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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Friday, 14 January 2011
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emily8:29 PM
can i use sky dish as an ariel for bt vision or do i need an ariel?
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Les Nicol
9:22 PM
9:22 PM
Emily - You need an External Aerial as the BT vision box requires A Freeview signal input.
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Saturday, 29 January 2011
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Tony Murphy9:59 AM
Do Sky+ boxes support DVB-C transmissions
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Les Nicol
12:56 PM
12:56 PM
Tony Murphy - No - A Satellite receiver would require a suitable DVB-C tuner module. Some FTA Free to air satellite receivers particularly Linux boxes have optional plug and play tuner models where you can have a options for a DVB-S DVB-C or DVB-T tuners in whatever permutation you want.
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Sunday, 30 January 2011
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Tony Murphy10:15 AM
Where i live the we have a communal tv system
We are supplied with an analogue and digital signal
To watch the digital channels we have to use a DVB_C receiver,no card is required as the signal is not encrypted.
Do u think i could use a virgin v+ box as a pvr or do they have to be connected to virgin cable to work
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Les Nicol
12:39 PM
12:39 PM
Tony Murphy - Have you checked to see what cable service your being provided with? You should be able to get this perhaps by enquiring from a neighbour or the property management factor or company.
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Tony Murphy12:56 PM
Hi Les
I live in Gibraltar and our cable service is provided by a local company, they get U.K. tv using satillite dishes and then distribute the signal to the local housing estates via fibre optic cables.
We use dvb-c receivers in order to pickup the channels on our tv's.The receivers only have one tuner so can only record what we watch.I thought if i got a v+ box i could use that as a pvr
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Les Nicol
4:13 PM
4:13 PM
Tony Murphy - I would check first with the cable provider I'm sure they will offer advice on this. What you don't want is to buy equipment that can't provide you with the recording facility your looking for.
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joe6:39 PM
i just thouht id come say hi and c if i can join in with the fun about this digital change over im a fitter so i hope i can help
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Monday, 31 January 2011
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