Can I connect a Sky Box to a Freesat Dish?

gabhan16 · 14-05-2011 4:16pm #1

Can I connect a Sky Box to a Freesat Dish? Will I be able to get any picture with a viewing card, just for the free channels not the paid for sky ones.

Cantona's Collars · 14-05-2011 4:34pm

gabhan16 wrote: »

Can I connect a Sky Box to a Freesat Dish? Will I be able to get any picture with a viewing card, just for the free channels not the paid for sky ones.

No such thing as a freesat dish,the dish you have points at the same satellite as a sky dish so simply connect the skybox to it and viola you get channels.If the card in the box is expired take it out of the box as it blocks nearly all the decent fta channels.
There's many threads about this topic already so do a bit of searching on the forum to find them.

gabhan16 · 14-05-2011 4:36pm

zerks wrote: »

No such thing as a freesat dish,the dish you have points at the same satellite as a sky dish so simply connect the skybox to it and viola you get channels.If the card in the box is expired take it out of the box as it blocks nearly all the decent fta channels.
There's many threads about this topic already so do a bit of searching on the forum to find them.

Ok thanks, point taken about the searching through threads too.

Cantona's Collars · 14-05-2011 5:06pm

gabhan16 wrote: »

Ok thanks, point taken about the searching through threads too.

You will have to tune Channel 5 into 'other channels' though as it doesn't appear on the main epg.Set up to 50 channels as favourites also so you can use just the blue button on the remote to cycle through them,then simply hit select to view the channel you want.
Is it a hd box you have? If so you'll have to tune in a load of the 'English' channels into other channels as sky did an update to the software that leaves it stuck on the Irish epg.
Check the sticky on how to tune them in.

lucernarian · 15-05-2011 10:52am

gabhan16 wrote: »

Can I connect a Sky Box to a Freesat Dish? Will I be able to get any picture with a viewing card, just for the free channels not the paid for sky ones.

Yes, no strings attached! Not even a viewing card necessary though the Other Channels menu will still be needed The satellite dish is pointing at the same satellites that broadcast both services essentially.

Btw, that's awfully ratty of Sky to release such an update for the Sky HD box considering users own the box...

gabhan16 · 30-05-2011 4:29pm

can I get the HD channels on the freeview?

steveon · 30-05-2011 4:33pm

Do now call it freeview....freeview is a terrestrial system that uses an aerial in the Uk only.

If you have a box capable of receiving Hd then you can use it to pick up BBC HD, BBC1 HD, ITVHD and NHK news Hd...

If you have a skyhd box and have an ftv card then you will also get ch4 and ch5hd

gabhan16 · 30-05-2011 4:35pm

how do i tune them in?

steveon · 30-05-2011 4:36pm

how do you tune what in?

gabhan16 · 30-05-2011 4:38pm

the hd channels

steveon · 30-05-2011 4:42pm

If you have a sky Hd box for freesat then you dont need to tune them in you need a FTV card to view CH4 and ch5 HD...

If you have a skyhd or a HD Compatible fta box thenyou can tune bbc and itv hd's by entering the following

10847.00
V
22000 5/6

NHK World Hd
11223.67
V
27500
2/3

Can I connect a Sky Box to a Freesat Dish?

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