All posts by Les Nicol
Below are all of Les Nicol's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
James Paterson - "Freesat" supported bu the BBC an ITV may be another option to consider around the same cost as a new aerial. HD receiver and installation of a relatively small dish from Argos,John Lewis,around the same outlay.
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Henry,the best option is to have an additional feed(s) taken from the Dish LNB to the new receiver. Your current LNB is likely to have a four output capacity so there should be two of these unused where connections can be made.
Tip:- Make sure that the protective strip under the front flap is removed on your current receiver and on any additional receiver. Some have found problems with what was thought the Hunax DTR remote control - not so - Simply pick the edge back with your finger nail and the strip will peel back.
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P>S> Henry, If your thinking of additional receiver(s) following your alterations , then best to upgrade the four output LNB to an OCTO eight output LNB - not an expensive item. Dependent on the SKY dish you may also need a suitable plastic adapter with a 40mm collar for an OCTO LNB . about £3 to £4.-
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Alasdair You could use SKY mutti-room but you will incur further ongoing cost. Alternatively you could get yourself either standard or high definition "Freesat" receiver(s) as a one off cost. You would of course need to upgrade the SKY dish LNB from a single to multi outlet type along with cable feeds to the respective TV's and locations.
If you have an external aerial then you could connect all other TV's to that aerial - Your problem may be your location as regards this option given that you state your in a Dell which may impact on the digital signal even at switch over.
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P>S For the other sets not digitally enabled - If you can get a digital signal in your locus from a roof top aerial then you would require "Freeview" set top boxes.
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Greg Mullins - The dish requires connection to a satellite receiver Greg. You could get your self a standard definition "Freesat" receiver from Argos and just plug it in to
give TV in the kitchen. "Freesat" is supported by the BBC and ITV and is non-subscription. Receiver costs £29.99 amd is straightforward to connect.
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Greg Mullins - Greg, whilst the dish at your new house is located outside the kitchen it's likely that it will having wiring from it to a point in your lounge. Setting up a secondary connection to a receiver and TV in the kitchen isn't an expensive upgrade which can be done by a local installer. Worth checking to see if a cable has been run to the kitchen in which case as noted above, it's a straight forward eet up task.
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Terry Evans - S4C and BBC2 Wales are both on Freesat. I've double checked this on my Technisat "Freesat"receiver Just now.
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W sanders - Yes but I would suggest a quad output LNB rather than a twin. eg:- A freesat recorder receiver which has two tuners can then be a consideration if not now,at a later stage. The LNB suggested will cater for this and still allow for yet another single tuner receiver. Any price difference in LNB's is fractional.
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Saturday 12 March 2011 5:49PM
James Paterson - As I was born at home in Broomfield not quite at the bottom of Corstorphine Hill. I am aware that it's most likely a better option to have an outside aerial than an indoor and for that to be taking transmissions from BlackHill. Digital transmissions require an external aerial as of switchover.