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Discussion topic: Sky a box broken. Been told it will take at least 3 days to arrive. How can I watch tv?

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This message was authored by Jen853 This message was authored by: Jen853

Sky a box broken. Been told it will take at least 3 days to arrive. How can I watch tv?

How can I get terrestrial tv channels  in whilst I wait? Do I just unplug box?

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This message was authored by Mark39 This message was authored by: Mark39

Re: Sky a box broken. Been told it will take at least 3 days to arrive. How can I watch tv?

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Plug the cable from your TV aerial into the socket at the back of your TV.

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Re: Sky a box broken. Been told it will take at least 3 days to arrive. How can I watch tv?

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@Jen853 

 

As @Mark39 indicates, Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV) reception requires an aerial. In a strong signal area (relatively close to a transmitter mast) an indoor antenna might be viable, otherwise a rooftop unit is necessary.  Typically once this is connected you'd need to use the television remote control to select DTTV as an input rather than the HDMI port of the Q box, and then tell the set to scan for channels: what you'll actually receive depends on the mast location and the channels it carries, because some repeaters only have PSB service.

 

Note that although your television set may have a digital satellite television tuner in addition to a DTTV tuner, this usually won't work with a Sky satellite dish that has a standard Q LNB on it.

 

On a smart television set there are probably apps for one or more of the PSB services which allow live viewing online: if there's the Freeview Play app then many channels should be available that way.

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