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Freesat Box- fitting?

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renegade
renegade Posts: 1,282 Forumite
Hiya all

I have asked this before but it involved wall drilling etc as a DIY progect.
Howver, I have now been informed that all I need is a booster to run both cables from the arial to the satbox. Is this correct? I have been asked to pay £90 to run the cables from the aerial which is too expensive for me to pay out as the Humax Foxsat -HDR PVR was expensive enough.I am really in trouble if I have to find £90.00. Any help would be appreciated.
You live..You learn.:)

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  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 24 June 2009 at 7:55PM
    You have been misinformed you need one of these:-

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    You can buy a kit for less than £50 e.g.

    Try googling Satcure
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • Rich44_2
    Rich44_2 Posts: 837 Forumite
    500 Posts
    edited 24 June 2009 at 8:16PM
    Do you already have a sat dish?

    Is so you don't HAVE to have 2 cables to use the Foxsat PVR you can use one input into the back then a short cable to loop to the other input so the box <thinks> it has two connections and should work (but not as well as it would with 2 connections)

    £90 is that for fitting a dish, shouldnt cost that to just run cables.

    I got 25m of PT100 cable from Amazon (not the cheapest but quick del) for £9.99 got two screw on f connectors for 99p from local hardware store. Got up the ladder myself and fitted it, if the dish is already there it's a doddle takes maybe an hour all in including routing cables.

    Check beforehand your dish already has enough outputs from the LNB it'll either have one, four or on new installs 8 you need 2 for the Foxsat.

    I used the PT100 cable twice as the twin core stuff Sky use is expensive bit more of a pain to do 2 cable runs but you've got the ladder out anyway ;)

    If you dont already have a dish then £90 is it i'm afraid!

    Oh and BE CAREFUL I dont want you falling off a ladder :(

    You can afford to buy a £300 (ish) box then can't afford £90 for the sat? surely you can save up a bit if you can't do it yourself?
  • renegade
    renegade Posts: 1,282 Forumite
    Thanks for that Rich, and your concern, dont worry Im niot even going to attempt DIY as I am an lady OAP and dont do ladders anymore :D)
    You live..You learn.:)
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