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genghis · 02-05-09, 08:34 PM

I have ordinary sky dish and box to watch free chanels and watch mainly the asian chanels. If I get a freesat box and use a splitter to split the signal between the two boxes. Would this be possible?

Thanks

Robbo · 02-05-09, 09:02 PM

Why do you want two boxes? The Sky box will get all the free channels anyway.

But if you want Freesat in another room, or need two boxes for some other reason you can't split it. You need to get a quad LNB for your sky dish and run an extra cable.

genghis · 02-05-09, 09:25 PM

I want to watch hd programs on freesat, but at th esame tim ewant to keep the sky box in the same room to watch the free asian chanels.

Or can i tun ethe chanels of the freesat to get all these on one box

Robbo · 02-05-09, 10:05 PM

I believe you can, yes, although I don't have a Freesat box, there is the facility to tune into non Freesat channels.

cauliflower69 · 03-05-09, 03:29 PM

You can manually tune the channels in non freesat mode you have to enable this in the menus m8.

Also you can loop the sat signal threw the freesat stb to the sky box

genghis · 03-05-09, 06:59 PM

how do you loop it

Analoguesat · 03-05-09, 07:17 PM

Via the lnb loopthrough. You can only use one box at a time if you do that, and the loop box must be in standby

SAT-WORLD · 03-05-09, 08:20 PM

Note,not all the Freesat receivers have a LNB out.
The Humax Foxsat doesn't.
The Alba/Bush/Goodmans receivers do,but many people have complained,that it doesn't work satisfactorily,all the time.
I would definately advise getting a Quad Lnb and getting another feed to the Freesat receiver,as already advised.
As switching from Freesat to non Freesat,is a pain,especially for something that is in daily use.
Also remember,that all the Asian channels won't be grouped together,on a Freesat receiver,as found on a Sky digibox,unless you manually group them.

02-05-09, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
genghis Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Help and advice I have ordinary sky dish and box to watch free chanels and watch mainly the asian chanels. If I get a freesat box and use a splitter to split the signal between the two boxes. Would this be possible? Thanks

02-05-09, 09:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,374 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: Help and advice Why do you want two boxes? The Sky box will get all the free channels anyway. But if you want Freesat in another room, or need two boxes for some other reason you can't split it. You need to get a quad LNB for your sky dish and run an extra cable. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

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genghis Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help and advice I want to watch hd programs on freesat, but at th esame tim ewant to keep the sky box in the same room to watch the free asian chanels. Or can i tun ethe chanels of the freesat to get all these on one box

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Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,374 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: Help and advice I believe you can, yes, although I don't have a Freesat box, there is the facility to tune into non Freesat channels. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

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cauliflower69 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 196 Thanks: 16 Thanked 15 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Help and advice You can manually tune the channels in non freesat mode you have to enable this in the menus m8. Also you can loop the sat signal threw the freesat stb to the sky box

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genghis Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 26 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Help and advice how do you loop it

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: Help and advice Via the lnb loopthrough. You can only use one box at a time if you do that, and the loop box must be in standby __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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SAT-WORLD Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,664 Thanks: 19 Thanked 246 Times in 215 Posts	Re: Help and advice Note,not all the Freesat receivers have a LNB out. The Humax Foxsat doesn't. The Alba/Bush/Goodmans receivers do,but many people have complained,that it doesn't work satisfactorily,all the time. I would definately advise getting a Quad Lnb and getting another feed to the Freesat receiver,as already advised. As switching from Freesat to non Freesat,is a pain,especially for something that is in daily use. Also remember,that all the Asian channels won't be grouped together,on a Freesat receiver,as found on a Sky digibox,unless you manually group them. Last edited by SAT-WORLD; 03-05-09 at 08:25 PM.