freeview with saorview

jamiecoins

hi cant seem to find a answer for this hope im not re asking a question that has been asked a 100 times

ok so i have a free view box in my tv thru a sat ariel as the norm getting the usual channels e4 film 4 etc it works on av2 so i just swith channels to watch rte etc as i cnt get them thru free view

ok so i need to get a saorview box is there any combo boxes? with both free view and saorview channels?

is there a way to use 2 boxes my original free view box and a saorview box so i can swith like av2 to av3 and have free view on 1 and saorview on the other av channel
any ideas guys and galls

thanks

timetunnel

i use a humax freeview box up here in leopardstown , south dublin and it also picks up the soarview channels .
just need to confirm something and im not trying to be smart .
you know freeview works through your roof top aerial.
and freesat works thru your satelite dish.
i hope this is some help

Ronnie Raygun

You mustn't have looked too hard ...

There are several satellite/terrestrial combos available, such as the Ferguson Ariva 120 which has several threads in this forum.

None of these as yet is officially approved for Saorview.

There should be no problem adding a Saorview box to your current setup, provided your tv has a spare AV input.

holidaysong

You say you get your UK channels through a sat aerial but there is no such thing. It's either through a satellite or an aerial. (As you live in the south east of the country I guess it could be either).

If it's via satellite then you could either replace the box you receive this on with a combo box and have all channels through the one EPG or you could just add in a Saorview box and flick between the two.

If you get your UK channels through an aerial then the Freeview box you're using is most likely UK standard. If you replace this with a Saorview box you could get both Irish and UK channels through this box.

Ronnie Raygun

holidaysong wrote: »

You say you get your UK channels through a sat aerial but there is no such thing. It's either through a satellite or an aerial.

A satellite dish is an aerial (or antenna or whatever), the satellite is up in space.

holidaysong

Ronnie Raygun wrote: »

A satellite dish is an aerial (or antenna or whatever), the satellite is up in space.

Good point. Should have said satellite dish / aerial. The less ambiguous the OP is though, the more people can help.