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TV Not Saorview, Split FTA Satellite Cable to Get Terrestrial?

  • 24-03-2015 12:30pm
    #1
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭


    Hi I have 1 satellite wire coming to my FTA box. I want to view the irish terrestrial channels RTE etc, which are not on FTA, If i put splitters into the cable and keep one end plugged into my FTA box and feed the Other end into the TV aerial Point on the back of my tv, Despite it not being Saorview,,,, Will i get the Irish Channels? The tv is a flat Screen LCD about 4 years old but NOT Saorview approved! And Yes i have a Satellite Dish & Aerial outside also


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  • #2
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    Saorview is not a satellite service. You'll need a UHF TV aerial of a type appropriate to your location.


  • #3
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭ronan45


    Thurston? wrote: »
    Saorview is not a satellite service. You'll need a UHF TV aerial of a type appropriate to your location.

    Cheers, I have a UHF TV aerial Just wondering if i get a lead from it to a Non Saorview tv will I get the irish channels if i plug the Aerial lead directly into the tv? or Do i have to get a Saorview tv or a saorview Box ?


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,476 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    ronan45 wrote: »
    I have a UHF TV aerial Just wondering if i get a lead from it to a Non Saorview tv will I get the irish channels if i plug the Aerial lead directly into the tv? or Do i have to get a Saorview tv or a saorview Box ?

    The TV may have a digital TV tuner, post the make and model no. and someone may be able to advise.

    You cannot normally split a satellite feed cable, it can only be split if the aerial and satellite feed from the dish are combined somewhere along the cable. How is the aerial fed to the TV point?


  • #5
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    you never want to split the cable coming from the satellite dish. If you ever need a second satellite feed then run a second cable from the dish .

    forget about the satellite for irish stations, you can only use an aerial.

    if you post the brand and model of your tv i'll tell you if you need a new tv/ set top box.


  • #6
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭ronan45


    donegal. wrote: »
    you never want to split the cable coming from the satellite dish. If you ever need a second satellite feed then run a second cable from the dish .

    forget about the satellite for irish stations, you can only use an aerial.

    if you post the brand and model of your tv i'll tell you if you need a new tv/ set top box.

    It is a Silvercrest TV From Lidl :o

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70380953

    http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages...LCD_Television

    Printed specifications:


    32inch Full HD LCD Television

    Full HD TV in 16:9 format with equaliser, integrated speakers and automatic programming system (APS)
    With built-in DVBT tuner (MPEG2) for reception of digital TV channels
    Also ideal as a PC monitor (HDMI/VGA input)
    2 HDMI connectors with HDCP, USB 2.0 for playing MP3 and JPG files
    200 analogue and 500 digital channel memory plus teletext with 1000 page memory
    Multilingual menu (OSD), electronic programme guide (EPG), child safety and sleep timer
    Technical Specs: TV System: PAL/SECAM/DVB-T (MPEG2), Audio: 2 x 6W RMS (Dual Stereo/Nicam), Viewing angle: 178° horizontal/178° vertical (typ.), Response time: 8ms (typ.) (LCD panel), Size (including base):78.5 x 57.0 x 18.7cm, Weight (including base): 10.9kg, Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, Contrast: min. 1300:1 (typ.), Brightness: min. 450cd/m2 (typ.), Inputs/connections: 2 x HDMI; 1 x scart;, VGA (PC input); audio (PC input); aerial input; AV (RCA); composite video (RCA); 3.5mm headphones jack; USB; common interfa


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  • #7
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    according to the link you posted you should be all bad.

    you can't just connect the aerial you have to the tv and tune it in.


  • #8
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    If those are definitely the specs for the TV you have, it's no use for Saorview, as it only mentions MPEG2 video capability, not MPEG4.


  • #9
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭ronan45


    I am pretty sure thats the model Ill check the back of the tv shortly and check the prescise model number.


  • #10
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    its not worth spending money on a stb to get irish stations on this tv.

    dump it

    get a new tv.


  • #11
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    ronan45 wrote: »
    I am pretty sure thats the model Ill check the back of the tv shortly and check the prescise model number.

    Easiest way to check is just to plug a feed from a functioning aerial into it, & see what it finds. You'll need to get the aerial sorted anyway.


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  • #12
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    Thurston? wrote: »
    Easiest way to check is just to plug a feed from a functioning aerial into it, & see what it finds. You'll need to get the aerial sorted anyway.

    thats what i'd do.


  • #13
    Thurston?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭Thurston?


    donegal. wrote: »
    thats what i'd do.

    Why did you tell him to dump it then? Or will you just go back & 'ninja edit' that post too?


  • #14
    donegal.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭donegal.


    i only edited the other post because he changed the spec of the tv.

    yes he needs to get his aerial sorted.

    yes he should rule out any hope of soarview as this is so easily done.

    then he need s to dump it.


  • #15
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    You can mux dtt and satellite signals onto one cable, and de-mux behind the telly.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74024612

    if you've a masthead amp for the dtt aerial, you'll need a new power source for it though.


  • #16
    The Cush
    Registered Users Posts: 15,476 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    ronan45 wrote: »
    It is a Silvercrest TV From Lidl :o

    I have a Lidl Silvercrest TV from April 2011 working OK with Saorview, model no. LCD-TV 32111, how old is yours?


  • #17
    winston_1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭winston_1


    donegal. wrote: »

    then he need s to dump it.

    Why? Have you not heard of DVB-T MPEG 4 boxes?


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