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Does a Sky box work FTA with any dish?

  • 21-11-2011 7:27pm
    #1
    brophs
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    Basically my g/f's apartment is wired for UPC. The last tenants had it. If she connected a Sky box to the tv point would she be able to get the FTA channels?


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  • #2
    Peter Rhea
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    UPC doesn't use a dish.


  • #3
    brophs
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    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    UPC doesn't use a dish.

    Doesn't it? I could have sworn we got a dish the last time we had UPC digital.

    So can I presume then that connecting the Sky box to whatever the UPC outlet in the apartment is connected to won't work?


  • #4
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    brophs wrote: »
    Doesn't it? I could have sworn we got a dish the last time we had UPC digital.

    Probably for MMDS ('wireless cable'), not for satellite signals.
    So can I presume then that connecting the Sky box to whatever the UPC outlet in the apartment is connected to won't work?

    That's right.


  • #5
    brophs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brophs


    Feck.

    Thanks for the help, Peter.


  • #6
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    If you had MMDS UPC, ie. the square aerial on the roof you could disconnect the cable from it,put up a dish & connect the cable to that then plug the box into the other end,viola you have satellite tv.
    I've done this for a friend of mine before-easily done as I didn't need to run any cable.


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