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What are the Main Causes of Poor TV Reception
Below is listed the most common causes of poor TV reception. I have broken them into 2 sub-sections.
Environmental Factors
- An obstacle in the way like a hill, large / tall building etc means there is just no signal
- Try to boost signal but sometimes it is just not possible (why many people end up on Sky satellite)
Equipment or Human Factors
- The wrong TV Aerial e.g. have the wrong group UHF TV Aerial
- Choose the correct TV aerial for your location - see map of TV Transmitters
- The TV cable is incorrectly terminated at say the UHF TV aerial or the back of the TV
- Check you have put on the TV connectors correctly
- The TV aerial is in the attic. This will cause you to loose about 50% of the signal
- Is it an option to move this TV aerial outside?
- The TV aerial is misaligned or has the wrong polarization
- Look at the Map of Digital TV Transmitters and look at your neighbours house
- Using an unpowered TV splitter when the signal is just not strong enough
- Use either a TV distribution Amplifier or a TV aerial masthead amplifier & TV aerial power unit to boost the signal which can all be found under TV Signal Distribution
There are a wide range of other products to help boost poor TV reception within their categories. Have a look and see if you can see what suits your needs best.
