Pure Evoke-1 - Manual (Page 21)

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Your EV
OKE-1 is supplied with a telescopic D
AB aerial.
This is an indoor aerial w
hich is designed to giv
e g
ood re
cep
tion in areas with g
ood
to moderate D
AB signal strength.
In areas with poor D
AB co
verag
e or poor signal strength y
ou ma
y want to consider using a loft
mounted or
exter
nal aerial.
To
find out about co
verag
e in y
our area contact one of the org
anisations listed on pag
e 15.
Aerial
advic
e
4-el
e
ment Aerial
Di
pole Aerial
The follo
wing options ma
y help y
ou impro
ve
reception in y
our area.
A rang
e of D
AB aerials are a
vailable from our w
ebsite,
see p
ag
e 18.
1.
Telescopic Aerial
Optimise the position of y
our telescopic aerial b
y extending it as high as pos
si
ble and pointing it v
e
rtically
. Use the
tuning aid to fine tune the aerial placement,
see pag
e 12.
2.
TV/FM Aerial
If y
ou ha
ve
an exter
nally mounted
TV or FM aerial it ma
y pro
vide a strong
er signal than an indoor aerial but as the
y are not
tuned for the digital radio fre
quen
cy rang
e and are pointed at y
our local
TV/FM trans
mit
ter
, re
cep
tion ma
y be no better
. The standard
TV or
FM RF connector cannot be plugg
ed into y
our EV
OKE-1 directly
, y
ou will need to use an RF to F-type adapter
. Y
o
u ma
y also find t
hat y
ou
need to use a signal booster if y
ou want to use the aerial for both
TV or FM and D
AB reception.
3.
Exter
nal or loft mounted D
AB
Aerial
Tw
o main types are used.
These types of aerials ma
y require pro
fes sion al
in stal la tion: Dipole
– for use in marginal signal areas,
this type is om
ni
di
rec
tion
al and should increase the strength of all D
AB
stations being receiv
ed.
4-element aerial
– for use in marginal or poor signal areas,
this type is di
rec
tion
al and has high g
ain.
Lik
e a
TV or FM
aerial this type needs to point at the trans
mit
ter
. In
stal
la
tion requires someone to mo
ve
the aerial w
hile y
ou use the
tuning aid.
If y
ou receiv
e signals from multiple trans
mit
ters y
ou should point y
our aerial at the one w
hich giv
es the best
signal for the ser
vices to w
hich y
ou want to listen.
4.
Signal booster
This is a signal amplifier w
hich connects into an aerial cable and boosts the strength of the receiv
ed
signal.
If y
our aerial pro
vides marginal reception,
e
ven after adjusting its position,
a booster ma
y impro
ve
y
our reception.