Loft aerials - more than one TV

[notquitegrownup2]

Our TV currently runs off an aerial in the loft - all fine. Want to buy a second TV. Does anyone know if I need to call out a TV aerial company, or can I easily add another TV (or even 2) to the existing system? (Can't seem to find anything simple by googling.)

Thank youuuu

From memory, fits not that hard for a competent DIYer although depending on the location of the TVs, you might need to drill through walls.

Basically it involves plugging the existing cable into a splitter and then running cable to the TVs. kind of stuff

Ignore that link

This kind of stuff.

Thank you

I think I would try it myself if I didn't have to drill through any walls.
My dad would be happy do it for me though, if I asked!
And my brother used to be an aerial fitter many moons ago.

I think that the signal degrades slightly whenever you split it although I seem to remember having 3 TVs of one aerial as a child with no problems.

You can use a splitter and amplifier to make sure the signal is good enough to run multiple TVs. Our roof aerial is providing signal to three HD tvs and one normal freeview box. We also have TV points in a further 3 rooms but no TVs there.

The aerial point in my attic looks like a mini Jodrell Bank - it feeds TV points in four rooms upstairs and two more downstairs, and I think there is still spare capacity.

yes you can run a second TV aerial in a loft. My mother has it, in her room we have a booster( plugged into a near by electrical socket) for 2 Tvs. one outlet goes to her TV and the other goes to the guest room TV, sets.

Rule of thumb is, a TV aeriel signal split between 2 TVs means the signal loose 10% of the signal and signal is halved and so each TV gets 45% of the signal. The more TVs you run off the aeriel and you loose a furher 5% of the signal and the rest of the signal is split equally between TVs.

If you live in a very strong aeriel signal area then you might get a good enough signal split for 2 TVs without a booster.