Help with stuff i dont particularly understand

bigwormbundoran

I recently moved into a new house that has a dish on the roof that picks up signal no bother.

My ould fella gave me a couple of old freeview boxes to try and see if them had any joy on it, they were broken, but sure twas worth trying.

One of them was picking up no signal at all, signals definitely not the issue because the house next door is hooked up to the same dish as meself and it works fine and dandy.

The other one however picks up 6 irish stations (rte 1 and 2, tv3 and 3e, tg4 agus rte news channel) perfect when i stick the cable into the analog receiver thingy at the back of the box, but none of the free english stations whatsoever. Oh, and it picks up a load of irish radio stations ive never heard of (such as rte gold i think ones called). Apparently my da got it off his brother in the north.

So to round up the post im wondering could anyone recommend me a nice cheap wee box to pick up the english stations? And also would I be best splitting the lead and keeping the irish station on tother box? because as far as im aware (could be wrong) the normal freesat boxes dont tend to pick up the irish stuff

Tom Slick

You're not getting those Irish stations from a dish. That's Saorview, the digital terrestrial service, from an aerial.

bigwormbundoran

Tom Slick wrote: »

You're not getting those Irish stations from a dish. That's Saorview, the digital terrestrial service, from an aerial.

Its a dish fo sho, i just have the lead coming from it with the twisty yolk(may not be the technical term) pushed back and the copper pointy bit (again may not be the technical term) that sticks out wedged into the round receiver thing which is normally their for all the terrestrial stuff, but tis definitely coming from a dish

12 element

A freeview box is no good for receiving satellite. You need a freesat receiver.
The rte channels are not available Free To Air on satellite so if you are picking them up it is not from the satellite dish.

The radio channels you describe are available on Saorview, this is the digital terrestrial service in Ireland. Does your television support digital television?

Tom Slick

Is that in Bundoran? You'd be very close to the Truskmore transmitter there, so the cable itself would probably do for an aerial. Whether it would work connected like that is another matter.

bigwormbundoran

Tom Slick wrote: »

Is that in Bundoran? You'd be very close to the Truskmore transmitter there, so the cable itself would probably do for an aerial. Whether it would work connected like that is another matter.

Aye i am surely, well i know the lads who were in the house before me and they had a freesat box attached up to the very same lead thats coming through the ceiling and picked up all the free english ones no bother, tis just the picking up of the irish stations with the strange wee box put me off the scent a bit

bigwormbundoran

12 element wrote: »

A freeview box is no good for receiving satellite. You need a freesat receiver.
The rte channels are not available Free To Air on satellite so if you are picking them up it is not from the satellite dish.

The radio channels you describe are available on Saorview, this is the digital terrestrial service in Ireland. Does your television support digital television?

I know i need a freesat receiver which is why at the end of my post I asked someone if theyd be so kind as to recommend one

Aye it does indeed support it

St Senan

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

Aye i am surely, well i know the lads who were in the house before me and they had a freesat box attached up to the very same lead thats coming through the ceiling and picked up all the free english ones no bother, tis just the picking up of the irish stations with the strange wee box put me off the scent a bit

Could you post up a few pictures of what exactly you are trying to describe
so we could give you some answers

12 element

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

I know i need a freesat receiver which is why at the end of my post I asked someone if theyd be so kind as to recommend one

Aye it does indeed support it

Ah! Sorry! What features are you looking for? HD? Ability to record?

bigwormbundoran

12 element wrote: »

Ah! Sorry! What features are you looking for? HD? Ability to record?

Just basic sd tv being got would be lovely, dont want anything else other than that

I thought someone i know must have had an old one, or an old sky box i could rob off them, but to no avail

bigwormbundoran

scaller wrote: »

Could you post up a few pictures of what exactly you are trying to describe
so we could give you some answers

Aye i will throw some up on the morrow if i remember

bigwormbundoran

Heres the back of the box with the antenna in thing in the bottom left


Heres the lead im throwing into said antenna in hole



Heres me doing a visual representation of how i bring the 2 buggers together, i then sit in down very warily so it doesnt fall out, and ive got the irish ones

12 element

You are putting an f-connector into a belling lee connector, that's the wrong connector for receiver. But if that lead is coming from the dish there's no point changing it.

If you're only looking for SD something like the Grundig SD freesat receiver should do the job.

watty

Maybe it's from an MMDS or cable?

That's an aerial socket.

Cantona's Collars

Can you post a pic of the front of the box? Would help.The cable is from your dish and is acting as an ariel.Its not the right cable as it is meant to be connected to a satellite receiver/sky box.Why not buy an ariel and plug it into the box,you don't need anything fancy as the signal is so strong the satellite cable alone can pick it up.

Liameter

In case you are tempted to screw that lead into a satellite TV receiver, you should first make sure that the plug is fitted correctly. That wire sticking out looks much too long to me. A satellite receiver puts 18 volts onto it, so it needs to be right!
See http://www.satcure.net/tech/fconn.htm

bigwormbundoran

zerks wrote: »

Can you post a pic of the front of the box? Would help.The cable is from your dish and is acting as an ariel.Its not the right cable as it is meant to be connected to a satellite receiver/sky box.Why not buy an ariel and plug it into the box,you don't need anything fancy as the signal is so strong the satellite cable alone can pick it up.

Stuck a shítty wee ariel in it and she works lovely

Didnt think that saorview was up and running yet

bigwormbundoran

Liameter wrote: »

In case you are tempted to screw that lead into a satellite TV receiver, you should first make sure that the plug is fitted correctly. That wire sticking out looks much too long to me. A satellite receiver puts 18 volts onto it, so it needs to be right!
See http://www.satcure.net/tech/fconn.htm

Thats from me pushing it back to get it into the tv receiver picking up the irish station, twas kool and the gang before i got my grubby paws on it

Liameter

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

Stuck a shítty wee ariel in it and she works lovely

Ah, Ariel is a biological detergent so presumably all it needed was a good clean to remove the s**t?