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The simple answer is no. The reason as far as satellite goes are: (1) that the thing on the end of the dish (the LNB) is actively driven by a satellite receiver. The receiver provides power, and it also changes the LNB receiver state so that it can receive signals at various frequencies and...

The guys here are correct, a replacement remote is the best answer. It doesn't need to be the original manufacturer part. There are plenty of good duplicate remotes available. One of the One4All universal remotes will probably do, but check that it has all the button options you need for all...

I presume you've got picture from the Blu-ray player? If so, audio should follow. It is embedded as part of the signal that carries picture. You can't have one without the other. Things will be a bit different though if you're just trying to play it 'audio only' and trying to use the TV as...

BIB In this case I don't believe that's true. All else being equal, we can take a pretty accurate educated guess. Where there's an existing small Log, a larger Log of equal or better quality will pull in more signal. Read through the OP. All the clues are there.

Your current aerial is a small Log Periodic, you said. Logs are always wideband, but how big that band is has changed over time. Originally it went from channel 21 up to channel 68. (Each channel number is a progressively higher frequency in megahertz.) The aerials have coloured markers on their...

There's no budget mentioned. Nor is there an idea of how you might use it. The CD player can be portable, so are you looking for an equally-portable speaker, or is mains power only totally acceptable? All of this does make it a bit tricky for anyone to come up with suggestions other than what...

I'm guessing that this isn't a newish TV? There were a number of flatscreen TVs made as crossover models; PC monitor / TV. This is going back a while, late 2000s to early 2010s IIRC. I supplied a few for various jobs. The difference compared to a regular TV was the resolution and pixel response...

Two facepalms in just five posts worth of a thread. That's some going. I take it reading isn't a strong skill for you. Maybe go back and reread post #14 where I write about wireless video senders - old analogue ones and newer versions with HDMI. There's several paragraphs of it. Or do you need...

Oh dear god, (faceplam moment), it's right there, I quoted the bit of his post where he said exactly what he wanted. It's up to you what you want to believe. I can't speak for others here, but I can see when someone should concede that the point of debate is lost and move on. You're clinging...

While it may not be ideal, I did think about suggesting an indoor aerial. Had I not written War and Peace for @nabby68 to wade through then I might even have suggested it in the post. As it is, and human nature being what it is, folk tend to switch off once they hear or read that the answer is...

Small point of order, but in actual fact he did. It's in post #8 The key part of this is 'from the aerial socket'. Given that in the first post he has talked about a room with an aerial socket on one wall and a TV on the other then he's not referring to the aerial socket of some PVR or set top...

The problem (if you want to call it that) is the Broadcasting and Telegraphy Act. There maybe a more up-to-date version of this, but in a nutshell it's the bit of legislation that prevents you from losing your TV reception if your neighbour did what you're planning. The Act makes it illegal to...

With those sort of field strength numbers I am really surprised that you get no signal without the additional amplification that the powered splitter provides. The exception would be if the trees are right at the end of the garden or towering over your house. I also think that there may be...

If you get nothing without the amplified splitter then you can't be in a good signal area. That, or something else is going on. Have you got trees or buildings in the direction the aerial is pointing? Is it in a loft and pointing through the gable ends of some adjacent houses? You said you have...

Have you had a look at the coverage checker for your area? There's one that gives more useful info, here: https://www.freeview.co.uk/corporate/detailed-transmitter-information Pop in your postcode and house number. Once the info comes up then scroll down. At the head of the list you'll get the...

Signal strength isn't the be-all and end-all of TV reception. Anything over 60% is normally more than enough. You need to have a look at signal quality. 80% or more is a reasonable rule of thumb, though TVs do have a habit of overestimating both strength and quality. Check out the quality...

Yep, that's the ticket.

Quick answer - Are they / were they - on a Sky Q box? If so, they have a wideband LNB and it's not compatible. There really isn't enough info in your OP to offer an accurate remote diagnosis.

Maybe the socket facia doesn't look fresh as a daisy, but this is still the way some distribution systems are wired in 2023. Where your mother is renting then this isn't really hers to mess about with. Get approval first, and you may well find that any change has to be done by their people...

You say it's a stud wall. That means it's hollow. Is there anything stopping you taking the wall plate off, removing the backbox, then transferring all that to the room next door? You'd obviously need to cut a mirror image hole in the other wall, but with the box out you'd have an exact guide...