Will a freesat tv work without a satellite dish?

tallmum

I know this may be a very silly question, but I'm thinking of buying the Panasonic TX-P42G10B TV which comes with freesat, and although I plan to get a satellite dish for it I won't have one for a while.

Will the TV operate on a normal freeview aerial until I have the sat dish? (or if I want to use it elsewhere) - the Comet website says a satellite dish is required. (I know I won't be able to get HD channels without one!)



Thanks

herculean1982

freesat... it needs the dish.

edit: you can still use it as a tv if you have a freeview box or dvd player or whatever you want to use it for!!!!

Bikertov

To receive Freesat channels, you need a dish.

However, the TV will still pick up regular terestrial (ie BBC1 - Ch 5) and all the Freeview, through a normal aerial. you can then access the additional Freesat channels at a later stage, once you get the dish.

tallmum

:T

Thank you - safe to proceed!:beer:

davb

Not a silly question at all - I was very tempted after reading the title of your post to give a resounding 'no, of course you need a dish'. But... after reading it more carefully I would say the answer is yes.
Of course you need a dish to receive freetsat, but it looks like this TV has a built in DVB tuner (and RF connector) in ADDITION to the freesat. So with a standard TV aerial, you should just be able to receive terrestrial freeview until you get your freesat dish fitted.
The manual is here if you want to check

John_Gray

Bikertov wrote: »

To receive Freesat channels, you need a dish.
However, the TV will still pick up regular terrestrial (ie BBC1 - Ch 5) and all the Freeview, through a normal aerial. you can then access the additional Freesat channels at a later stage, once you get the dish.

Think of the FreeSat channels as a necessary ad-dish-ion to the Freeview (and analogue) TV Aerial!

Bikertov

John_Gray wrote: »

Think of the FreeSat channels as a necessary ad-dish-ion to the Freeview (and analogue) TV Aerial!

yes - in order to be fully SAT-isfied with the TV

bobby-boy_2

Biker and John Gray those Puns were terrible lol

soulandy

Just got the txl 32g10b today and it has built in FREEVIEW. You will need a dish for the freesat though. A decent telly but i wish I'd have got the sony 32w5500 (personal choice) but..................on another day

Oneday77

bobby-boy wrote: »

Biker and John Gray those Puns were terrible lol

They could be worse.
After dish-ing out this question your viewing whilst sat in front of the TV will be feature lite until you get a Satellite dish.
Sorry but it was too tempting
Realistically if you haven't bought it yet, how much later are you going to get the dish, can you get one for your building ie permission. If not are you paying more for something you won't use?

C_Mababejive

If you line a dustbin lid with Bacofoil and point it in a Westerly direction with an elevation of about 5 degrees,it should be fine.

Other brands of metallic foil are available.