Just wondering so to get most live TV you need to have plug in that circular arial cable into your TV. Fine for downstairs, all plugged in. But it becomes a chew when moving furniture around and upstairs TV’s having to plan how to get the arial in the TV.

Do they do like Wireless ones where it can pick a reception up from anywhere or from somewhere else in the house without having to faff with cables?

I found this on argos but not sure if it does what I’m asking… https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3036497

by jackcu

9 comments

  1. The aerial in the link you provided requires it to be connected to the television or service receiver box via a cable, as do most aerials – I don’t think I’ve ever heard of an aerial being able to transmit its signal to the television wirelessly, but I’m suresomebody more knowledgable will come along to either confirm or correct.

  2. Assuming you live somewhere with strong signal the one you linked would be fine – you could leave it with the TV and only have a bit of cable between the TV and the aerial. Aerial cables are also very easy to terminate so you could make the cable very short

    I can’t imagine there’d be any wireless solutions for what you’re looking for. Others may know of something I don’t but my intention with this comment is to give you some context (before I get ready for work)

    You’d probably be best to run a long cable from the existing wall socket – it would likely be the simplest solution.
    Those one for all boxes come with little or no seal so you could buy one, test it, and return it if it didn’t work. As it says on the box it’ll work best within 9 miles of the transmitter (not that I know where my nearest is, let alone have a map)

    Or you could switch to on demand/catch up – fire sticks are very affordable

  3. The one you have linked will work fine. It’s not wireless – it will connect to the TV you want to use it on – but you won’t have to connect to your main aerial via a socket. There is no guarantee that the signal strength will be as good as your main aerial though.

  4. I have a £5 digital aerial I bought on eBay,it plugs straight into the TV and picks up Freeview. Sometimes I have to move it around to pick up different channels

  5. It doesn’t pick up a signal from your house – it’s from the transmitter mast like your roof top aerial does.

    Depending on how strong a signal you get – it might work or it might not. Try it and take it back if it doesn’t work.

  6. We have that same model at work.

    We use it when international football is on and just plug it in and we get TV.

  7. I’ve been using a HDHomeRun device setup. It’s not cheap, but it means I don’t have to have my TV right next to an aerial socket. It’s great if you have smart TVs.

  8. You can buy small aerials that you can have in the room upstairs with the TV.

    The main one you can get the connectors and co-ax cable from B&Q (other DIY shops are available) and extend the cable so it’s long enough to put the TV anywhere in the room.

    Also, depending on where your main aerial is situated (is it in the loft or outside). You can get splitters so that you can run multiple TVs from the same aerial. Again, B&Q do these I have my aerial in the loft and have the cable split so every bedroom has an aerial socket.

  9. Try an old, wire coat hanger jammed in the coax socket.

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