Thanks everyone for chipping in. Once I learned the name of the connector (MCX) and based on this and finding that the "regular" plug is called also "Type N" I found a "pig tail" converter and ordered it (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121310526140).
Tomer - why wouldn't the roof antenna be useful. Is it about the TV signal type? Antenna type? Or is it because I live so close to the transmitter that you expect that the signal strength is not the issue? BTW - so far I tested the dongle facing the transmitter almost directly - next to the front balcony glass door, with perhaps only the balcony rail blocking it from direct line of sight. Cheers, --Amos On 27 July 2014 01:09, Tomer Cohen <to...@gmx.net> wrote: > Roof antenna could not be very helpful in your case, but you can buy an > active antenna or place the current one near a window. As for the antenna > connector, you can buy a cheap adapter; I bought this one: > http://www.dx.com/p/lwj-023-mcx-male-to-tv-female-antenna-adapter-cable-black-17-5cm-207418 > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm asking here since I saw that quiet a few members here mentioned using >> things like this in the past. >> >> I bought a USB DVB dongle for my Cubox-I running OpenELEC (here is the >> item on ebay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/251537079924) and although it's >> well supported and the kernel recognises it without a hitch, scanning for >> channels (both through tvheadend and command line w_scan) can't lock on any >> channels. >> >> I live less than 2 km from the antennas which broadcast to all of Sydney >> (~80km radius service area). >> >> According to the instructions at http://baratel.com/guides/mythTV.htm, >> the internal antenna which comes with such dongles is worthless for more >> than 500m. >> >> But the antenna input socket is not the standard wide one (e.g. like the >> one you can see in this wikipedia image: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_cable#mediaviewer/File:N_Connector.jpg) >> but something that looks like 1 mm headphone jack with an itsy bitsy hole >> in the middle. >> >> Does anyone know how can I extend the reception for this baby? >> >> I think of two main options: >> >> 1. Connect it to "normal"/"common" coaxial wall socket, so I can take >> advantage of the antenna on the roof. >> 2. Buy a bigger internal antenna which can connect to this weird jack. >> >> Any pointers would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> --Amos >> -- >> <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > > -- > Tomer Cohen > http://tomercohen.com > -- <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer>
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