With our reputation of expertise in all areas of the trade, and our continuous membership of the CAI, CleerVu Aerial & Satellite Specialists are the authority on all aspects of Communal and Commercial work.
Our impressive track record in the area of communal installations includes many projects for a diverse range of clients including local Manx Authorities, housing associations, building and electrical contractors, and hotel groups. These projects have covered work in blocks of flats, housing estates, hospitals, hotels, the new Isle of Man prison, schools and colleges, and financial/business institutions.
A number of these jobs have been undertaken outside our base in the Isle Of Man in locations throughout the UK.
Many businesses are seeing the benefit that offering Digital TV can bring to them, coupled with ever thinner LCD and Plasma televisions opportunities exist to install Digital TV where it was previously thought to be impractical.
Recognising the changing role Digital TV and Plasma & LCD televisions are having in the workplace CleerVu offer many services to the business community. Our broad range of existing business customers include:
So whether it is installing Digital TV in the reception of your office, the canteen at work, in the boardroom, or multiple TVs displaying different channels at the same time such as a Pub, you can be assured that we have a solution that is suitable for your business.
For many years now CleerVu Aerial and Satellite Specialists have worked with many of the biggest names in the Isle of Man construction industry and have built a reputation for delivering innovative Digital TV systems across a very broad range of projects on time and on budget. In particular we work in collaboration with many electrical contractors at the early stages of a construction project.
Starting at the planning stage we can provide you with a competitive quote and plans that map our Digital TV expertise onto your blueprints. Following this we can then provide on-site consultancy and installation as per your construction project plan and commission your new system.
Our motto is to be “Simply the Best” and we pride ourselves on offering a first rate service. Now that the Digital Switch Over is up and running we know just how vital it is to provide property developers with the solutions that clients expect.
As our name suggests, CleerVu Aerial & Satellite Specialists, are specialists in upgrading and installing Communal Aerial systems. A long and successful track record working with the different Commissioners on the Isle of Man has demonstrated our capabilities in delivering TV solutions via a communal aerial system.
Our expertise coupled with our public and employers liability far exceeds the minimum standards required so you can rest assured that your buildings are in safe hands, in addition to this all of our engineers have been vetted via a Basic Criminal Record Check. From project initiation through to the installation process itself we always ensure that you are updated on progress and kept abreast of all developments every step of the way.
Delivering digital TV to multiple dwellings involves the installation of a communal aerial system which distributes a signal through a building, such as a block of flats or housing terrace, using a wiring system that shares the same signal source.
There are many of these systems to choose from, but by far the most suitable to meet the digital TV needs of the housing sector is an Integrated Reception System (IRS).
By collecting the broadcast signals from both terrestrial and satellite transmitters, as well as radio signals from the Digital Audio Broadcasts (DAB), an IRS offers the ultimate in TV choice by leaving residents free to choose exactly how they receive their digital entertainment.
All of these signals are then distributed to a 3 socket wall outlet plate in the main rooms – leaving the entire home digital ready.
The cables are screened from electrical interference so the system can deliver all available TV channels to the resident, including both analogue, digital terrestrial, digital satellite and even the sought after SKY + service.
Because the IRS solution means that your housing association does not have to favour one particular provider of TV programming, leaving the choice to the customer – it is the route that DAS recommends.
CleerVu offer Hotels and Guesthouses of all sizes a wide range of premium digital channels to suit you and your guests. We have experience in all kinds of Hotel TV Systems from the most complex distributing Subscription Channels and In room movies to relatively simple systems delivering regular terrestrial channels.
One thing we promise for all of this systems is that from the moment that your guests turn on their TV, they getCleerVu Clear pictures with fabulous sound.
With our innovative systems the choice of Digital TV channels is entirely down to you. With the range and breadth of Digital TV broadcasts now available you can choose from news, sport, science and nature, documentary, entertainment, music, children’s and digital radio channels. All of these can be delivered to your guests with our promise of CleerVu Clear pictures, unlike some of the other Hotel TV Systems that you might have experienced on your travels.
With the upcoming arrival of Digital Switch Over NOW is the time to consider upgrading your existing system. We continue to undertake many upgrades and new installations requests and are just a phone call away from arranging yours.
We seek, where possible, to keep the cost of the project to a minimum because we have invested in technology that upgrades your existing TV system, rather than replaces it. By making use of the latest electronic equipment we can lock the signal onto each of the channels you’ve chosen and the signal is sent into every room via your existing TV system – upgrading it to a Digital TV system.
At CleerVu we understand that the installation of your Digital TV system has to cause the minimum amount of disruption to your business as possible – especially where paying guests are concerned. We can therefore offer flexible installation schedules that suit your business, having our own permanent staff allows us to do this, and the quality of all of this work is backed up with our gurantee.
CleerVu are the specialists in upgrading and installing communal aerial and satellite systems. We offer tailored services for property managing agents who look after numerous large properties and also to landlords in control of a relatively small number of dwellings.
Our expertise coupled with our public and employers liability far exceeds the minimum standards required so you can rest assured that your buildings are in safe hands. From project initiation through to the installation process itself we always ensure that you are updated on progress and kept abreast of all developments every step of the way.
As long standing members of the Confederation of Aerial Industries we work hard to maintain the quality and efficiency of our working practices.
At CleerVu we take Health & Safety as seriously, all of our engineers are permanent employees and not sub-contracted and we can therefore guarantee that their levels of Health and Safety training are up to date and checked against the latest guidelines.
All of our engineers have amassed years of experience and have worked in every type of construction environment from residential homes to large office blocks. In addition to this we ensure that our levels of public and employers liability also far exceed the minimum standards required.
The following section aims to explain some of the typical systems that we install for communal and commercial based systems.
About Integrated Reception Systems (IRS)
An Integrated Reception System (IRS) is in effect a MATV system that has been extended to carry satellite signals as well as analogue and DTT signals. It provides a greater choice for users but has a higher initial cost than a MATV system.
Satellites provide a greater capacity for signals. To avoid problems that would arise if the whole range of satellite signals were carried on a single cable, a quarter of the signals are carried on each of four parallel trunk cables. Terrestrial signals are carried on a fifth trunk. This type of system, commonly known as a “five-wire system”, is therefore quite complex.
Connecting to an IRS
In a typical IRS system, residents can connect their TV set or digital receiver to the socket outlet in their home, in the same way as with a MATV system, but they can also connect a satellite receiver. The receiver sends commands to a “multi-switch”, which connects it to the most appropriate of the four trunk cables, to deliver the desired signal. The terrestrial signals on the fifth wire are always sent to all users. Satellite signals use different frequencies from terrestrial signals, so it is possible to combine the two signals onto the single wire to the user without interference.
In smaller systems, only a single multi-switch is required, and it is usually located at roof level, close to the aerials feeding it. Larger systems can have single or multiple multi-switches, typically with 12 outputs each. Multiple multi-switches are connected to a common “backbone” of “trunk cables” that, in a tower block for example, may run through a central riser or be fixed to the outside of the building. Cost savings can be made by locating the multi-switches on each floor of the building, minimising the amount of cable required.
This process delivers satellite signals to receivers exactly as if they were connected directly to their own satellite dishes, so the user needs no special equipment. However, with only a single cable from the multi-switch to the outlet in each household, only one satellite receiver can be connected at any one time, otherwise a conflict between the commands sent by two different receivers would arise. Therefore the use of a personal video recorder (such as Sky+), designed to allow one programme to be watched while recording another, or use of two satellite-viewing TV sets in a household will require two separate feeds. Installing two separate feeds to each household, each feed occupying its own output on the multi-switch with a separate cable, can increase system costs, but it is becoming standard practice and the preferred option for residents.
Other Language Satellite Services
When there are many residents whose first language is not English, it is quite common to have additional dishes pointing at different satellites. For each additional satellite, a further four wires must be added to the system, and the number of connections to the multi-switch increased correspondingly. Nine-wire systems are quite commonly found, and even some 13-wire systems exist.
Other Services
When upgrading MATV systems to IRS, distribution cabling mayhave to be replaced. Both MATV and IRS systems can be enhanced to carry a range of other services, such as video from security cameras and door entry systems, and online services such as email, internet access and connection to e-government services.
SMATV refers to a system which is designed to receive and distribute Satellite, TV and Radio programs to a single integrated signal. We install a satellite dish and TV antennae to receive the channels from satellite and aerial broadcast networks, these feed into some specialist electronic equipment which tunes in the channels and combines them into a single cable signal which allows for 5 – 40 channels to be broadcast to each television connected to the system. You can choose what channels you wish to broadcast and includes Free to Air or Subscription based ones, you can also distribute your own channels displaying relevant information to your business.
We have fitted many SMATV systems over the years, especially to our Hotel clients.
We have considerable experience in the design, installation and commissioning of MATV, SMATV, CATV, CCTV and Door entry systems.