Freeview aerial - 2 TVs - Help?

I've just got a TV for the bedroom and want to hook it up to the existing freeview aerial in the roof

can it be done and what would I need?

Some digital coax, one connector to put onto the tv end of the coax and a screwdriver and stanley, cable clips to nail it to the wall to make it tidy

Bikes I'm still a newbie but this I can help with! It's easy peasy with the right kit. We've got TVs in 6 rooms and the garage, all fed off the same aerial and through a video. They can all watch whatever channel they want, or one of two Sky boxes that feed into it or a DVD player that feeds in too.

You need an aerial amp/splitter. Get one with at least 4 outputs in case you want to add other TVs, this looks ok http://www.amazon.co.uk/HQ-ANT-AMP4-...050200&sr=1-11. Get a roll of aerial cable, something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/RG6-Digital-...050067&sr=8-11 and some rf ends like this http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Co.../kw/rf+connect

Work out how long your cables need to be, then add a couple of metres (that's why you've bought a 100m roll). Run a cable from the aerial to the input on the amp and then one cable from one of the outputs to each of the TVs. Simples! This is a really easy guide for how to make up the cables http://www.megalithia.com/elect/bellinglee/index.html .

If you need to feed the cable through walls or anything, it is always easier to feed just the cable through and then put the ends on once the cable is where you want it.

If you are in a good signal area, you WILL need to turn the amp down. On analogue, if the signal was too strong you would get a picture, just not a good one. With digital, if the signal is too strong, it overwhelms the tuner in the TV and you'll get no picture at all.

If you've got an old VCR that has a proper RF output (that means you can tune a TV to it's channel and you don't need to connect it on a SCART lead) you can feed the main aerial lead into the VCR, then out of the VCR to the splitter. Then tune both TVs to the output channel of the VCR. That way, if you connect a DVD player into the SCART socket of the VCR, you can watch the DVD on both TVs. Not in HD obviously - that's more complicated and more expensive but can be done. I've got three rooms connected now so that we can watch the same BluRay in the lounge, kitchen and dining room, but that's a story for another day!