The One For All SV9340 is an indoor antenna with the appearance of a quality picture frame. The antenna incorporates a low noise 18dB signal amplifier and comes supplied with 2m of coaxial cable. The picture frame antenna is powered by a small, low voltage external mains power supply.
The antenna looks good and has significant visual appeal over conventional set-top antennas. Unfortunately we had some problems with the antenna, possibly due to us receiving a faulty test sample.
During testing, the signal amplifier in our particular Picture Frame antenna became unstable, wiping out any form of TV reception. Occasionally the stability problem with the amplifier cleared sufficiently to reveal reasonably good analogue reception, but the self generated interference caused by the fault was sufficient to prevent reliable Freeview DVB-T and DAB radio reception.
Guide Price: £19.99
Suppliers: John Lewis
This kind of problem reflects a possible design fault. In common with the other One For All products tested, Universal Electronics (the manufacturer of One For All products) should consider implementing a single stage low noise 10dB amplifier to achieve better interference immunity and less susceptibility to signal overload. Reducing the gain of the amplifier would also help to solve the signal amplifier’s instability problems. As it stands, given the faulty sample reviewed, we cannot recommend this product.
Problems with the test sample prevented it from operating correctly as a DAB radio antenna. Signal dropouts were observed which broke up reception of even local DAB stations.
