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Freeview through your old Sky box

twogoodtwo · 2006-08-09 16:14:20

Just wondered if anyone could help. I used to be a Sky digital customer until recently when I thought I would downgrade to Freeview. I thought you could use your Sky box after you have been disconnected as a freeview box but sadly it does not give me E4, Film 4 and a host of other channels. Is there anyway of getting these…

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BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite

21 May 2008 at 9:39PM

jamieainslie wrote: »

Can anyone please tell me if the signal coming out of my sky box will change after my subscription ends (next month)?

At the moment the RF aerial output works on a TV, but not the usb device for my computer. This leads me to believe that either sky or the device manufacturers won't allow transmission in this way. Be good to find out which.

No the signal will be the same. You will just not have the subscription channels, only the 200 free TV channels and around 80 radio channels.

It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
(OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)

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