sky + box as freeview box

tonyrich1

Can anyone tell me or point me to a thread that gives me a list of channels i should get from a sky+box with no card in it. i ran a feed from the sky dish into the bedroom and picked up a second hand sky+box. it has a card. ive tuned in a few channels in other channels and bbc1 and 2 are working but im wondering how do i get rte1/2/channel4/tv3??? sorry if this question has been asked a million times just send me in the right direction thanks

watty

Freesat you mean.

Freeview is solely via aerial.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_in_the_UK
Some need adding via "other Channels"

Irish TV is only via aerial right now, Analogue getting turned off end of 2012, Even when Irish TV is FTA on Satellite, it won't work on a Sky box.

http://www.saortv.info/channels/uk-televison/

http://www.saortv.info

http://www.techtir.ie/saortv

jaytobe

@Tony

In the same boat, was there much hassle setting up the channels?

jaytobe

@watty

Guys who installed my TV on Friday just heard that there is a way of putting the DTT signal into freesat boxes now...

I have 8 points in the house pre-wired for TV and they are linked via F-180 controller. Trying to figure out how to get DTT to each point along with central freesat box signals.

watty

The F 180 is simply a TV distribution amplifier compatible with the remote eye used for remote control of Sky Digibox. I have one here.

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=cpc/274434.xml

You can use a diplexer at each end of a coax to put satellite & TV down same coax.

There is no way to "put a DTT signal" into a Satellite box without a DTT Transport stream receiver and then DVB-s modulator, and an empty transponder frequency. You need one set of that for each DTT multiplex.

If you have a Multiswitch you can feed satellite and TV signals to as many rooms as you want and put diplex splitter to split the DTT/Analogue TV band and Satellite IF band to TV set and Satellite setbox.
http://www.saortv.info/satellite-saorsat/distribution/