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Discussion topic: Freesat/sky

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This message was authored by Nat1222 This message was authored by: Nat1222

Freesat/sky

I wonder if anyone could help I have sky and in my Samsung Tv it has Freesat built in. I was wondering how can I watch Freesat do I need a new LNB to watch sky and Freesat. Thank you 

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This message was authored by nigea99 This message was authored by: nigea99

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@Nat1222 wrote:

I wonder if anyone could help I have sky and in my Samsung Tv it has Freesat built in. I was wondering how can I watch Freesat do I need a new LNB to watch sky and Freesat. Thank you 


hi @Nat1222 

 

There are a few factors. 

 

The first is whether you do have SKy +/HD (as per the group you posted in) or whether you have SKY Q

 

If you do have a SKY +/HD box then it depends whether you have a spare connection & cable  to the LNB (the electronic bit on the dish) -if you do then you should be able to connect that to your TV and watch both together

 

If you don't have a spare conection & cable then there are probably 2 ways to achieve it

 

The best is to get the LNB changed to one with more  outputs & get a cable run from the LNB to the TV

 

You can't just split the cable as the SKY box & TV both would send power & a 22KHz signal that would interfere with each other:

So you would need either an isolating  switch to let you use either the TV or SKY box at any given time, which is not that suitable for a SKY Box which you might want to record on. 

 

Or, alternatively use an isolating  splitter which would not allow one connection (say TV)  to send any power / 22KHz signal - this would allow you to, say, watch on both but would only allow the TV to watch a limited number of channels which are on the same polarity & band (there are low & high bands) as set by the other (e.g. SKY box)  Hope that makes sense

 

If you have a SKY Q box then you need a specialised Hybrid LNB that has connections suitable for both SKY Q (which uses different 'Wideband' connections) and connections suitable for the TV ('Universal ' connections)

 

 

Nat1222
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This message was authored by Nat1222 This message was authored by: Nat1222

Re: Freesat/sky

Hi @nigea99 it is a sky +HD box, thank you for your help. I will try your suggestions 

This message was authored by Exiled-in-HH This message was authored by: Exiled-in-HH

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If you just want access Freesat on your Samsung TV you can disconnect one of sat lead to the Sky+ HD box and connect it the the TV.

 

If this is done you'd have run the Sly+ HD box in single cable mode🤔

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