how to get sky or freesat in another room

mrs_baggins

sorry I was lying! THIS is my last question. looked last night at the receiver I have been given and its a sky plus box. Does this mean i HAVE to have 2 leads coming from the LNB as I will not be using it to record/playback? or can i just use 1? This is the bit I am unsure about- if I have to use 2 cobnnectors for the LNB does this mean I have to have 2 lengths of cable or can they be split somehow - i am unsure of this part to be honest?

Inactive

Only one feed from LNB required if you don't intend using the record facility.

will-in-estoril

ckerrd wrote: »

You can of course get dual-LNBs to pick up signals from more than one satellite.

Like this http://www.aerialshack.com/ak51m12bl-monoblock-astra-hotbird-1319-degrees-p-380.html?osCsid=28c0uo2had2v98ll442hcp9ka2

Unfortunately, monoblocs do not function with digiboxes, which do not have diseqc capability. (Output A would work, but B would not.)

ckerrd

will-in-estoril wrote: »

Unfortunately, monoblocs do not function with digiboxes, which do not have diseqc capability. (Output A would work, but B would not.)

Indeed, although I was not suggesting that they would I was pointing out some of the different bits and pieces of kit out there, just as an example. It is no wonder people get confused. Much simpler in the analogue world.

Pitchshifter

spike7451 wrote: »

The LNB is the box thing on the arm of the dish,You could buy a Sky box from a car boot sale/ebay & run a cable from the LNB on the dish to the bought Sky box,with this you'll get about 30 channels but unless you buy a freesat/ftv card off Sky (£20) you wont get Five US/Fiver or,in some regions,Five.

You don't need a viewing card to get Five, you can add it manually to Other Channels like this:

"Press the Services Button

Press 4 (System Setup)

Press 4 (Add Channels)

In the next menu you need to change the following:

Frequency - change to 10773 (using the key pad on the remote) Polarisation - change to H (using the scroll key at the side of the Select button) Symbol Rate - change to 22 (using the scroll key) FEC - change to 5/6 (using the scroll key) Then select Find Channels

You will then see a list of channels and Five will be on the right hand side at the top of the page. Highlight this and then press the Yellow button. This will put a tick at the side of it and you then press Select to continue.

The next message will say Channel Line up Complete - press select to continue. Do this and you will then be back in the Add Channel menu. Press back up twice and you will then be in the main Services Menu.

To access Five go to No. 7 Other Channels within the Services menu and you will see Five - select and watch TV. This listing will now stay under Other Channels even if you depower the box.

Unfortunately we can't do the same for Fiver & Five US as they are totally contracted to Sky but the above frequency is the one used by BBC Freesat to provide Five for free on their boxes."

mrs_baggins

just to let you all know that I have finally got around to doing it and it now works perfectly. Thanks everyone for the help :j