Sky receiver non-sky dish

chickey

Hi,

just wondering if it is possible to use a sky digibox with a lidl dish. dish currently pointing at astra 1 - if moved to astra 2 should digibox be able to pick up bbc etc?

duridian

Yes, it should work. As long as it is a universal LNB(which will give the full frequency range required) a Sky box should have no problems at all. All the recent LNBs at Lidl are universal so if it was a recently purchased dish and LNB you should have no worries.

strettie

Can i ask the opposite question can you use non sky receiver connected to a sky mini dish

Tony

strettie wrote:

Can i ask the opposite question can you use non sky receiver connected to a sky mini dish

Yes you can

JoyPad

I've added a LIDL system (Comag SL55 + 80cm dish) to my curreny Sky setup (Panasonic receiver, minidish). The cable from outside goes in the FTA receiver, and a short cable connects the output of this receiver to the Sky digibox input. When the FTA receiver is turned on, the Sky digibox gets no signal, but when I turn it off, the digibox works fine.
Outside I have the minidish pointed at Astra2, while the 80cm dish is currently on Hotbird. Since I haven't received the Diseqc switch yet, all I can do is connect the cable to either of the dishes. With both receivers turned off, of course.
When I'll get the switch, I will connect the minidish to LNB1 (the digibox does not support switching), and I should be able to have access to Hotbird through the FTA, and to Astra2 through the Sky stuff.
All combinations worked fine for me: the digibox can receive quite a few channels from the Hotbird (transponders using standard signal rates), and I even tried the minidish through the FTA receiver, checking what channels will I be left with when I cancel my Sky sub (all BBC channels, news channels, and additional shopping/christian stuff I never watch).

Cheers,
JP

strettie

thanks for answering the question