Discussion topic: Do i need an aerial cable to go in the back of my sky q box?

This message was authored by: Guycj · ‎09 Nov 2023

Is the aerial cable needed to go in the back of my sky q box to watch TV?

This message was authored by: GD1 · ‎09 Nov 2023

@Guycj wrote:

Thanks for this. Is this true for live TV and for channels such as bbc?

In the back of the sky q box is all I need the power cable and hdmi (and then connect to wifi) and I will be able to watch everything live or on catch up?

No, your Q box needs to be connectect to the Satellite dish without this the box can't function. I think you may have become mixed up with what is required as you mentioned aerial in your original post.

Sky Q boxes are meant to be used with a Satellite dish (not aerial).

An aerial is used for TV/Boxes designed for Freeview (terrestrial) channels.

If you are getting Sky Q installed this will be setup by the engineer as Sky will do all the neccessary work.

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This message was authored by: GD1 · ‎09 Nov 2023

@Guycj wrote:

Is the aerial cable needed to go in the back of my sky q box to watch TV?

Sky Q boxes don't have an aerial connection, so you don't need it to be connected to Q.

Like you I'm a customer here, Sky Employees are clearly identified as such.
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This message was authored by: Guycj · ‎09 Nov 2023

Thanks for this. Is this true for live TV and for channels such as bbc?

In the back of the sky q box is all I need the power cable and hdmi (and then connect to wifi) and I will be able to watch everything live or on catch up?

This message was authored by: GD1 · ‎09 Nov 2023

@Guycj wrote:

Thanks for this. Is this true for live TV and for channels such as bbc?

In the back of the sky q box is all I need the power cable and hdmi (and then connect to wifi) and I will be able to watch everything live or on catch up?

No, your Q box needs to be connectect to the Satellite dish without this the box can't function. I think you may have become mixed up with what is required as you mentioned aerial in your original post.

Sky Q boxes are meant to be used with a Satellite dish (not aerial).

An aerial is used for TV/Boxes designed for Freeview (terrestrial) channels.

If you are getting Sky Q installed this will be setup by the engineer as Sky will do all the neccessary work.

Like you I'm a customer here, Sky Employees are clearly identified as such.
43" Glass TV & Puck Whole Home
Please note I only provide help on the main forums and not via PM, PM's are switched off.

Urgent Notice for Sky+ users: as of 29th October 2024 you will no longer be able to pair your viewing card to a Sky+/Sky+HD box that the card is not already paired to, so if your Sky box breaks you cannot replace it and you'll need to move to either Sky Q, Sky Glass or Sky Stream to access Sky content

This message was authored by: PandJ2020 · ‎09 Nov 2023

If you have an aerial (RF) lead then you can usually plug this straight into your TV and use its tuner.

But no need really...

I am just another Sky customer and my views are my own

This message was authored by: TimmyBGood · ‎09 Nov 2023

@Guycj wrote:

In the back of the sky q box is all I need the power cable and hdmi (and then connect to wifi) and I will be able to watch everything live or on catch up?

@Guycj

Sky Q is a satellite television system with some online functionality, and so the main Q box absolutely requires a cabled connection to a satellite dish with a Q-compatible LNB pointing at the Astra 28.2E satellite cluster.

Q Mini boxes do not have a satellite dish cable connection because they get their live input from the main Q box.

Sky will not knowingly supply Q subscription and hardware to an address without dish access because it just won't work: the non-satellite Sky television product is Sky Stream.

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