Freesat Box serving more than one room

The wonderfish · 14-01-2012 9:19pm #1

My folks have a freesat dish and freesat box serving the tv in the living room, they also have a saorview box for this tv so that covers everything they need ie all the uk & irish free to air stations.

In another room they have a saorview enabled tv which is grand for irish fta. Rather than buying a second freesat box is there any way get the UK free to air channels in this room via the freesat box in the other room?

thanks

Cantona's Collars · 14-01-2012 9:31pm

It can be connected to a second tv,a videosender is probably the tidiest way with no cables being run but you have to watch the same channel as the one in the other room.Probably better off getting another freesat box or a cheap fta one.

Here's an example of a videosender.

The wonderfish · 14-01-2012 10:38pm

Cheers Zerks

Just remembered I have a spare std sky hd box in the attic, could this be used instead of getting another freesat box? in other words could these sky boxes be capable of picking up fta channels without sky subscription

The Cush · 14-01-2012 10:55pm

If you go the cabled route this is an option - Triax Tri-Link

Cantona's Collars · 14-01-2012 11:49pm

The wonderfish wrote: »

Cheers Zerks

Just remembered I have a spare std sky hd box in the attic, could this be used instead of getting another freesat box? in other words could these sky boxes be capable of picking up fta channels without sky subscription

The standard box without a card can be used for fta and save you a few bob.Just select the 50 main channels you watch as favourites then simply use the blue button on the remote to scroll through them,saves having to go through all the ones you can't watch.I use one for fta in the kitchen,the missus is used to using a skybox so it makes her life easier to use one for fta. (That sounds bad reading it back,having the missus watch tv in the kitchen:D)

Does the dish have a quad lnb so you can connect a cable to it?

Compton · 15-01-2012 2:25am

If you're getting an a/v sender go for a 5.8GHz much better than the 2.4 for interference

Compton · 15-01-2012 2:25am

The tri-link is a better option if possible

The wonderfish · 16-01-2012 2:09pm

zerks wrote: »

The standard box without a card can be used for fta and save you a few bob.Just select the 50 main channels you watch as favourites then simply use the blue button on the remote to scroll through them,saves having to go through all the ones you can't watch.I use one for fta in the kitchen,the missus is used to using a skybox so it makes her life easier to use one for fta. (That sounds bad reading it back,having the missus watch tv in the kitchen:D)

Does the dish have a quad lnb so you can connect a cable to it?

No idea if it has a quad inb

, the dish and box (triax) were bought together. I will check and see when I am down. Would it possible to put a splitter on the cable entering the freesat box and run a second cable from this to the Saorview tv instead of running a new cable directly from the dish....

thanks again for the info

The wonderfish · 16-01-2012 2:09pm

shblob wrote: »

The tri-link is a better option if possible

cheers will look into this;)

Liameter · 16-01-2012 6:10pm

The wonderfish wrote: »

Would it possible to put a splitter on the cable entering the freesat box and run a second cable from this to the Saorview tv instead of running a new cable directly from the dish....

It's certainly possible but it won't work as expected because both receivers will be fighting for control of the LNB.

Cantona's Collars · 16-01-2012 6:35pm

The wonderfish wrote: »

No idea if it has a quad inb, the dish and box (triax) were bought together. I will check and see when I am down. Would it possible to put a splitter on the cable entering the freesat box and run a second cable from this to the Saorview tv instead of running a new cable directly from the dish....

thanks again for the info

You can't split the cable,if it doesn't have a quad they can be picked up pretty cheap.

Here's an example of one (used with Sky dish)

The wonderfish · 16-01-2012 6:38pm

zerks wrote: »

You can't split the cable,if it doesn't have a quad they can be picked up pretty cheap.

Here's an example of one (used with Sky dish)

Cheers Zerks, will go for this option

Freesat Box serving more than one room

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