Freeview via a sky box ??!!

skintmummy

Hi, not sure if this is the correct board or not.

I have heard people mention you can use a freeview box via a sky box, is this true ? I currently have multiroom and want to cancel the box upstairs and use freeview but we do not have an outside aerial, so I wondered if I bought a freeview box would it really work through the discounted sky box.

Thanks in advance.

SM x:rolleyes:

Cat695

You don't need a freeview box your sky box will do it, you can ring sky and they will change your card over (or send a new one) which just allows you to have freeview via sat

penrhyn

People really need to get their heads around Freeview, Freesat/Freesat HD, and Freesat from Sky.

Freeview is the name for digital terrestrial broadcasting, it is received using an aerial, subscription channels can be added with Sentanta and Top up TV.

Freesat from Sky is the name for Sky's subscription free satellite service, via a dish

Freesat/freesat HD somewhat confusingly is the name of the joint venture satellite service from the BBC/ITV, via a dish

The channels carried by each service is similar but not the same.
Digital Satellite and Digital terrestrial broadcasts use different technologies, and are incompatable

jd87

Yep like the other people have said, call up Sky and tell them you want to get rid of multiroom and just get the free channels on the second box. They might send you a new card to put in the box. Your second box will then have "freesat from Sky" on it, which actually has more channels than freeview, but it doesn't have all the channels that freeview has (for example it won't have Dave on it).

skintmummy

Thanks everyone that has been a huge help, I will call Sky very soon.

McKneff

i am very confused about the free sat, my daughter has the 2nd sky box
with multi room. If she changes to free sat will she be able to watch
a different tv channel to what we are watching on the main tv (sky channle

penrhyn

If you have multiroom then you can already watch a different satellite channel from each box.
If you buy a Freesat(BBC/ITV) box and connect it to your dish then you will be able to watch a third different satellite channel.

If you mean what happens if you cease the multiroom subscription, then the box will revert to receiving the freesat from Sky channels.

Clear as mud eh!

McKneff

thanks for that, i think i mean your second point but i need to know if i can watch say channel 401 downstairs and she can watch channel 405 upstairs

penrhyn

Yes she can watch all the available Freesat from Sky channels, These are:

http://www.freesatfromsky.co.uk/freesat-tv-choice.aspx

jd87

Yes annie, if you cancel the multiroom subscription, you can still watch one channel on one box at the same time as watching a different channel on a different box.

McKneff

thanks for that - brilliant!!!