Sat4Free/Freesat in Ireland

Tony · 16-12-2008 04:12PM

frank2005 wrote: »

Sorry for confusion...it is Freeview it has built in. Was getting mixed up, reading about free sat!! Is it any use to me or just a bit of a dead duck to have in ireland?

Unless you have an aerial that can receive Ni signals its useless i'm afraid

frank2005 · 16-12-2008 04:14PM

Nope, don't have aerial...ah well sure no harm in asking I guess! Thanks

Tony · 16-12-2008 04:47PM

No problem

bubblesb · 18-12-2008 04:20PM

I receive Sky at the moment and was contemplating paying for their multiroom service so that my wife could watch her soaps upstairs with a proper reception as opposed to the poor one she receives from the indoor arial.
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That was until I heard about this Sat4free being advertised on the radio.Making a once off payment instead of uping the cost of my current subscription sounds attractive.

I am not sure exactly how I would go about setting this up as I have a dish but the signal from that goes into the sky box.

Could I split that signal into two seperate boxes?
How can I then get that Sat4free signal upstairs without running lots of cable around the house?

Any advice would be gratefully received as I would like to have it all set up for christmas.Thanks

Tony · 18-12-2008 04:31PM

You need a quad lnb for the sky dish and run a separate good quality cable to the Freesat box

bubblesb wrote: »

Could I split that signal into two seperate boxes?
How can I then get that Sat4free signal upstairs without running lots of cable around the house?

Any advice would be gratefully received as I would like to have it all set up for christmas.Thanks

kuro_man · 18-12-2008 04:33PM

bubblesb wrote: »

I receive Sky at the moment and was contemplating paying for their multiroom service so that my wife could watch her soaps upstairs with a proper reception as opposed to the poor one she receives from the indoor arial.
.
That was until I heard about this Sat4free being advertised on the radio.Making a once off payment instead of uping the cost of my current subscription sounds attractive.

I am not sure exactly how I would go about setting this up as I have a dish but the signal from that goes into the sky box.

Could I split that signal into two seperate boxes?
How can I then get that Sat4free signal upstairs without running lots of cable around the house?

Any advice would be gratefully received as I would like to have it all set up for christmas.Thanks

Sat cable shouldn't be split - you need a multiple-output (dual, quad, octo) LNB. this can be bought cheaply on e-bay and are easy to swap out. You can use any FTA/Freesat receiver to pick up uk channels, no irish channels though. Given exchange rate, I would buy a freesat receiver on ebay instead of sat4free.

bubblesb · 18-12-2008 04:48PM

Thanks for the advice fellas.
Another question.

The cable from the dish comes directly into the living room and into the sky box.If I got an LNB and a Sat4Free type receiver and conneceted them up at the back of the downstairs tv,how do I get it upstairs to the wifes telly without running cable everywhere?

Thanks in advance.

The_Conductor · 18-12-2008 04:51PM

Borrow a masonry drill?

Tony · 18-12-2008 04:57PM

You cannot directly as the freesat has no RF output, why would you want to do this since you have a sky box already? How would your wife change channels?

bubblesb wrote: »

Thanks for the advice fellas.
Another question.

The cable from the dish comes directly into the living room and into the sky box.If I got an LNB and a Sat4Free type receiver and conneceted them up at the back of the downstairs tv,how do I get it upstairs to the wifes telly without running cable everywhere?

Thanks in advance.

BeerNut · 18-12-2008 05:05PM

bubblesb wrote: »

If I got an LNB and a Sat4Free type receiver and conneceted them up at the back of the downstairs tv

You don't. The LNB goes on the dish, at the end of the arm, replacing the LNB that's already there. Out of this you will have your existing cable to downstairs plus a new cable running from the dish to the upstairs room where your new receiver is.

Antrim_Man · 29-12-2008 12:31AM

Has any of these freesat boxes got built in hard disks?

Kotek Besar · 29-12-2008 12:38AM

Antrim_Man wrote: »

Has any of these freesat boxes got built in hard disks?

The Humax Foxsat HD Freesat Digital TV Recorder has a 320gb disk.

ei0675 · 29-12-2008 02:16AM

I can buy a technomate freeview sat reciever for 90 euro, or reciever, dish,lnb and bracket for 145 euro... good price? i have acess to a sat finder for setting up so no installation charge.

chelseaaremagic · 29-12-2008 02:34AM

beware....do you mean a technomate fta [free to air]........ 'freeview' needs an ariel and you need to be within 20 miles of the border. ftv, fta, and freesat are via satellite which are receiveable all over the island of ireland

ei0675 · 29-12-2008 10:52AM

chelseaaremagic wrote: »

beware....do you mean a technomate fta [free to air]........ 'freeview' needs an ariel and you need to be within 20 miles of the border. ftv, fta, and freesat are via satellite which are receiveable all over the island of ireland

Sorry let me clearify, i mean FTA basicly all the english stations (itv,2,3,4, bbc,2,3,4, ch4 etc.) and free sat stations.

Apogee · 16-01-2009 09:05PM

Callaghan's TV on Plunkett St in Cork have the SD receivers along with LNB, dish and fittings for €150 - installation is extra. The are selling the HD equivalent for €299.

AFAIK this is the first time an independent retailer outside of Tesco, Powercity etc. has had the Sat4Free systems for sale.

byte · 16-01-2009 09:46PM

An indepedant in Donegal is advertising Sat4Free boxes and installations also.

Tony · 16-01-2009 09:50PM

SAT4Free has been available to retailers via electroplus since the start but I guess many chose not to stock until now.

Apogee wrote: »

Callaghan's TV on Plunkett St in Cork have the SD receivers along with LNB, dish and fittings for €150 - installation is extra. The are selling the HD equivalent for €299.

AFAIK this is the first time an independent retailer outside of Tesco, Powercity etc. has had the Sat4Free systems for sale.

Apogee · 16-01-2009 10:59PM

Callaghans didn't make much of an effort from what I saw. Just the bare receiver sitting besides a Philips TV, not even connected.

td1 · 19-01-2009 11:46AM

contemplating getting freesat - anyone have any experience of good installers (in drogheda area) and how it works after setup?

geordief · 16-02-2009 06:08PM

can I get a tv that will allow me to do without the set top box? (I have an old cardless digibox for now)
If it has a satellite tuner inbuilt will that get me the free channels I get at the moment?
I don't care about recording or a state of the art epg as long as I can tune into a dozen or so presets and if there is no set up fee or subscription.
HD would be nice though.

snaps · 16-02-2009 06:32PM

Yes Panasonic make a range of tvs with built in freesat. Not sure where and how much they would be in the south, but ive noticed Argos in the north are selling them now and i would also recommend richer sounds in Belfast as they stock them and if you quote boards.ie they'll ship it down for 20 quid. (www.richersounds.ie or the .co.uk site has better range)

I personally think having a set top box is more versatile than having it in built, but everyone to their own!

jArgHA · 02-03-2009 01:04PM

Thinking of going for a freesat HD receiver but have two questions -

Is it possible to view the Irish terrestrial channels through a freesat receiver (I know RTE is not available on freesat, but was wondering whether the receivers have some kind of analog tuner built in which you can switch over to, and still get the video output by the receiver) ? I dont have a TV as such but a projector, this is why I can't simply tune analog channels into projector.

Is there a plan for RTE / other Irish terrestrial channels to become available on freesat, if so have any dates been mooted?

Tony · 02-03-2009 01:12PM

Freesat has no analog tuner or loopthrough and there are no plans by RTE as far as I'm aware.

Martin_F · 02-03-2009 01:55PM

There were plans to launch RTE International on Freesat (meant to be a combination of RTE 1 & 2 homegrown content) - it was due for Paddy's day 2009. However latest rumors suggest that is very unlikely - since RTE are trying to avoid the costs involved.

You basically have a choice of terrestrial analogue or Digital (DTT) - and if you go the digital route you can get combo boxes that do both (non Freesat/Sat4Free). Currently I'm Freesat / analogue.

There are stickies on the Terrestrial boards about combo boxes.

TheDriver · 02-03-2009 03:23PM

Freesat is a class way to go but unless your projector can handle HD signals, you may as well just get a sd box. I never watch RTE anymore to be honest

emaherx · 02-03-2009 03:45PM

Just use a Video player for Analouge tv reception

Kotek Besar · 02-03-2009 05:48PM

Tesco have discontinued the Sat4Free boxes, according to the shelf label in the Waterford Ardkeen store.

kbell · 02-03-2009 05:57PM

The new Tesco 24hr up on Mathews lane here in Drogheda still had them at the weekend.

byte · 02-03-2009 10:13PM

kbell wrote: »

The new Tesco 24hr up on Mathews lane here in Drogheda still had them at the weekend.

Yeah, but did the shelf label have a red "Discontinued" tag?

Sat4Free/Freesat in Ireland

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