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[email protected] September 14th 06 11:56 PM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?

Any help MUCH appreciated!


Max Demian September 15th 06 12:04 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
wrote in message
oups.com...
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?


Probably. You'll need a Sky (or similar) STB, plus a viewing card for
channel 4 and 5 (I think) and a few others that are sent across encrypted.

Sell the Humax.

--
Max Demian



Prometheus September 15th 06 12:12 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
In article .com,
writes
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?

Any help MUCH appreciated!


Presumably you mean Freeview? Almost certainly not, although you could
try it. A better approach would be to fit a Yagi to the dish bracket and
use the feeder from the LNB to your flat.
--
Ian G8ILZ

Mike GW8IJT September 15th 06 12:44 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
"Prometheus" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
writes
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?

Any help MUCH appreciated!


Presumably you mean Freeview? Almost certainly not, although you could try
it. A better approach would be to fit a Yagi to the dish bracket and use
the feeder from the LNB to your flat.
--
Ian G8ILZ


The mind boggles at trying to connect a Freeview PVR to a Sky dish :-o)
Regards Mike.



Prometheus September 15th 06 01:01 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
In article , Mike GW8IJT
writes
"Prometheus" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
writes
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?

Any help MUCH appreciated!


Presumably you mean Freeview? Almost certainly not, although you could try
it. A better approach would be to fit a Yagi to the dish bracket and use
the feeder from the LNB to your flat.
--
Ian G8ILZ


The mind boggles at trying to connect a Freeview PVR to a Sky dish :-o)
Regards Mike.


Hence my suggestion.

--
Ian G8ILZ

Bill Wright September 15th 06 01:20 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
There's a sky dish on the roof of the building connected to the flat
I'm in. I'm using a Humax PVR box, with rubbish reception on an indoor
ariel.

Is it possible to use the old Sky dish to receive good digital
reception?

Any help MUCH appreciated!

Get a Sky box with a Freeview card in it from EBay.

Bill



Graham September 15th 06 01:31 AM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 



Get a Sky box with a **Freeview** card in it from EBay.

Bill


Careful Bill, the guy sounds confused enough as it is.

Graham.
%Profound_observation%



Rob September 16th 06 09:36 PM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
A better approach would be to fit a Yagi to the dish bracket and
use the feeder from the LNB to your flat.
*************************************************

I'd imagine the residents of the other flats who use the dish might notice!

--
Robert



Prometheus September 16th 06 10:34 PM

Possible to get free to view channels through redundant sky dish?
 
In article , Rob
writes
A better approach would be to fit a Yagi to the dish bracket and
use the feeder from the LNB to your flat.
*********************************************** **

I'd imagine the residents of the other flats who use the dish might notice!


I was rather assuming that the statement "There's a sky dish on the roof
of the building connected to the flat I'm in" meant it was only
connected to that flat.

--
Ian G8ILZ


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