Sky+ Box to LG with Freesat

mercman1969

Is it possible to connect my Sky+ box to my television

I have a single LNB lead coming into the house that plugs directly into my Sky+ Box

We have recently bought an LG LF7700 television that has a Freesat tuner intergrated into it

Is there a way to enable us to still use the functions of the Sky+ box but also take advantage of watching free to view HD television through the freesat tuner

victor2

As I understand it you can't split a satellite feed like you can a regular coax tv feed, so no you can't would be the answer. You'd need a separate LNB feed to the Sky+ box and the Freesat input on the TV.

penrhyn

Simply replace your LNB with a quad and wire it to the relevant inputs on your TV and Sky+ box.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

If the Sky+ box was installed by Sky, there should already be a quad LNB on the dish, so it would just be a case of running another cable from the dish to the TV.

penrhyn

Indeed it was the single feed to the Sky+ box comment that was odd.
Suppose OP could have confused a shotgun twin cable for a single feed.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

penrhyn wrote: »

Indeed it was the single feed to the Sky+ box comment that was odd.
Suppose OP could have confused a shotgun twin cable for a single feed.

Shows you how much attention I was paying when I read the original post. I didn't even notice the 'single LNB' part.

Bit more clarification from the OP needed then.

macman

Since the OP asks 'can I still use the functions of the Sky+ box', then they must already have had a twin feed from the LNB in order to be using Sky+ before they bought the Freesat TV.
So all that is needed a is a third feed (assuming that the LNB is already a quad) in order to use the Freesat tuner. Though if it's got to be recabled anyway, I'd put in another twin feed in order to accomodate a Freesat PVR in the future-the extra cost would be negligible.

Inner_Zone

To the OP, the LG 7700's don't work with BBC iPlayer, so don't forget to claim your free Humax Freesat box as well:

Update for Customers with LG LF7700 LCD TVs

http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/on-demand-tv/which-freesat-products-can-receive-bbc-iplayer

mercman1969

The dish is right up on the roof of the house so cant get to see it
The system was installed by Sky engineers (height team)

There is only 1 cable going into the Sky+ box as far as i can see - will confirm tonight when get in from work

Also who do i contact to claim my freeview box?

penrhyn

It was a Freesat box, presumably you contact Lucky Goldstar.
PS If there is only one feed to your Sky + box you would not be able to record one programme whilst watching another.

macman

Then get hold of a pair of binoculars and look at the dish to see if it has a quad LNB.
If your existing digibox has only one feed connected then you cannot be using all the Sky+ functions on it., i.e. you can't record one channel while viewing another, you can only record what you are watching Are you sure it's not a shotgun cable (twin feed) with 2 F connectors on the end of it?