So i got freeview

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Ambrose_1

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#16074 23-Sep-2007 17:56

So I bought a Freeview box from dse, yeah I know its not the best but im a cheap ass. Problem is I cant pick up a signal and I think the problem may be in the way my house has the tv wiring done.

Basically we have the normal antenna and sky dish all in one cable apparently(as told by sky installer), I don't know if it is just to the outlet by the sky box or all the ones in the house but I have the freeview one plugged into another wall plug in the house and I cannot pick up any signal from it. So my guess is that the dish is only wired into the socket by the sky dish but I wanted to make sure im not missing something

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#87778 23-Sep-2007 18:51

You're not in a TCL Cable area are you? The outlets look the same. I had the same thing here when I moved in (Sky Sockets and TCL Cable).

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Ambrose_1

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#87780 23-Sep-2007 18:55

Na I'm not.

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#87785 23-Sep-2007 19:07

So if you unscrew the cable from the back of Sky Digital decoder and connect it to your Freeview box it works?

Ambrose_1

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#87788 23-Sep-2007 19:11

i'll have to try that later, should i be able to get a signal right away doing that? dont have to change anything?

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#87804 23-Sep-2007 21:04

Ambrose_1: i'll have to try that later, should i be able to get a signal right away doing that? dont have to change anything?

Nope it should just be plug and play.

If that's the case, go to somewhere like DSE or Mastertrade. Buy 2m (or maybe a little more) of coaxial cable, a satellite splitter, and 4 satellite cable ends. Make the cabling up and you can run both at once. Think that'll set you back about $20-30 at a guess

Making the cables is really easy, just use some wire strippers and follow the instructions.

Ambrose_1

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#87808 23-Sep-2007 21:32

the point of getting freeview was to get better channels in another room that doesn't have sky.

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#87816 23-Sep-2007 22:29

Only a minor rewire job. You need to find the diplexer that combines the VHF/UHF/L band (satellite). If it is located after the terrestrial splitter then you need to rewire so that the signals are combined before the splitter and replace the splitter with a satellite grade one.

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