<div dir="ltr">Rabbit ears!<br><br>$20 or so at Kmart/Dicksmith/Tandy, get a half decent one with a little amp in it and you'll probably get good results.<br><br>It's what I use with my media center and it works a treat.<br> <br>Mind you my media center is Vista..<br><br>*hides in shame* ;)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Frode Egeland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:egeland@gmail.com">egeland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="Ih2E3d"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><br> </div>Are you using the tiny little aerial that came with the unit (if one<br> did), or are you plugging it into your roof antenna? The little aerials<br> are useless; you will probably have to plug the card into your rooftop<br> aerial in order to pick up any channels. Having said that, my Pinnacle<br> 73E USB stick won't pick up Seven or Nine even when plugged into the<br> roof.</blockquote></div><br></div>Yep, I'm using the little aerial.. would think I'd get at least ONE lousy channel on it??<br>I guess the next step is to grab a coaxial cable and see if it makes a difference... anyone know if there's a max length on those things?<br> The aerial 'outlet' is probably 20m (following walls and doors) from the PC..<br><br><br> </div> <br>--<br> ubuntu-au mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div>