and so we cannot get Digital reception on it. Since the TV technican came out and hooked up the amplifier we are now able to get an okay reception on it. (Assume it's Analog).

Is the Hills amplifier a masthead amplifier, or some other type (A part number would be really helpful)
I'n not really sure what this thing is. Here is what is written on it:
PSU10P 14vDC 150 mA Power Adaptor

What type of wallplate is in the other room, F type, or something else?
There is one wall plate with two connectors. One is a PAL male and the other is a female f-type.
(There is also another female f-type connector on a wall plate outside in the under-cover area - have'nt tried doing anything with that).

Now i have got austar installed on the same tv.

Was this done after the technician fixed the free to air reception? (and is it a myStar?).
Yes after the technican done the FTA. No not myStar.


However when I now move my tv back to the other room and plug in the cables I can't get any reception.
Allowing that I have already asked about this, are you saying there is no reception of any type, where as before moving the TV, there may have been FTA?
I didn't check FTA channels when the other TV was connected directly to the Austar box. I don't have FTA going through the Austar box - it's just going straight through to the main TV. I only checked Austar reception and it was okay. But after moving it back to the other room .. I can still get FTA with an okay reception but no Austar.

connected up the rf out on the austar box to the tv and I got an okay picture
Thats about all you get with an RF output. When you did that, was the FTA input on the Austar being fed with a FTA signal
No .. the FTA is being fed direct to the TV and not through the Austar box.

Should I be trying to feed the FTA signal through the RF IN on the Austar box? Would this make a difference?
I believe that the previous owner here was an electrician and since there are at least 2 other 'Austar' connections throughout the hose .. it surprises me that I might have to get a technician out again.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Edited by Willsha, 12 July 2012 - 09:31 AM.

[M'bozo]

Just to complicate things the TV in the other room was brought out from the UK and so we cannot get Digital reception on it. Since the TV technican came out and hooked up the amplifier we are now able to get an okay reception on it. (Assume it's Analog).

Interesting.

The plot thickens, what is the make  model number of the TV?

[Willsha]

The TV in the other room is a Matsui M26DIGB19.

[M'bozo]

 Willsha, on 12 July 2012 - 12:18 PM, said:

The TV in the other room is a Matsui M26DIGB19.

Was hoping to find a user manual online for it, no joy. Seems to be a cheep & cheerful big store bargain set.

I was curious how it's working at all, since UK standards are different to ours, although if it's a semi world standard CCIR model, it would function on analogue. Usually there is no sound on analogue, unless the correct system is selected to enable this.

It looks like unless you can work out a way yourself, of getting a signal from the back of the Austar decoder to the bedroom, technical help will be required.

Should I be trying to feed the FTA signal through the RF IN on the Austar box? Would this make a difference?

Not in this case.

[Willsha]

Yes Cheap and not so cheerful. Although it is sold by some of the bigger brands in the UK.
(I bought it from Curry's).

I'll probably get a technician back out.

Thanks for your help anyway - was worth a try.

[nutmeg1]

If you call out Austar and its not their fault they will charge you

[Willsha]

No I wouldn't be calling out an Austar technician. Just a local TV guy that sorted out my Digital TV.