jaebihn
9-Jan-2013, 6:59 PM
I wanted to say thanks in advance for your help. This site is wonderful. I have never done OTA and I want to begin getting free TV. My wife and I cut the cable because we were paying over $180 per month for the FIOS Triple Package. After we cut TV and phone our bill is $60 per month for internet only.
My TVFool report is below:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3dc84fdd0423ac49
Background: I intend on setting it up in the attic which is on the 3rd floor of our 5 year old home. The wife says the roof is off limits. She doesn't watch TV so she doesn't care if the antenna works. I have an all brick house and the roof is made up of asphalt. The house was wired with coaxial cable and cat5e when it was built and all terminations end in the attic. The coaxial cables are fed from an 8-way splitter which powered our TVs when we had Verizon FIOS TV without any issues. I want this to work on 2 TVs in my home the first is in the living room and the second in my theater room with a projector. I have an ATSC tuner in the Sony 1080p TV (living room) and I will be using a ATSC to USB tuner which is plugged into an older laptop (serves as my HTPC) which feeds the receiver via HDMI.
I plan on using a Clearstream 2V I bought from Amazon (link to antenna at the bottom.) I have several questions based on the TVFool report and my location. My first question is: what direction should I face the antenna to pick up the most signals? If I assume the antenna will work 30 degrees (+/- 15 deg on both sides) then I would want to aim it at 305 deg True (315 magnetic) right? Or is my assumtion wrong to assume I can get 30 degree reception?
My last question is the 8-way slplitter. Is it still ok to use the splitter with an amplifier? I was looking at the Winegard ANWI8700 amp which gives you a gain of 17 dB VHF, 19 dB UHF. Or should I just disconnect the other connections to the 8 way splitter and only connect the 2 cables to the 2 TVs (leaving 6 spots empty). I guess what I'm asking is can I still send signal to the un-used coaxial terminals in the house or will I see a significant signal loss. I was thinking about using the amp because people on the forum say you lose 15 dB of signal if you mount in an attic. I guess I could connect the antenna without the amp to see what I get and add the amp if I don't get enough strength. I don't want to damage my tuners if the signal is too strong. I read somewhere that you can get signals that can fry a tuner if you aren't careful.
My end goal is to get ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS all in HD. Again I want to say thanks to all of those who devote their time helping people like me.
Link to the Antenna I will be using:
http://www.amazon.com/Antennas-Direct-C2-V-CJM-ClearStream-Outdoor/dp/B007RH5GZI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
My TVFool report is below:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3dc84fdd0423ac49
Background: I intend on setting it up in the attic which is on the 3rd floor of our 5 year old home. The wife says the roof is off limits. She doesn't watch TV so she doesn't care if the antenna works. I have an all brick house and the roof is made up of asphalt. The house was wired with coaxial cable and cat5e when it was built and all terminations end in the attic. The coaxial cables are fed from an 8-way splitter which powered our TVs when we had Verizon FIOS TV without any issues. I want this to work on 2 TVs in my home the first is in the living room and the second in my theater room with a projector. I have an ATSC tuner in the Sony 1080p TV (living room) and I will be using a ATSC to USB tuner which is plugged into an older laptop (serves as my HTPC) which feeds the receiver via HDMI.
I plan on using a Clearstream 2V I bought from Amazon (link to antenna at the bottom.) I have several questions based on the TVFool report and my location. My first question is: what direction should I face the antenna to pick up the most signals? If I assume the antenna will work 30 degrees (+/- 15 deg on both sides) then I would want to aim it at 305 deg True (315 magnetic) right? Or is my assumtion wrong to assume I can get 30 degree reception?
My last question is the 8-way slplitter. Is it still ok to use the splitter with an amplifier? I was looking at the Winegard ANWI8700 amp which gives you a gain of 17 dB VHF, 19 dB UHF. Or should I just disconnect the other connections to the 8 way splitter and only connect the 2 cables to the 2 TVs (leaving 6 spots empty). I guess what I'm asking is can I still send signal to the un-used coaxial terminals in the house or will I see a significant signal loss. I was thinking about using the amp because people on the forum say you lose 15 dB of signal if you mount in an attic. I guess I could connect the antenna without the amp to see what I get and add the amp if I don't get enough strength. I don't want to damage my tuners if the signal is too strong. I read somewhere that you can get signals that can fry a tuner if you aren't careful.
My end goal is to get ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS all in HD. Again I want to say thanks to all of those who devote their time helping people like me.
Link to the Antenna I will be using:
http://www.amazon.com/Antennas-Direct-C2-V-CJM-ClearStream-Outdoor/dp/B007RH5GZI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top