Aerial Splitter?

I live in a block a flats they've recently decided to install a communal aerial and Satellite TV system. They've installed it and fitted a wall socket in the living for satellite, radio, and TV connections.

I was told by the installation guy to buy a aerial splitter in order to get an extension from the living room to my room. (because at the moment my room has thick walls and receiving Freeview with a indoor aerial is a chore )

All seemed well, I managed to connect the Sky box in the living room to the Satellite socket and it works perfectly; until I discovered that the aerial splitter I bought was male and my Terrestrial socket is male. Rendering it useless and now I'm stuck.

Is there any aerial splitters that have a female 'In' slot?

Here's a picture of the aerial wall socket:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5549/aerialtz3.jpg

The left is the TV, the top is DSat and the right is Radio.

Thanks

Now I'm not the most techniacally up to date with such things so I may be wrong, but, can you not just get a litttle thingamy to convert it from a male to a female? I'm sure I have one that fits on the end of an ariel wire to change it from one to the other.

Thats what I was thinking as well, but I don't know what the part name is called.

It's called a sex changer

Available for 35p each towards the bottom of this page. Although the P&P will be more than the cost of the item. You can usually get them from most DIY stores.

It's worth bearing in mind though, that if you're using just using a passive (non powered) splitter, you'll halve the power of the signal, which could cause problems with Freeview if your signal isn't super-strong to start with. It may be worth investing in a two-way amplifier or booster to reduce signal loss.

Indeed, but buy a good quality one, preferably with a dial to adjust the amount of amplification you want to use - too much can have as much undesirable effect on picture quality as too little - after all any signal interference and noise will also be amplified.

Most come with all-female sockets, into which you attach your male fly-leads, so this should also solve your gender confusion issues.

Something like this would be fine?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5352863.htm

Certainly looks like it'll do the job adequately. From this closeup shot, the input appears to be female, whilst the outputs are male (standard domestic RF setup) so make sure you have sufficient female -> male fly leads to connect up all your gizmos.

http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/5352863A65UC256620X.jpg

Ah I see, I'll make sure I get enough converters just in case.

Thanks for all your help, certainly pointed me in the right direction.

If you have an RF lead that comes with a video recorder (or any other similar device) try that - they have a male and a female end.

In the case of videos/digital boxes I can see the point of having a female in and male out sockets so that you can't (easily) connect the aerial to the out. But on wall plates I can't see why a non-standard female connection is needed.

Wall plates are a complete waste of time. One of the things I've always hated about them is that they make a sharp bend in the downlead from the aerial to the reciever, which can be problematic in weak signal areas. I've always installed my distribution systems wih the cable going to the set coming directly from the aerial, i.e. no breaks such as face plates or couplers. Or in the case of two or more sets, the lead from the aerial goes to the splitter and the various leads then go straight to each set, the splitter being the only break from aerial to set.