I recently decided to add a TV card to my PC and to use one of these popular TV aerial amplifiers to boost the signal down to the PC and the main TV.
When the amplifier arrived, to test its effectiveness, I hooked it all up using the existing TV aerial cable at the TV end, and subsequently the picture dissapeared as if the aerial was disconnected completely, as well as the light on the unit dimming, as if to illustrate a fault. So I sent the unit it back to the seller citing a damaged unit.
In the meantime I went to the loft and cut the incoming aerial feed to the main TV and split it using a Y connector to feed both TV and PC thereafter. I was surprised when when connecting the main TV aerial to the Y connector, that I was getting very light electric shocks, similar to static, however after connecting both the PC and TV up both TV's have a picture fine. I repeated the connect\disconnect of the main TV aerial and got shocks all the time.
A replacement unit subsequently arrived I swapped out the Y connector for the amplifier, and connected the PC aerial up only and everything was fine. I then connected the main TV aerial again, and the same thing happened again, mild shocks and total picture loss, with the indicator light dimming.
Its currently sitting boosting the PC's signal only, and doing fine....., but why am I likely to be getting a shock from when connecting the main TV aerial to either the Y connector or the amplifier.
The telephone extension wire runs alongside the TV aerial up the wall chase to the loft, but I would have thought that would cause this......
Thoughts please.... ?
Ta
Grant
Oh and the house is only 6 months old
When the amplifier arrived, to test its effectiveness, I hooked it all up using the existing TV aerial cable at the TV end, and subsequently the picture dissapeared as if the aerial was disconnected completely, as well as the light on the unit dimming, as if to illustrate a fault. So I sent the unit it back to the seller citing a damaged unit.
In the meantime I went to the loft and cut the incoming aerial feed to the main TV and split it using a Y connector to feed both TV and PC thereafter. I was surprised when when connecting the main TV aerial to the Y connector, that I was getting very light electric shocks, similar to static, however after connecting both the PC and TV up both TV's have a picture fine. I repeated the connect\disconnect of the main TV aerial and got shocks all the time.
A replacement unit subsequently arrived I swapped out the Y connector for the amplifier, and connected the PC aerial up only and everything was fine. I then connected the main TV aerial again, and the same thing happened again, mild shocks and total picture loss, with the indicator light dimming.
Its currently sitting boosting the PC's signal only, and doing fine....., but why am I likely to be getting a shock from when connecting the main TV aerial to either the Y connector or the amplifier.
The telephone extension wire runs alongside the TV aerial up the wall chase to the loft, but I would have thought that would cause this......
Thoughts please.... ?
Ta
Grant
Oh and the house is only 6 months old