@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)
