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| Thread ID: 110125 | 2010-06-04 09:46:00 | Sky and Freeview | johnd (85) | PC World Chat |
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| 1106637 | 2010-06-04 09:46:00 | Hi - just wondering on behalf of a budget advice customer who has a Sky setup. -- can the satellite dish be used for Freeview? Presumably if it can, there would have to be a realignment to another satellite? -- can the Freeview decoder just be plugged into the existing antenna cable. Thanks. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1106638 | 2010-06-04 10:04:00 | yes you can use your sky dish with freview. if u have freeview HD then you can use your antenna |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1106639 | 2010-06-04 10:24:00 | yes you can use your sky dish with freview. Does it have to be realigned? |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1106640 | 2010-06-04 10:30:00 | So you've got the sky decoder and a freeview satellite box? Or is the freeview box (if you've got one) terrestrial? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1106641 | 2010-06-04 11:16:00 | So you've got the sky decoder and a freeview satellite box? Or is the freeview box (if you've got one) terrestrial? Client has Sky installed and working - I want to get a Freeview satellite box and fit to existing dish. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 1106642 | 2010-06-04 11:26:00 | I presume this is to replace the Sky setup? Presumably if it can, there would have to be a realignment to another satellite?No, they use the same satellite. www.lyngsat.com -- can the Freeview decoder just be plugged into the existing antenna cable. A satellite dish isn't the same as an aerial. A satellite receiver is required to pick up Freeview Satellite from a satellite dish and a terrestrial receiver with an aerial or antenna is required to pick up Freeview|HD. One cannot be used to receive the other. Freeview|HD reception in Timaru is marginal so the services of a professional installer may be needed but even then it may not work. A non Freeview satellite receiver would be more cost effective than an official one. The Globo 4100C and Satlink 2800 are under $120. If they've got a TV with HDMI the Topfield TF5050CI should give better image quality. |
GoodHour (12218) | ||
| 1106643 | 2010-06-04 11:36:00 | Thanks for the info. YOu are correct - I think FreeviewHD is a no go for Timaru. Am looking at a second hand Strong SRT 3650 Freeview Satellite Receiver. | johnd (85) | ||
| 1106644 | 2010-06-04 11:58:00 | Are you hoping to run both sky and freeview satellite at the same time, off the same dish? And is it MySky? If it's not, how old is the install? |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1106645 | 2010-06-04 23:54:00 | Are you hoping to run both sky and freeview satellite at the same time, off the same dish? And is it MySky? If it's not, how old is the install? That should work fine. If Sky is working, there is no reason that freeview shouldn't. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1106646 | 2010-06-05 00:02:00 | Yes a freeview decoder can use the existing sky satellite dish and cable. Can even be split and both used. Couple of things to note. Newer installs have dual LNB so the LNB frequency sometimes has to be modified. The single LNB frequency is 11300, and for dual it 10750. Try those numbers. There should be no realignment necessary if sky is working. If deciding to keep sky and add a freeview decoder...make sure the sky box is turn on first...it's sets a polarity on the dish, if not done sky wont work. |
psycik (12851) | ||
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