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Title: satellite tv queries Post by: Arriba on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:42:36 Right,i've currently got a sky+ box in my sons room with an aeriel link into the back of my daughters tv which works well.i've aquired a freesat box so want to set that up in my sons room and put the sky box into my daughters room.
if i change the fittings on the aeriel cable to the sattelite type will that work ok,or do i need to replace the cable with a different type? also can i get an adaptor to link the cable from the input in my sons room to the extended cable? ta.. Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Arriba on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:45:09 Right,i've currently got a sky+ box in my sons room with an aeriel link into the back of my daughters tv which works well.i've aquired a freesat box so want to set that up in my sons room and put the sky box into my daughters room.it has a twin sattelite feed from the dish so with the freesat box only needs one.freeing one up. if i change the fittings on the aeriel cable to the sattelite type will that work ok,or do i need to replace the cable with a different type? also can i get an adaptor to link the cable from the input in my sons room to the extended cable? ta.. Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:45:52 If you run a cable from the Sky+ box to the Freesat box I'm not sure if it'll work.
Are you wanting to be able to watch different channels on both boxes? Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Arriba on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:50:13 i have a spare feed from the dish into my lads room so it will run seperately.just need to know what cables-adaptors i'll need to get.
Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:52:58 Ah, I get you.
You can use the same cable. There's no difference in the grade of cable needed for Sky and Freesat. I think both boxes will use F connectors (the screw on type). I know Sky boxes definitely do. Adaptors to connect the lengths of cable are much of a muchness, I'd suggest F connectors for that as you can screw them together to prevent the cables from becoming separated. Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Arriba on Friday, November 26, 2010, 09:55:24 is aeriel cable the same as satellite cable?
Title: Re: satellite tv queries Post by: Berniman on Friday, November 26, 2010, 14:01:43 Ya, Coax! The only difference with the sky stuff is that it is a dual coax to cope with Sky + if you have had a recent installation, if you havn't then you will have standard single coax which is the same as the stuff that you will be using.
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