uforia Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I'm wanting to purchase a tv wall plate for a new socket on the wall, I am wanting it to be high quality and usable for digital tv, what sort of wall plate aerial socket should I get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatham Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Can't go wrong with Krone or Clipsal or HPM f-connector type wall plates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uforia Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Thanks how much should it cost roughly to get a new tv socket installed by a proper tv guy? is $200 abit much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakenShield1 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Yep, I got aerial, and 2 outlets for $165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pete.b. Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 How long is a piece of string. Too many factors to consider before commenting on price. Mostly use clipsal myself, had no problems so far. Most guys give free quotes, get a few and compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prender Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 (edited) I've gotta look into getting a new wall plate for my existing antenna. I have a set top box hooked up, but some of the channels are going a bit nuts, sometimes the channels go a bit blocky, and the audio makes horrible noises. A while back, had a coaxial cable running from one room to another and one of my mates tripped over this cable, which in turn ripped a little metal piece out of the wall plate socket. Sometimes the channels will be fine, but every now and then they go to crap, particularly prime is the worst offender. Anyhow, what's a rough ballpark figure I would be looking at. As far as I know the roof-mounted antenna should be up to the task. I was thinking about getting the current wall plate socket repaired, and maybe getting two more wall plate sockets put in other rooms. Can I do that without it dropping the digital quality too much? Forgive me if I sound ignorant but I am kind of new to the whole digital TV thing. Any info would be greatly appreciated, such as types of connectors which would be best suited to my situation, etc. Thanks guys. Edited February 17, 2007 by prender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellotv Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I've gotta look into getting a new wall plate for my existing antenna. I have a set top box hooked up, but some of the channels are going a bit nuts, sometimes the channels go a bit blocky, and the audio makes horrible noises.A while back, had a coaxial cable running from one room to another and one of my mates tripped over this cable, which in turn ripped a little metal piece out of the wall plate socket. Sometimes the channels will be fine, but every now and then they go to crap, particularly prime is the worst offender. Anyhow, what's a rough ballpark figure I would be looking at. As far as I know the roof-mounted antenna should be up to the task. I was thinking about getting the current wall plate socket repaired, and maybe getting two more wall plate sockets put in other rooms. Can I do that without it dropping the digital quality too much? Forgive me if I sound ignorant but I am kind of new to the whole digital TV thing. Any info would be greatly appreciated, such as types of connectors which would be best suited to my situation, etc. Thanks guys. I charge $85 per outlet in a typical single story house.This covers labour ,coax,wall plate,flylead and splitter. I am in the country so expect to pay more in city.(god knows why) If its a double story or it is obvious that cavity access will be time consuming or excessive lengths of coax then I negotiate depending on these extenuating circumstances. Sometimes when you split the signal ,it goes below acceptable minimum levels and amplifiers are needed to compensate.these are obviously extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Anthony- Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Sorry to hijack. Is it possible to bridge a standard aerial running SD Digital to a TV that will run HD Digital? Would it work or would it cause interference? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COFDM MAN Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hi Anthony, Not a problem with the hijacking! No other way to get your ten posts up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellotv Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Sorry to hijack. Is it possible to bridge a standard aerial running SD Digital to a TV that will run HD Digital? Would it work or would it cause interference?Thanks. Yes you can split the signal to extra outlets using F connector splitters and Quad shield cable . Whether its SD or HD is irrelivant. What is important is if after splitting and extra cable length that you still have sufficient signal level to allow the digital decoder to operate reliably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Sometimes when you split the signal ,it goes below acceptable minimum levels and amplifiers are needed to compensate.these are obviously extra Little bit more hijacking, sorry We recently had a guy over to install a new tv socket in another room. Now, it took him ages, and he was up in the roof for a while messing around. Up there he said there was already 3 (plugs? Sorry, I'm ignorant of the terminology), corresponding to the 3 existing sockets already in the house. Now, one of these was in a stupid location, so he basically unplugged that at the source and plugged the new one in instead (so we still have 3). Since doing this, we've completely lost signal to the TV in the bedroom (with a SD box attached we get 'unreliable signal'. We can get analogue reception, but it's shocking). The plasma works OK downstairs (built in HD tuner), but we lost access to ABC a week or so ago (no idea why, this was before he came and did his work), and if I switch the TV to analogue, there are large, white pixels all over (like snow, but more like hail ). So, I'm assuming the signal has been weakened a fair bit, and perhaps he's knocked something loose up there to account for the bedroom losing a decent signal. Does this sound familiar? is it easily fixed? Am I going to need an amplifier, and if so how much are they? Sorry for all this, and I can start a new thread if the OP prefers (sorry for hijacking) Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtv Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Hansel, Yes, this would have been better as a new thread. Disconnecting one connection from the splitter and replacing it with another should have had no effect on the other existing connections. This suggests there is now a faulty connection. Didn't the installer test all outlets after his installation? Get the installer back to fix it. If he can't, request a refund and find another 'competent' installer who can. Without actual signal strength and quality measurements, it's impossible to make recommendations as to what you may require, however, start with the obvious things first, such as connections, splitters, cables, outlet plates and flyleads. It's possible you may also have an antenna connection or compatibility problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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