Sky and Free to Air off 1 dish?

Ashfield · 06-02-2009 12:22AM #1

We are thinking about getting sky in for our sitting room, I was wondering that if we wanted to have a free to air box or something similiar in the bedroom, could we run this off the sky box too? Or do we need a second dish?
I dont know much about this, so apologies if this is a simple question.

byte · 06-02-2009 12:25AM

Yes it is possible

You'll just need to change the LNB (the thing on the end of the dish) to a quad LNB, which will have 4 outputs, allowing connection for up to 4 different receivers.

Each receiver needs to be wired directly out to the dish.

Ashfield · 06-02-2009 12:38AM

Thanks for the reply,
Its a new house we have so the electrician has wired the bedroom with tv points, so will that wiring do?
Thanks
What package is best to go for? Sat 4 Free? Free To Air? Are there others?

06-02-2009 12:45PM

FreeSat, and a Humax HD box will get you a nice number of channels including BBC HD and ITV HD.

Sat4Free is Freesat, shops here are just taking off the english freesat logos and putting on sat4free.

burgess1 · 06-02-2009 04:43PM

I got a Freesat HD box in Newry for about £125. I saw the same box branded "Sat4Free" in Tesco here for €399.

evilivor · 06-02-2009 05:56PM

burgess1 wrote: »

I got a Freesat HD box in Newry for about £125. I saw the same box branded "Sat4Free" in Tesco here for €399.

Apples and oranges. One is just a box. Other is just a box and installation.

Sky and Free to Air off 1 dish?

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