Upgrading to satellite

corazon

I am looking to upgrade from the four basic Irish channels to a satellite service. I don't want to spend a lot of money so I don't want Sky. Freesat seems to be the way to go. I will be in Enniskillen tomorrow and am thinking of buying this Grundig model from Argos. Couple of quick questions as I have no experience with satellite systems. What kind of dish should I install with this? How do I get the Irish channels to work with this box? Do I need to split the cable or is this done through the box? Thanks in advance.

mjsmyth

Normally a 60cm dish will do fine here in Ireland. there are many suppliers around, most are listed in the sticky at the top of this forum.

You will not get the 4 Irish channels with this receiver. You will need to use an aerial to get them and then tune them in on your tv.

mj

stanley1

corazon wrote: »

I am looking to upgrade from the four basic Irish channels to a satellite service. I don't want to spend a lot of money so I don't want Sky. Freesat seems to be the way to go. I will be in Enniskillen tomorrow and am thinking of buying this Grundig model from Argos. Couple of quick questions as I have no experience with satellite systems. What kind of dish should I install with this? How do I get the Irish channels to work with this box? Do I need to split the cable or is this done through the box? Thanks in advance.

why not get the HD version.

corazon

The HD version is more expensive and I don't have a HD TV so I don't need it.


Can I put a splitter on the line to the attic and have it go to both the aerial and the sat dish or do I need two separate feeds for the TV? I am hooking it up to a Yamaha home cinema system so I have plenty of inputs.

Thanks for the quick responses.

Tony

you can use a diplexer to do this in the attic and then one next to you tv to provide tv and sat inputs if the existing cable is of sufficient quality