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would a sky digibox work without an access / topup card?
brightonman123
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in Techie Stuff
(hopefully like a freeview box..)
found one being thrown out-
Grundig Sky digbox, model GDS300..
I have normal tv (no sky/cable), and dont want to go wasting money getting remote leads etc if its not gonna work!
found one being thrown out-
Grundig Sky digbox, model GDS300..
I have normal tv (no sky/cable), and dont want to go wasting money getting remote leads etc if its not gonna work!
Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
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You'll need a satellite dish but with that connected you'll get Free To Air channels,0
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Q1 Does it work (ie power on etc) and display on your TV via scart
If so I think (not certain) but you need a Freesat from Sky card (someone will correct me on that too) circa £10 one off4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
thanks- no leads, a v random find!Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
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Have you got a VHS or DVD ie they will have a lead you can test it with ....brightonman123 wrote: »thanks- no leads, a v random find!4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
Even if you had a satellite dish, those boxes are so old now that they are painfully slow to use. My parents got sick and tired of their one and binned it. Not worth your time and effort tbh.brightonman123 wrote: »thanks- no leads, a v random find!0 -
You don't need a card. Plug it into a dish and you get the Free to Air channels without involving Sky at all.0
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But if you have no sat dish & LNB handy or set up, then you do have a problem.
Not too easy for the layman, i use sat meters to set mine up and it can still be tricky on the more obscure sats.
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no dish- have shared digital aerial on our building.. guess normal freeview it is then..Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)0
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