Freesat 'IF OUT' loopthrough question

LordSutch

Question: What would happen if I connected the 'IF OUT' on the back of my Silvercrest Freesat receiver, to the '75 OHM' FM coax socket on the back of my HiFi system? > might I actually get all the FTA radio stations throught my FM tuner (or might I see smoke) :cool:

I am determined to find a use for that blasted 'IF OUT' loopthrough

Apogee

The signal carried on the IF-out is not compatible with an FM radio. It can be used to loop-through to another satellite receiver.

LordSutch

Apogee wrote: »

The signal carried on the IF-out is not compatible with an FM radio. It can be used to loop-through to another satellite receiver.

Ah yes, but I have been told many times that the loopthrough does not work 'properly' when connected to other receivers! and my problem is that I am letting go Chorus-NTL and their FM radio signal, which leaves me with four FM radios in the house and no FM signal to go into the back of them even though I have a Freesat dish :-(

I really want to convert that Freesat signal, so that its converted into a '75 OHM' FM signal for the back of my HiFi /Radios . . .

slegs

Camelot wrote: »

Ah yes, but I have been told many times that the loopthrough does not work 'properly' when connected to other receivers! and my problem is that I am letting go Chorus-NTL and their FM radio signal, which leaves me with four FM radios in the house and no FM signal to go into the back of them even though I have a Freesat dish :-(

I really want to convert that Freesat signal, so that its converted into a '75 OHM' FM signal for the back of my HiFi /Radios . . .

What are you expecting to convert? Satellite is DVB-S and an FM receiver can do nothing with this.

Apogee

You can either take the audio out directly from the sat receiver and feed it into the aux in of the radio. Or connect a small FM transmitter (similar to those used with mp3 players) to the audio out of the sat receiver. The first option provides better quality audio. The second option provides a signal to all radios in the house.

If you don't want to tie up your your Freesat receiver, you can get compact "scart" style DVB-S receivers:
http://www.ttgoerler.de/2888/TT_ScartTV__S100.html

There is no other practical method of "converting" your Freesat signal for use with an FM radio, a DAB radio etc...

LordSutch

The AUX on two of my Radios are already occupied, and the other two dont have an AUX input! so I guess my FM radios are 'old hat' and that I need a (TV & a Freesat box in each room) in order to have the 'Radio flexability' that I currently have with the old NTL cable.

Re the small FM tranasmitter, surely that limits flexability? Er indoors watching Freesat TV but I want FM radio downstairs, simultaneously, No?

They dont make it easy any more do they.

Apogee

If you have a wireless remote control extender for the sat receiver, coupled with the FM transmitter, you'll be pretty close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khfDbN4ZwYQ