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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Saturday, 26 March 2011
DT, Quick answer; NO.
Sky gets it's channels from a satellite using a satellite dish.
Virgin gets its channels down your phone line using a broadband telephone line.
For a one off payment get a Freesat box and connect it to the Sky satellite dish.
You will now get all the free satellite channels.
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Mark's: mapM's Freeview map terrainM's terrain plot wavesM's frequency data M's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Gerald2:52 PM
St. Albans
I have a LG.LE5300 mod.When viewing BBC1/2 the picture fractures,sound vanishes and floating box appears stating NO SIGNAL.I have had a new aerial cable fitted.Aerial is located on chimney.TV returned to LG for repair.After investigation no foult found but a the main circuit board was replaced.I still have the problem,contacted LG again who say there is not a fault with TV!The problem is intermitant,Very bad at W/ends between 5&7pm.Any ideas please?Fault driving me around the bend.Tv not a year old,aerial i am told is fine.
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Gerald's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 27 March 2011
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Tom Fletcher2:50 PM
Gerald
Easiest way to find out is to go and buy a cheap freeview box and connect it up to your TV, if it works OK you know its your TV that is faulty, and if your Freeview box acts up you know its your aerial, or they are doing some work to the transmitter you receive you signal from. PS don't forget to look at transmitter information on this site.Tom Fletcher Alpha Aerials Shffield
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011
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ross9:48 PM
I'm on FSFS with a Sky Digibox. It connects to my TV by SCART.
I've just got a BT v+box. It has an Aux port for DVD player, etc.
Can I send the signal from the sky box into the Aux port of the BT V+ then into the TV? Wont the V+ box just see the signal coming into the aux port as a signal that could be straight from a DVD player?
Cheers
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
ross: Yes, you can. Put the BT Vision box into stand-by mode to access fSfS.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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kelly4:33 PM
Hi, I have a humax freeview box currently connected to a fairly new ariel on roof. I am moving to a house with no ariel on roof but a satellite dish on wall. Can I connect to this or will I need another ariel on roof to continue with freeview viewing? Thanks
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Harry 5:30 PM
Huddersfield
You will need another aerial on the roof to recieve freeview. Contact an installer to get it sorted.
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Harry's: mapH's Freeview map terrainH's terrain plot wavesH's frequency data H's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Monday, 4 July 2011
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George12:05 PM
Keyon:
Yes, but not all the channels. You also have to know the channel numbers that are free to select otherwise it is a case of paging through them. A Freesat box only shows the channels you can actually receive.
Cheers
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Monday, 22 August 2011
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mark10:26 PM
can i hook up a bt vision box to a satellite dish to recieve the freeview channels? i'm missing the rf in rf out leads. are these needed if so where can i get them,and do they go by another name?
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Thursday, 25 August 2011
mark: No, BT Vision is a Freeview box and can only be attached to a rooftop aerial.
The leads you describe are called "aerial fly leads".
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