Can anyone help? TV connection mystery

[james-witton]

Hi
We’ve just moved into a house and can’t figure out how to get our tv to work.
There is a satellite dish and the coaxial cable comes into the living room.
Next to it is a set of HDMI sockets and there is another set of these next to a plug in a wall where they had their tv.
There is a hdmi similar set up in the kitchen.

We have tried connecting a sky box to the coaxial cables. We no longer have sky but understand that you can still get free to air channels through it. The tv is connected to the HDMI sockets on the wall. The tv connects to the sky box but it keeps saying there is no signal. We have swapped the sky box with another and it says the same.

Any help greatly received. What are we doing wrong?

[N.wren]

Judging by the F connections, it looks like the previous tenant was on sky Q. A different LNB is used for Q and won’t work with your sky box.
A quick modification at the dish by a local independent installer would be needed.

[ecotec]

Can you post a picture of the LNB?

Agree Sky Q could be the problem, but also the dish could be aligned with another group of satellites (for euro tv or similar) hence no Sky UK signal.

Also I see behind the TV you have 2 HDMI's I'm guessing you've tried both?

[james-witton]

Gentlemen I think you’ve cracked it. The previous guy was a real gadget lover so I’m guessing that’s it.
We don’t really watch enough tv to justify Sky Q so I’ll replace the lnb with a standard one.
One question though. If I do that does that mean we will only be able to
Watch the same Chanel on both TVs?
We need a new tv for the other room so if I get one with freesat built in will that allow us to watch different channels at the same time?
Thanks so much

[I-A]

Might be better to go for a hybrid lnb.

[Hugh jorifice]

If you want to watch separate channels you will need a universal/ hybrid LNB and a cable running from the dish to the required location

[james-witton]

Here is the current lnb

[Hugh jorifice]

That’s a wideband.
Used for sky Q.
Useless in your situation.

[james-witton]

Thank you all for your help.