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Using an Old Sky Plus box to get Free to air

  • 17-08-2020 7:35am
    #1
    Kamili
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,480 ✭✭✭


    Sorry about my terminology.
    I have two sky satellites on my roof and an old sky + box with no card. Just moved in to the house.

    When I connect it it tells me there's no satellite signal at all. I'm a bit baffled as to why.

    Any idea how to solve? Box is an Amstrad DRX890.

    Either the box isn't working or the cables are cut, however the sky setup did work for the previous tenant unless they cut the cables in the meantime.

    Any suggestions?


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  • #2
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 791 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    Kamili wrote: »
    Sorry about my terminology.
    I have two sky satellites on my roof and an old sky + box with no card. Just moved in to the house.

    When I connect it it tells me there's no satellite signal at all. I'm a bit baffled as to why.

    Any idea how to solve? Box is an Amstrad DRX890.

    Either the box isn't working or the cables are cut, however the sky setup did work for the previous tenant unless they cut the cables in the meantime.

    Any suggestions?
    Most probably the dish has moved out of alignment or the Lnb is knackered.
    The box will also probably need to be set up for single feed mode unless you have two feeds going into it.


  • #3
    Kamili
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,480 ✭✭✭Kamili


    Both dishes seem not to be working, and I've put it to single feed mode and still no luck.

    It was working up until the old tenant left a month ago though.

    Thanks for the suggestions


  • #4
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    1. If the old tenant had Sky Q then your older box wont work with the dish without changing the LNB on the dish itself.
    2. Are you sure they had Sky? Some people have dishes pointed at other satellites for non-UK channels. Again these will not work with an old Sky box


  • #5
    Kamili
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,480 ✭✭✭Kamili


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    1. If the old tenant had Sky Q then your older box wont work with the dish without changing the LNB on the dish itself.
    2. Are you sure they had Sky? Some people have dishes pointed at other satellites for non-UK channels. Again these will not work with an old Sky box

    Pretty sure it wasn't sky q. They had the same or similar looking sky box to the one I have. The lnb is branded as sky on the satellite and looks fairly new. Doesn't mean anything though.

    Thanks again for the help


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