Can i setup freeview with no roof aerial?

Cullumpster

I have a sky box and dish but using that as free view, I think you can get more channels with free view, is there any way of plugging in the sky Ariel to my free view box or an I just clutching ay straws

spike7451

Cullumpster wrote: »

I have a sky box and dish but using that as free view, I think you can get more channels with free view, is there any way of plugging in the sky Ariel to my free view box or an I just clutching ay straws

No.
Freeview will not work from a Sky system,only Freesat or Sky's subscription services.will work

macman

Sky doesn't have any aerials- it is a satellite system using a minidish.

Cullumpster

ahh bumcakes! I thought the sky Ariel was a digital one

macman

OK one more time...
There is no such thing as a 'digital aerial'.
You do not have a Sky 'aerial'. You have a Sky dish.
Sky is a satellite system received from a satellite dish.
Freeview is a terrestial system received from a rooftop aerial.
They are both digital-but entirely different systems.

almillar

TV without a subscription:

Just channels 1,2,3,4,5 = terrestrial - analogue, aerial - NOT HD

Freeview = terrestrial, digital, aerial - HD is possible in some parts of country with a FreeviewHD box

Freesat - satellite, digital, Sky dish - HD is possible in some parts of country with a FreeSatHD box

Freesat from Sky = satellite, digital, Sky dish - HD available if you have a SkyHD box, but no recording (but you can subscibe £10 per month to record)

Bad idea to just grab an indoor aerial and set up, you could pick up 50 channels when you're meant to get 80+. As has been said, depends on your house and transmitter, and location of aerial, and loads of other stuff. Try before you buy!

scotsbob

almillar wrote: »

Freesat - satellite, digital, Sky dish - HD is possible in some parts of country with a FreeSatHD box

Out of curiosity, what parts of the country that have a view of the satellite cannot access the HD channels providing they have an HD receiver?

Kurtis_Blue

scotsbob wrote: »

Out of curiosity, what parts of the country that have a view of the satellite cannot access the HD channels providing they have an HD receiver?

I think that was a copy & paste error, as you are aware HD via freesat does not vary by geographical area within the UK.

almillar

Thanks you two. Yes it was a copy and paste error, but I'll cover myself and say that you won't be able to get it if you have trees or buildings blocking your dish ;-)

jonty1970

My ex bought an aerial from Argos and put it in the loft and it worked perfectly for freeview. It was a roof aerial, but he wedged it up in the loft on an old coat stand, juggled a bit while I was downstairs tuning the freeview box and it worked fine. The aerial was about £15