Freesat?

romeospadre

Hi

If I replace the LNB (quad LNB) for freesat and purchase a PVR will
i be able to also attach my old thompson sky decoder (been in the loft for years) ?

Viewing card is still in the decoder

lesalanos

I think that you will need to buy a new card from sky for £20 (i think)

Inactive

romeospadre wrote: »

Hi

If I replace the LNB (quad LNB) for freesat and purchase a PVR will
i be able to also attach my old thompson sky decoder (been in the loft for years) ?

Viewing card is still in the decoder

It will need a software update and a card in order to get a few extra free channels, most of them you can get without a card.

romeospadre

Inactive wrote: »

It will need a software update and a card in order to get a few extra free channels, most of them you can get without a card.

If I decide to go back to Sky after replacing the LNB for free sat will they ask for it to be to replaced to original LNB?

Will I be able to also use the freesat cabling i am about to install.
WF100 i have been told to use

Thanks

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romeospadre wrote: »

If I decide to go back to Sky after replacing the LNB for free sat will they ask for it to be to replaced to original LNB?

Will I be able to also use the freesat cabling i am about to install.
WF100 i have been told to use

Thanks

No, Sky will not know, or care.

WF100 is correct.;)

Inner_Zone

macman wrote: »

When you remove the card the box can't then decrypt the FTA channels.

Wrong, FTA do not require a card, FTV do.

almillar

If you simply stopped subscribing to Sky, you have to pay the £20 (or if you're in Spain and need a card for the first time, yes).
If you were on the freesatfromsky package, and your card has become out of date, or has stopped working, they have to send you one for free. The whole point was that you made 1 upfront payment and NO MORE!
Romeospadre, if you've already got a quad LNB you don't need to replace it, it will work for Freesat if it works for Sky.

Gwenrose

almillar wrote: »

If you simply stopped subscribing to Sky, you have to pay the £20 (or if you're in Spain and need a card for the first time, yes).
If you were on the freesatfromsky package, and your card has become out of date, or has stopped working, they have to send you one for free. The whole point was that you made 1 upfront payment and NO MORE!
Romeospadre, if you've already got a quad LNB you don't need to replace it, it will work for Freesat if it works for Sky.

Sorry to show my ignorance, but I don't know what all these LNB etc mean.
Could some one please explain.

macman

LNB=Low Noise Block. It's the 'arm' bit facing the dish that focuses the signal, the cable feeds from the LNB then carrry the signal to the digibox. A quad LNB has 4 feeds. For Sky+/PVR functionality you need a minimum of 2 feeds.
So a quad or dual LNB will not require any upgrading to use for a Freesat box with PVR functions.

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Gwenrose wrote: »

Sorry to show my ignorance, but I don't know what all these LNB etc mean.
Could some one please explain.

http://www.satcure.com/tech/lnb.htm