Can I use a ex-Sky box to receive aerial Freeview?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV I am afraid not.
The satellite receivers cannot receive Freeview and vice-versa. Whilst the underlying technology is the same (DVB) the satellite receivers do not have the capacity to receive the DVB-T terrestrial transmissions, only the DVB-S satellite ones.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
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Margaret Grant6:17 PM
I live in Gibraltar and need a DVB-C box to receive digital channels supplied by my cable company, however the prices being charged by the local supplier are ridiculous. If I buy a DVB-C box online, will it work, or would it need tweaked?
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Margaret Grant: If the system uses encryption, then you may need to buy the specified box.
DVB-C can carry MPEG2 and MPEG4 services, so if your system uses MPEG4 you will need a DVB-C/MPEG4 box.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
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a lees-weir4:21 PM
can a tevion mini system pick up freesat
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Friday, 18 February 2011
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Jerome Thompson3:08 PM
Hey,
I have recently bought a sky+ box off of my mate with a sky card and I am wondering if I can connect this box into my bedroom. I've already got a sky+ box in my household but I want to view different channels on both at the same time. Is this possible? Please let me know
Thanks Jay
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Jerome Thompson: Yes, you can. Without a Sky subscription, however, the Sky+ box will not play/record/pause, so you gain nothing over having a standard Sky box.
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Sunday, 6 March 2011
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Lisa Wallace3:28 PM
Hi, I have 2 sky freeview sets and were moving to a place with out a dish can we use a normal aerial, or do we have to pay out again for sky to fit a dish ?
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Lisa Wallace: You don't have to pay Sky to fit a dish, you can pay anyone you like. Even places like Argos will do such an install for £100, Twin Freesat Installation. Reviews, Twin Freesat Installation. Ratings at Argos .
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Monday, 7 March 2011
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Lisa Wallace7:11 PM
Hi Briantist; What I should of asked is...Can I use a normal TV aerial and connect it to our Sky freeview box ? Or do we need another dish..???? Thanks
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