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free to air box in spare room

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  • 07-07-2014 2:20pm
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    Irishgirl12345
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    Hi guys.. we had an old sky box in sitting room giving us the free to air channels. Today sky came and set up a proper box and subscription so I want to use the spare box in bedroom for free to air channels again. Im just unsure what leads I need going into which sockets on box and tv... the room has an antenna plug next to socket we were told whole house was hooked up for sky and the tv is a new samsung smart tv if that helps.. I have antenna cabels and hdmi cables but cant seem to get it working again in the bedroom.. any suggestions on what im missing and which leads go where ? Thanks
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    jjf1974
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    You need a cable to come directly from the L.N.B on your satellite dish. The box is then connected to the T.V. using a scart or hdmi cable.


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    Irishgirl12345
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭Irishgirl12345


    Thanks for your reply. How do I know if this is done? The landlord said the whole house was sky ready so I presumed it was all wired accordingly! Im not sure if im trying the right connections on the back of box to wall. I have a hdmi cable alright to get to telly but cant seem to find the signal


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    The Cush
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    Irishgirl12345 wrote: »
    the room has an antenna plug next to socket we were told whole house was hooked up for sky and the tv is a new samsung smart tv if that helps.. I have antenna cabels and hdmi cables but cant seem to get it working again in the bedroom.. any suggestions on what im missing and which leads go where ?

    Is the antenna point next to the socket a screw-on type (F-connector) or push-in type?

    Satellite feeds from the dish are F-connector type.

    Maybe the antenna socket is fed from the main TV point via the Sky RF2 output? Difficult to give more advice without knowing how the house is wired for Sky.


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