Bella78 Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Firstly I apologise if this is in the wrong forum, but I was at a loss as to where it fits (Please don't flame me if its in the wrong area, just point me in the right direction please) The wall socket that the aerial plug for my Austar goes in, is it connected directly to the Austar Dish on my roof or can it pick up SD/HD free to air channels too? I'm sorry if this doesn't make much sense, because I really have little knowlegde about it all myself and to those that have more of an idea this is probably a really obvious answer. I've just brought a new HD TV with built in HD tuner and was wondering if I can take the aerial out of the back of the Austar decoder box, plug it into my new TV and run the signal directly through the TV to get both my Austar and HD Channels?
Eddy Current Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 NO Firstly I apologise if this is in the wrong forum, but I was at a loss as to where it fits (Please don't flame me if its in the wrong area, just point me in the right direction please)The wall socket that the aerial plug for my Austar goes in, is it connected directly to the Austar Dish on my roof or can it pick up SD/HD free to air channels too? I'm sorry if this doesn't make much sense, because I really have little knowlegde about it all myself and to those that have more of an idea this is probably a really obvious answer. I've just brought a new HD TV with built in HD tuner and was wondering if I can take the aerial out of the back of the Austar decoder box, plug it into my new TV and run the signal directly through the TV to get both my Austar and HD Channels?
mtv Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Bella78, Your Austar satellite dish will not receive terrestrial TV signals. For your digital TV reception, you require a separate antenna.
Bella78 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 Bella78,Your Austar satellite dish will not receive terrestrial TV signals. For your digital TV reception, you require a separate antenna. Thanks MTV tats what I was thinking but thought I'd ask anyway. Cheers
mello yello Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Ciao Bella Dont get confused into thinking you need a special "digital" antenna to receive digital HD though. If you have an existing antenna that you used to watch analogue with..it will do the trick If you dont ..you can try a Dick Smith internal antenna ( about 30 bucks )..and you might be able to pick up local channels
charlesc Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Bella78, You don't say where you are located? Are you in a metro area? Do you have an existing antenna you could try plugging in to your HD TV?
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