SKY dish for FreeView

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FatFurryGuy

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#139277 3-Feb-2014 14:47

A friend has new telly with FreeView built in and wants to get rid of Sky. I plugged the Sky cable in the telly (with an adapter to go from the F81 into the telly’s coax connection).

The autotune function can find no channels – implying there is no signal. The LNB on the dish has an oval cover, so I assumed it would be a straight swap – have I missed something?

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#979430 3-Feb-2014 14:55

Yes you have missed something. :D
The Freeview tuners built into TVs are UHF NOT satellite tuners.
You will need a UHF antenna on the roof or purchase a satellite freeview STB.

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#979438 3-Feb-2014 15:10

As the others have mentioned..... but also ensure you can get a good FV signal via UHF where the TV is. Might only be DVB-S available.
Check the coverage here : http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx

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