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Sky dish suitable for use with Free to Air box too?

  • 05-01-2010 9:12pm
    #1
    caprilicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a Sky subscription but was thinking of getting a free to air box so I can watch TV in another room.

    Do I need to buy a seperate dish for the free to air box or could I connect the free to air box to my existing sky dish?

    Sorry have no clue about this type of thing, would appreciate any info :)

    Thanks,

    C


Comments

  • #2
    manutd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭manutd


    You can, if you want, buy a Sky Box and get a Quad LNB on the dish and watch FTA channels (for example, all the BCC's and ITV's, but not RTE 1&2).


  • #3
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    yes your existing dish will work fine.

    do you have sky + or is it basic sky box?
    (as you will need to change the lnb if you do not already have one with 4 connections)


  • #4
    caprilicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Thanks a mill for the speedy replies :)

    That's great that I can use the existing dish as I didn't want to waste money or effort having to get another dish.

    I have just regular Sky but I'm thinking of Sky Plus, would I be better off waiting for them to get their engineer out to hook up the new Sky plus before I go messing with their dish? or is it even something they'd be bothered about?


  • #5
    manutd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭manutd


    caprilicious wrote: »
    I have just regular Sky but I'm thinking of Sky Plus, would I be better off waiting for them to get their engineer out to hook up the new Sky plus before I go messing with their dish? or is it even something they'd be bothered about?

    Why would you have to go messing with your dish, you will not need a new dish, just a Quad LNB, It has four wires coming out of it. A regular Sky Box needs 1 and a Sky+ Box needs 2 (1st for recording and the 2nd for watching while recording)
    To use the recording function on a Sky+ Box, you need a vaild Sky subscription


  • #6
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    caprilicious wrote: »
    Thanks a mill for the speedy replies :)

    That's great that I can use the existing dish as I didn't want to waste money or effort having to get another dish.

    I have just regular Sky but I'm thinking of Sky Plus, would I be better off waiting for them to get their engineer out to hook up the new Sky plus before I go messing with their dish? or is it even something they'd be bothered about?

    if you are getting sky+ then just ask the person doing the install to run another cable (or 2) to the other location.


    you will have to give them a few europs but well worth it.


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