new aeriel or sky

hmc

sorry if this in wrong place
im awaiting a quote for upgrading my loft aeriel to accomodate freeview in a bedroom
i have sky downstairs(no subscription)
would it be cheaper to have freesat or similar upstairs as i already have a dish
or is it not something my aeriel man can do just a sky man
thankyou

Unstoppable_2

If you've already got a dish, Freesat is an option but you'll need a spare connector on the dish and a cable running to where the box is going to be. If it's only got a single output LNB (box on end of dish arm) then by the time you've had a dual or quad LNB fitted and cable run, it'll be cheaper to do the loft aerial.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

You'll need to have a look at the LNB on the Sky dish. If you have a free output, there's no reason why you can't have a cable from that into the bedroom. If there's no spare outputs, a quad LNB can be bought for around £10-£15.
You would than have the option of buying a freesat box or a sky digibox.
Your 'aerial man' should be able to do it for you.

hmc

thanks dave
i will hang out the window tomorrow and have a look
i will also get the aeriel man to look on tues as im sure it will be a cheaper option to changing my aeriel
thanks

geewhiz

Just buy another aerial for the loft and route it to the bedroom, I've just bought this one for £16 out of Argos and it's ideal for the kids new digital tv as it came with 10m of cable and all the connectors too.

hmc

thanks
i have no one to do anything like that for me
thanks anyway

ixwood

I'm looking into the same.

This looked like a reasonable deal:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sky-SkyHD-20m-Twin-Shotgun-Cable-Kit-with-Quad-LNB_W0QQitemZ160307919023QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL?hash=item160307919023&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1301|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

totalsolutions

Don't you both just need an powered signal distribution box about £20, aerial in and four outputs?

ixwood

No idea why it's not appearing as a clickable link.

As I understand it the "shotgun" wiring is 2 cables in one for PVR functionality. Will that affect my current single feed? i.e. will I just change the LNB and then have the existing feed and 2 new ones going via the shotgun cable and one spare (for now)?

hmc

all going over my head that

i have no one to do it so will have to rely on my expensive aeriel man on tues

going to ask him which is cheapest connecting to sky dish at front of house for a bedroom at back(lot of cable)
or new aeriel in loft for freeview

ixwood

totalsolutions wrote: »

Don't you both just need an powered signal distribution box about £20, aerial in and four outputs?

I've no idea, but sounds good. Does that split it into 4 independent signals? Any examples?

I'd still have to route the wires internally, though I guess that's easier than messing about with the sky dish and running more external cables.