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post Nov 11 2019, 03:40 PM

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Coming from old school CRT TV hooked to an outdoor antenna, can the antenna be reused for the Digital transmission ?

Currently guided my dad to hook up the DVB-T2 boxes to TV and the same antenna from the old CRT TV, but he couldn't manage to tune in anything.

Local electrical shop told him that the antenna is different and that he need to install a new set of antenna. Aren't both old analog and new digital transmission supposed to be using the same UHF frequencies ? (sans the minor different connector termination)
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post Nov 11 2019, 04:53 PM

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QUOTE(9M-MAS @ Nov 11 2019, 03:47 PM)
Can. Just recheck the connection and cables (if the cable is 'injured' anywhere) - replacing it with Astro cable (RG6 cable) highly recommended. In addition, check antenna alignment.

And by the way, is the old antenna equipped with the orange booster box? Defunct boxes can block digital signals...suggest doing away with it altogether (doing a direct connection between the decoder and antenna).
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QUOTE(joshhd @ Nov 11 2019, 03:52 PM)
Are you using outdoor UHF antenna? If not sure, can take pic show us.

And try rewire new cable to that antenna using the new RG-6, which is also the same type of cable used for Astro.

Analogue TV broadcasts in both VHF and UHF. Digital is only in UHF.
Make sure the cable connection are connected directly only to your UHF antenna, and not splits into 2 cables to merge with VHF and UHF (if u have VHF antenna). And don't connect to any masthead amplifier (known as booster, typically the small white box that needs to powered on near your TV set).
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Yes its an outdoor antenna, no there isn't any booster or sort, however i can't remember if there's a split/merge cabling thing.
Sorry couldn't get a photo or anything as it is in my hometown, and i am doing everything i can to prevent my dad to go up onto the roof. (as he has been suggesting to do so to replace the antenna).

I'm getting him a new TV to replace the CRT + DTV tuner box. But before i do that i need to ensure the antenna works for DVB-T2 tuner else I need to figure out something else.


 

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