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Free TV Channles

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  • 27-12-2020 7:03pm
    #1
    Yellow_Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    I am after cancelling virgin TV. How do I get access to free Irish channles?


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    atilladehun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭atilladehun


    Yellow_Blue wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I am after cancelling virgin TV. How do I get access to free Irish channles?

    You get a saorview aerial. You can get an indoor one if signal is good in your area, or an outdoor one if it is not.

    If your TV has a saorview tuner then plug it straight in, otherwise you need an external one.

    To get the UK channels you need a satellite, lnb and a tuner.

    It is possible to get a combi tuner to plug both in if you wish.


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    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    Yellow_Blue wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I am after cancelling virgin TV. How do I get access to free Irish channles?

    Plug an aerial into your tv and run a scan.


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    Yellow_Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Yellow_Blue


    DopeTech wrote: »
    Plug an aerial into your tv and run a scan.

    There is a UPC white plastic box on the wall for standard coaxial connector .

    Also there is a thin grey cable coming from outside apartment, looks more like phone cable. Which one is areal?

    We have old smart Samsung TV and I vaguely remember having all these free channels in another apartment, before we started the virgin.


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    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    Yellow_Blue wrote: »
    There is a UPC white plastic box on the wall. Also there is a thin grey cable coming from outside apartment. Which one is areal?

    We have old smart Samsung TV and I vaguely remember having all these free channels in another apartment, before we started the virgin.

    None of those cables, you either need to buy an indoor aerial (would probably need an amplified one) or an outdoor one and run a cable from it to the tv.

    https://powercity.ie/product/314430

    what tv model is it? That way we can tell you whether it is saorview compatible or whether you need a saorview box.


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    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,760 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    What you are remembering is probably upc/virgin media analogue service which has been switched off.

    Saorview: https://www.saorview.ie/get/saorview


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    Yellow_Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Yellow_Blue


    DopeTech wrote: »
    None of those cables, you either need to buy an indoor aerial (would probably need an amplified one) or an outdoor one and run a cable from it to the tv.

    https://powercity.ie/product/314430

    what tv model is it? That way we can tell you whether it is saorview compatible or whether you need a saorview box.


    Hmm, we definetely had these free channels 6 years ago, if only I could remember how...
    TV is Samsung UE40ES5500


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    Yellow_Blue
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Yellow_Blue


    DopeTech wrote: »
    What you are remembering is probably upc/virgin media analogue service which has been switched off.

    Saorview: https://www.saorview.ie/get/saorview

    Ah.. makes sense


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    refusetolose
    Registered Users Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    Yellow_Blue wrote: »
    Hmm, we definetely had these free channels 6 years ago, if only I could remember how...
    TV is Samsung UE40ES5500

    i think you only need the aerial , try an indoor one first
    this one gets me perfect saorview

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XD1RZLP/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AJNHDIRVU2OQF&psc=1


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    WestWicklow1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭WestWicklow1


    Indoor aerials are available on adverts.ie


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