A complicated Question

tradmav

Hi all,
I have a rather complicated question (for me at least)
Im renting a house with the past few years and the previous tenant left a satelite dish on the side of the house, there is some sort of connection in the wall in my living room which I dont recognise (two cables coming out a few inches out of the wall), but obviously whatever skybox/freeview box the tenant had went with them.
I just bought, the other day, a new HDTV with a built in digital tuner and Im receiving the 6 Irish digital channels now.
So my knowledge of tvs and satelite dishes etc is extremely limited and Im wondering is it possible to use the satelite dish on the side of the house to pick up free view? Is this possible using the built in digital tuner? If so how do I connect to my tv?

Sam Russell

Get yourself a Freesat PVR HD box and get it connected to the cables and you will get all UK channels for free. See other threads for detailed advice.

John mac

tradmav wrote: »

Hi all,
.
So my knowledge of tvs and satelite dishes etc is extremely limited and Im wondering is it possible to use the satelite dish on the side of the house to pick up free view? Is this possible using the built in digital tuner? If so how do I connect to my tv?

1. Yes
2, No (unless your tv has built in FreeSAT)
3, Via set top box.

liamtech

It sounds like you have 2 cables coming from your LNB and exiting in the living room:

You have 3 choices for Free Satellite TV:

1. Generic Free To Air, either SD or HD:
Obviously SD would be cheaper and i have seen these boxes going in the likes of Powercity for as little as 40euro for SD. A HD box can be had for around 70+ Euro in various places including online. You will only be using one of the connections from the satellite box so you wont be able to record one station and watch another.

Example:
HD: http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-24-WP75HD&pages=1&prod=WP75HD&brands=WALKER&image=

SD: http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-24-560009&pages=1&prod=560009&brands=COMMTEL&image=

Some HD boxes including the one above allow recording if you plug in a USB Hard Drive or pen drive.

2. A Freesat HD BOX:
Much handier as it provides a similar experience to using a sky box - Full seven day guide, set reminders etc. Plus Interactive Red Button Teletext. Depending on which one you buy some have other features such as USB recording or Media Playback:

Freesat HD: http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-24-DS186&pages=1&prod=DS186&brands=SAGEM&image=

http://www.freesat.ie/index.php?cat=Freesat_receivers&ActinicSID=c6ddbc6292648ba10db177bb2b2e634f

3. Freesat HD+

By Far the most user friendly and functional option: Also More expensive but worth it! You can watch one station and record another - both connections will be used for this one: you can also pause, rewind and fast forward Live TV. In essence it gives you the same functionality as Sky Plus -

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-24-TS7800&pages=1&prod=TS7800&brands=SAMSUNG&image=

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Humax-500GB-Satellite-Receiver-Recorder/dp/B0039J42LM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330798860&sr=8-2

Regardless which option you go for you will get over 130 TV stations at no monthly charge - only the initial expense of buying your box.

Channel List from Joinfreesat.co.uk:

101 BBC 1
102 BBC 2
103 ITV1
104 Channel 4
105 Channel 5
106 BBC Three
107 BBC Four
108 BBC One HD
109 BBC HD
110 BBC Alba
112 ITV1+1
113 ITV2
114 ITV2+1
115 ITV3
116 ITV3+1
117 ITV4
118 ITV4+1
119 ITV1 HD
120 S4C Digidol
121 Channel 4 + 1
122 E4
123 E4 + 1
124 More4
125 More4 + 1
126 Channel 4 HD
128 Channel 5 +1
129 5USA
130 5USA +1
131 5*
132 5* +1
134 CBS Drama
135 CBS Reality
136 CBS Reality+1
137 CBS Action
138 Horror Channel
139 Horror Channel+1
140 BET
141 BET+1
142 True Entertainment
143 Men & Movies

News & Sport

200 BBC News
201 BBC Parliament
202 S4C2
203 Al Jazeera Eng
204 Euronews
205 France 24
206 Russia Today
207 CNN
208 Bloomberg Television
209 NHK World HD
210 CNBC
211 CCTV News

Movies

300 Film4
301 Film4 + 1
302 True Movies 1
303 True Movies 2
304 Movies4Men
305 Movies4Men +1
306 Movies4Men2
307 Movies4Men2 +1
308 UMP Movies

Lifestyle

400 wedding TV
402 Information TV
403 Showcase
405 Food Network
406 Food Network+1

Music

500 Chart Show TV
501 The Vault
502 Flava
503 Scuzz
504 B4U Music
509 Zing
514 Clubland TV
515 Vintage TV
516 Chart Show TV +1
517 Bliss
518 Massive R&B

Children

600 CBBC Channel
601 CBeebies
602 CITV
603 POP
604 POPGirl
605 Tiny Pop
606 Kix

Special Interest

650 Ocean TV
651 Renault TV
652 Psychic TV
690 Inspiration TV
691 Daystar TV
692 Revelation
693 Islam Channel
694 God Channel
695 Sonlife

Radio

700 BBC Radio 1
701 BBC 1Xtra
702 BBC Radio 2
703 BBC Radio 3
704 BBC Radio 4 FM
705 BBC Radio Five Live
706 BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra
707 BBC 6 Music
708 BBC Radio 4 Extra
709 BBC Asian Network
710 BBC Radio 4 LW
711 BBC World Service
712 BBC Radio Scotland
713 BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
714 BBC Radio Wales
715 BBC Radio Cymru
716 BBC Radio Ulster
718 BBC London 94.9 (available on London postcode only)
719 Capital FM
720 Choice FM
721 Classic fm
722 Gold
723 XFM
724 Absolute Radio
726 Absolute 80s
728 WRN Radio
729 Jazz FM
730 Planet Rock
731 talkSPORT
732 Smooth Radio
733 Heart
750 RTÉ Radio 1
751 RTÉ Radio 2 FM
752 RTÉ Lyric FM
753 Raidió na Gaeltachta
777 Insight Radio
786 BFBS Radio
790 TWR Radio

Shopping

800 QVC
801 price-drop tv
802 Bid TV
803 Pitch TV
804 Pitch World
805 Gems TV1
806 TV Shop
807 JewelleryMaker
808 JML Direct
809 JML Choice
810 Ideal Xtra
812 Ideal World
813 Create And Craft
815 The Jewellery Channel
816 QVC Beauty
817 Rocks & Co1
818 Gems TV Extra
819 Argos TV
820 Thane Direct

Gaming & Dating

None

Adult

870 Babestation
875 Playboy TV Chat

On Demand

900 On Demand
901 BBC iPlayer
903 ITV Player
907 BoxOffice365

Regional TV

950 BBC 1 London
951 BBC 1 Channel Islands
952 BBC 1 East Midlands
953 BBC 1 East (E)
954 BBC 1 East (W)
955 BBC 1 North West
956 BBC 1 North East & Cumbria
957 BBC 1 Northern Ireland
958 BBC 1 Oxford
959 BBC 1 South East
960 BBC 1 Scotland
961 BBC 1 South
962 BBC 1 South West
963 BBC 1 West Midlands
964 BBC 1 Wales
965 BBC 1 West
966 BBC 1 Yorks
967 BBC 1 East Yorks & Lincs
968 BBC 2 England
969 BBC 2 Northern Ireland
970 BBC 2 Scotland
971 BBC 2 Wales
974 Channel 4
975 Channel 4 + 1
977 ITV London (ITV HD via red button)

Interactive

986 Teletext

Information

999 Freesat Info

For your Irish Stations, use your TV and Aerial as you are currently doing, and hey presto, no TV bills!

Gerry Wicklow

tradmav wrote: »

Hi all,
I have a rather complicated question (for me at least)
Im renting a house with the past few years and the previous tenant left a satelite dish on the side of the house, there is some sort of connection in the wall in my living room which I dont recognise (two cables coming out a few inches out of the wall), but obviously whatever skybox/freeview box the tenant had went with them.
I just bought, the other day, a new HDTV with a built in digital tuner and Im receiving the 6 Irish digital channels now.
So my knowledge of tvs and satelite dishes etc is extremely limited and Im wondering is it possible to use the satelite dish on the side of the house to pick up free view? Is this possible using the built in digital tuner? If so how do I connect to my tv?

Just to clarify in case you buy the wrong box, FREEVIEW is a UK terrestrial service via an aerial and only available near the border or parts of the east coast. FREESAT and Free To Air (FTA) are available by satellite dish and box.

tradmav

Thank you so much everybody, you guys gave some incredibly detailed replies. I really appreciate it.