quick (prob numpty!) sky/freeview question

[siwil1]

My son had a new TV for xmas to play ps3 on in his bedroom, It comes with a freeview receiver built in, but here is my problem we do not have an aeriel on the house only a sky dish.

Can I convert sky cable ( co-ax?) to a normal aerial cable so that his freeview will work?

Really sorry if this is a complete numpty question but its not my field !

Thanks

Simon

[illmonkey]

No.

[E31Shrew]

A new digital aerial will only cost you around £30.00. Pop it in the loft, depending on local signal, and feed a new coax to the room...Job done!

[Salgar]

You can even get a small ariel for his room for about 20 from somewhere like comet or maplin but the signal might be pretty bad depending on where you live. I use one for my
Main tv but I can see the bt tower out my window.

[siwil1]

signal is poor where we are hence no normal aeriel.

looks like i'll have to stump up for multi room then



edited to add.

I assume thinking about it the signal is scrambled hence the need for a sky receiver.

Edited by siwil1 on Tuesday 30th December 11:10

[theboyfold]

Does the room have a sky cable already in there? If so you could buy a freesat box.
Stick the cable in and hey presto, freeview without any new cables. Also I'm assuming the tv your boy has is HD so you could get an HD freesat box, which is something freeview doesn't yet offer.

[siwil1]

theboyfold said:

Does the room have a sky cable already in there? If so you could buy a freesat box.
Stick the cable in and hey presto, freeview without any new cables. Also I'm assuming the tv your boy has is HD so you could get an HD freesat box, which is something freeview doesn't yet offer.

yes the cable is already there, so freesat will work off the sky dish?

[mically]

siwil1 said:

theboyfold said:

Does the room have a sky cable already in there? If so you could buy a freesat box.
Stick the cable in and hey presto, freeview without any new cables. Also I'm assuming the tv your boy has is HD so you could get an HD freesat box, which is something freeview doesn't yet offer.

yes the cable is already there, so freesat will work off the sky dish?

that is indeed the marketing behind freesat

Buy the box, one of payment. No subscription, and get sky or sky hd quality pictures & sound.

the freesat+ hd is quite expensive however!
do some research before being swayed.

Their homepage: http://www.freesat.co.uk/

[E31Shrew]

You may only have a dual lnb ...The thing that points at the dish. If thats the case and youre using both feeds for Sky plus you'll need to get a quad lnb to feed into the other room. Freesat HD boxes from Humax are around £149.00 but I do know there are some crappy Goodmans tat around a lot cheaper. If you dont want HD then just go for the SD version.