A few points: The Status 570 will receive TV, DAB, and FM but it will NOT work with LW/MW (a.k.a. AM) as the aerial and amplifier system does not pass the lower frequency that AM uses.
The aerial itself is rather inefficient so it need a fairly powerful amplifier to make the signal usable - that is the VP3 or VP5 in the locker/cupboard where the aerial pole is to be found. The amp has a blue power LED on it (rather bright!) controlled by a rocker switch on the top edge at the left end.
The aerial is the white cable and should be connected to the appropriate amp input - on the right end. The radio and TV outlet sockets provide the same signal except that the radio socket is not amplified. If your radio signal is poor then connect the cable marked radio to one of the TV outlets.
Then you need to find the transmitter that covers the area in which you are located. Yes, by all means look where other users have pointed their aerials but you are better to look for a fixed aerial on a house or similar or even on the warden's lodge and use that as a guide. The aerial needs to be horizontal or vertical with, as already stated, the pointy end of the aerial case looking in the direction of the transmitter. Generally speaking if the aerial is horizontal you will be using a main transmitter which should give you 80 or so TV stations; if it is vertical then it is looking at a relay transmitter which in most cases will give you a maximum of about 20 stations. You have 34 radio stations in addition numbered 700-733.
If you have an Android smartphone there are a number of apps that will show you which transmitter is in which direction in signal strength order. Note that if the indicated signal strength for the best and second stations are small and the second station is a main station it would be a good idea to try the main station first to give you more options.
Finally per the radio, if it is being fed from the aerial amp come back here and tell us. Radio and TV reception can be very different.
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