TV ANTENNA INSTALLATION - 1 antenna for multiple TVs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ธ.ค. 2017
- Tired of paying outrageous fees for Cable TV & Satellite TV??!! Be a CORD CUTTER and get free TV. This video shows how to use your existing coax cables to hook up to a TV ANTENNA for multiple rooms. (Multiple TVs on 1 Antenna!)
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Been searching around for a while, but this is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks a million!
Glad it helped! I hope my other videos are just as useful to you!
Best explanation ever! Thanks for posting!!
So glad you like my video! Thanks for the positive feedback, Santiago!
Great video! I really appreciate how you get right into it with no BS at the beginning, and how you explain everything in detail!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very informative and detailed. Thanks for posting
You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Excellent video! Thank you so much.
Super Duper - COMPLETELY AWESOME VIDEO!! I thought I would have to look at 5 to 10 videos to get the concept understood. You made everything clear!! Thank you soo much Phil. Please keep making these awesome videos. LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED!! -TTN
Wow, thanks! THANK YOU FOR SUBBING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great idea to color code the cables on both ends!
YES! Thanks for being my biggest fan!
Thanks, Phil, great video!
Glad u like it, my friend! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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I couldn't agree MORE, Gene! HA!
Great video! Thanks :)
You're welcome, Guillaume roy!
Thank you. Answers many questions I've had for a long time. But, I have a couple more, what tool did you use to connect the F-connectors to the cables? Also, I can't find a media box, but have 7 cables hanging free outside my home, like I saw on yours. My house is new construction. Where else could it be, or I may not have one. Is that feasible?
here's my F-Connector video: th-cam.com/video/5_9H3dW9C6k/w-d-xo.html
This also might be helpful.... a continuity tester: th-cam.com/video/PBCcYM_Vtx0/w-d-xo.html
As far as the location of the media box, I can't be too sure to give you an answer. Too many variables with house construction. The continuity test would help solve the problem by locating which end belongs to the other end. I know the older houses all met outside in a box that was screwed to the house. The new houses usually have a media box where they meet, but not all houses are built and set up the same. Hope this helps.
Good job! Lots of cabling job. Now with the fire tv recast, this simplify the install. But i like the antenna in the attic. Hows the reception though? My closest city is about 70miles. Do you think running it in attic still doable? Thank you.
It would hurt to try putting yours in the attic. U might need a booster with it, but it’s worth trying. My reception is great, however, I’m a bit closer to all the towers than you.
Hi Phil, Thanks for the video very helpful. I'm getting poor reception from an indoor digital antenna (one placement gives me all channels but Fox, but then another wall gives me FOX but I lose CBS). Therefore I'm going to install an attic or outside antenna. Quick question...similar to question below. If my current Spectrum Cable is hooked in through a box on the outside of the house, could I disconnect where the Spectrum is coming in and connect my attic antenna/outside antenna to this outside box instead? I'm wondering if any homes instead of having a "media box" could just have an outside box instead??
Without looking at it, it's hard to tell. However, I would try it for sure, if you know it the main line that feeds the other ones in the house. Let me know how it worked out, Mike
Hi. Do. You. Think. Good. To. Have. One. At. Home
What antenna, splitter/booster do you recommend? I should eventually end up with 8 TV's through out the house.. The antenna that you used is that a directional or omni directional Antenna? If you have to turn it to adjust a signal won't that maybe make the signal weaker for another station? I would like to use an indoor attic antenna.
I really don't have a favorite splitter. They are all pretty much the same. Probably find reviews on Amazon for a good decision.
As far as Antenna position goes.... I do have to turn my antenna to pick up one of my local stations. I live out in the country, far from that one tower, however, I do live on a hill. Everyone's situation is going to be different and you will have to adjust for your own. I'm lucky that I pick up stations from an attic antenna. Some people can't. Hope this helps.
I have an antenna on the foreclosure I bought and don’t need it for tv but wonder if I could use it for anything else like intercepting WiFi or internet.
It seems to have a motor that turns it also
TV antenna is only good for TV. the motor is to turn the antenna so it can pick up other stations. When I was a kid, I would have to go outside and turn the antenna by hand in order to pick up certain stations.
Contact SETI and hook it to your PC and you can scan for Aliens.
What trick did you use to locate media box from attic and slip cable from antenna directly inside media box with all that insulation in the way?
when we had the house built, I had the electrician run a cable up to the attic. However, it CAN be done at any time....just a bit more difficult. search for 'fish rods for running wire' here's a link for you.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07519CLJX?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=SR59VV5BKBBSG1T0S8VJ
I have a set of these. Basically, you go in the attic and fish these rods down the wall through existing holes that the wires run through. Blindly tap around until it finds the next hole to the basement. I should make a video on this. hmmmmmm.. maybe I will sometime.
So 5 years later i want to know if you recommend a splitter that works best. I'm currently in new construction and will plan 8 free to air tvs in house
Mine is still going strong! I imagine most of them are designed the same.
Did the signal hold it's strength after being split 8 times or do you recommend a signal booster?
I've never had an issue, but I rarely have more than 2 TV's on at the same time. Not sure if that would matter, but it might. I do have a booster that I never installed due to the fact that I don't seem to need it.
Phil Crockett Thanks. Great video
@@PhilCrockett Yes, splitters always reduce your signal regardless if a tv is connected to them. Splitting into a 8 way reduced your signal by 80% compared to the signal coming in. As a rule of thumb its always best to only use the amount of spits that you actually need. Or using a amplified distribution splitter which can split the signal 8 ways but there is zero loss , zero gain on each outlet. Every time you use a spitter you will usually have at a minimum loss of 3.5db
OTA used to be the standard, now many people think it must be illegal since it's getting free channels! It's great in the US, in most larger cities you've got a pretty reasonable selection of channels. Polar opposite in Canada, unless you live close to the US border, our channel selection is abysmal.
Wow, I had no idea!
So the the best way is to run a tv ant wall jack into the room? As of now my tv antenna cable is literally hanging from the ceiling, and it just looks ugly. Can you link/list the tool you used in the description?
My cables were run by my electrician when I had my house built.
Good video, but my question is what to do when the house doesn’t have media box, but has all the cables tangled without the cables having cables labeled for which room. Thank you
I would buy or build a continuity tester to identify where the cables are going and label them. One of the cables (hopefully) is the main one that runs to the receiving device (satellite, ant...etc.). Once you have them all labeled, and know where they are going, then you can simply start plugging in the devices. Here's my homemade continuity tester: th-cam.com/video/PBCcYM_Vtx0/w-d-xo.html
What if I need 2 antennas? CBS is at least 120° from the rest. Will I have to wire another antenna side by side?
Or can I wire 2 antennas into a media box and have them both go to 3 TVs?
Sorry if it sound confusing. Please advise. Thank
Are you saying that you don't want to turn the antenna every time?
What is the model of the new antenna you used in the attic? (2:33)
Here it is...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0024R4B5C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
My house was built in 2009/2010ish would I have a media box?
It depends on the builder, but I would say "yes".
how good is the reception compared to mounting outside on the top.
It all depends on your location
@@PhilCrockett well, I will find out this weekend. I got an attic antenna and amp.
will have to drill a couple of holes through the ceiling and just drop cable since I can't fish any cables through the dense insulation and fire blocks.
Let me know how it worked out.
@@PhilCrockett Awesome as in unbelievable. With the 8dB booster, 145+ scanned channels on 3 TV's, 67 actual tuned in.
Nice 🎉
thanks for watching
Can I get free to air on dish antenna work in nigeria
Beats me
can you better explain your continuity tester?
you mean this one?
th-cam.com/video/PBCcYM_Vtx0/w-d-xo.html
It will work on india or not
that's great!
@@PhilCrockett Sorry bro spelling mistake
no prob. I've never been to India, so I don't know if it works there. I'd like to visit India. I have a few friends from there, and I have eaten a lot of Indian food. I make Palak Paneer in my Instant Pot. Turns out perfect every time.
Because we all live in new construction houses with media boxes and coax cables with ethernet ports built in ever room....
It’s about $210 per month vs. FREE
Grazie altro non so scrvere
thanks!