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Satellite dish tech questions - new home, aerial not working. FTA set up.
1. Freesat BBC ONE HD Scotland, Wales and NI all carry their local news services. So red screen means it ain't BBC One Scotland, but England you are watching. 2. Q LNB is a simple enough swap out for a legacy Quad LNB, if you can stand the non-freesat TV tuner system. 3. Free to air satellite receivers in some TV sets are a right pita to set up wanted channels as favourites and keep up to date cf $ky or freesat epgs when TV channels move transponder. Rarely do they have more than now/next epg either. Consider the latest freesat PVR (£200+) which is compatible with the existing Q LNB. 4. The TV aerial may well work if a distribution amplifier is powered up and/or replaced if taken by the previous owners. (Ditto if a masthead power supply was removed - often an error by helpful removals firms). Have a good look at the aerial, cabling and where it goes... it could be fixed quite easily?
