Sky+HD Box doesn't have aerial port. Is it possible to use a satellite to aerial adapter and use it?

[Jim10001]

Sky+HD Box doesn't have aerial port. Is it possible to use a satellite to aerial adapter and use it? I am wondering since I have no sattelite connecters in my room. Can I just use an adapter and connect a aerial from there? Will it function just like it would with a satellite?

Thank you!

[Mark39]

No. Digital television and satellite tv are broadcast on completely different frequencies. 

[Jim10001]

Oh, that's a shame. Is there any other way to access live TV without a satellite cable?

[Mark39]

You could try an indoor tv aerial, but really they're only any good if you're fairly close to the transmitter and in an area with a good signal.

[Jim10001]

Sorry, I should have mentioned earlier that I do not have a aerial port. That's why I was wondering if I use a converter.

[Exiled-in-HH]

All Sky+ HD boxes have an aerial port🤔

[Mark39 · Accepted solution]

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@Jim10001 wrote:

Sorry, I should have mentioned earlier that I do not have a aerial port. That's why I was wondering if I use a converter.

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I'm guessing you have a SkyHD receiver with no '+' functionality.

If you have a tv in your room, you would connect the indoor aerial to your tv, not your Sky box.

[Jim10001]

Thank you. It's might what I have to do. The sky box was in the living room which did have a satellite connection. Since getting replacing the sky box I was wondering If i could set it up in my room. So thats probally the answer. Thank yo very much for your help though.

[oj01]

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@Jim10001 wrote:

Thank you. It's might what I have to do. The sky box was in the living room which did have a satellite connection. Since getting replacing the sky box I was wondering If i could set it up in my room. So thats probally the answer. Thank yo very much for your help though.

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Do you have an active Sky TV subscription?

[Jim10001]

No. But I am pretty sure that simple satellite/aerial would still work fine? Please correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks

[TimmyBGood]

@Jim10001 

While devices labelled as a 'satellite to aerial adapter' do exist , they are essentially pointless.  These are fundamentally different broadcast technologies, and it's not possible to receive digital terrestrial television broadcasting through a satellite dish, or satellite television through an aerial.

The small silver components are cable connection adapters (screw thread to push fit or vice-versa), not signal converters.