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Sky and Free to Air off 1 dish?

  • 05-02-2009 11:22pm
    #1
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭


    We are thinking about getting sky in for our sitting room, I was wondering that if we wanted to have a free to air box or something similiar in the bedroom, could we run this off the sky box too? Or do we need a second dish?
    I dont know much about this, so apologies if this is a simple question.


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  • #2
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,171 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Yes it is possible

    You'll just need to change the LNB (the thing on the end of the dish) to a quad LNB, which will have 4 outputs, allowing connection for up to 4 different receivers.

    Each receiver needs to be wired directly out to the dish.


  • #3
    Ashfield
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Ashfield


    Thanks for the reply,
    Its a new house we have so the electrician has wired the bedroom with tv points, so will that wiring do?
    Thanks
    What package is best to go for? Sat 4 Free? Free To Air? Are there others?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,001 ✭ [Deleted User]


    FreeSat, and a Humax HD box will get you a nice number of channels including BBC HD and ITV HD.

    Sat4Free is Freesat, shops here are just taking off the english freesat logos and putting on sat4free.


  • #5
    burgess1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 184 ✭✭burgess1


    I got a Freesat HD box in Newry for about £125. I saw the same box branded "Sat4Free" in Tesco here for €399.


  • #6
    evilivor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    burgess1 wrote: »
    I got a Freesat HD box in Newry for about £125. I saw the same box branded "Sat4Free" in Tesco here for €399.

    Apples and oranges. One is just a box. Other is just a box and installation.


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