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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 33274" data-attributes="member: 176256">Need to get a few things straight here.&nbsp; Is the aerial feed supplied to you from a socket on the wall?&nbsp; Is there just one socket for a TV type connection, or are there 2 - a TV type and a satellite type (F type)?When you say a terrestrial package do you mean that the building owners have spent some money on making sure that the aerial, distribution amplifier and coaxial cable are all up to scratch?&nbsp; All this means is that the digital signals have a better chance of reaching you for your terrestrial digital receiver (Freeview box, the old OnDigital/ITV Digital boxes and some integrated Digital TVs).&nbsp; I take it that you have one of these and not just a $ly digibox.If so then it points towards a poor signal, even with all that your building owner has done.&nbsp; Try connecting the terrestrial digital receiver directly to the aerial socket and not through the digibox.Again, which cable are we talking about.&nbsp; If it's already installed and only comes out at an outlet on the wall there's not a lot you can do.&nbsp; An amplifier certainly won't help as it will only amplify the noise.&nbsp; Amplifiers need to be used with extreme discretion as it is all too easy to turn a reasonable signal bad with them.&nbsp; They should alway be fitted as close to the dish as possible, which is probably not feasible as it will be the landlord's dish set-up.If we are talking about your own dish on a outside wall then you are in control.&nbsp; To get $ly+ the dish needs to have the LNB replaced with a dual or quad output type.&nbsp; You also need an extra cable, or replacement for them both, to take advantage of the dual satellite input on the back so if replacement isn't an option then you're stuffed anyway.Hope some of this is a help.PaulR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 33274, member: 176256"] Need to get a few things straight here. Is the aerial feed supplied to you from a socket on the wall? Is there just one socket for a TV type connection, or are there 2 - a TV type and a satellite type (F type)? When you say a terrestrial package do you mean that the building owners have spent some money on making sure that the aerial, distribution amplifier and coaxial cable are all up to scratch? All this means is that the digital signals have a better chance of reaching you for your terrestrial digital receiver (Freeview box, the old OnDigital/ITV Digital boxes and some integrated Digital TVs). I take it that you have one of these and not just a $ly digibox. If so then it points towards a poor signal, even with all that your building owner has done. Try connecting the terrestrial digital receiver directly to the aerial socket and not through the digibox. Again, which cable are we talking about. If it's already installed and only comes out at an outlet on the wall there's not a lot you can do. An amplifier certainly won't help as it will only amplify the noise. Amplifiers need to be used with extreme discretion as it is all too easy to turn a reasonable signal bad with them. They should alway be fitted as close to the dish as possible, which is probably not feasible as it will be the landlord's dish set-up. If we are talking about your own dish on a outside wall then you are in control. To get $ly+ the dish needs to have the LNB replaced with a dual or quad output type. You also need an extra cable, or replacement for them both, to take advantage of the dual satellite input on the back so if replacement isn't an option then you're stuffed anyway. Hope some of this is a help. PaulR [/QUOTE]

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