Using a Sky dish?

Forum Forums Freesat HD HB 1000S, 1100S Using a Sky dish?

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    Anonymous
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    Looking at renting a place that has aSky dish. My understanding is that the dish will also pick up FreeSat as the satellite is pretty close.

    Assuming this is correct, I see that there are two coax cables in the room but the HB 1000S only has one coax input..so I am confused. TIA

    #77447
    grahamlthompson
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    Not really close, it’s the same satellites and channels as you get on a Sky box. Freesat is just an epg (electronic programme guide) service (an alternative to the Sky one). You have two cables because the previous tenant had a twin tuner box. Connect either one.

    You could use the other cable for a 2nd HB1000S if you wanted.

    #77448
    Anonymous
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    Many thanks, Graham

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    grahamlthompson
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    countryman – 8 minutes ago  » 

    Many thanks, Graham

    There is a very small possibility that has only recently become a possibility. If the previous tenant had SKy Q they may have left a non standard lnb on the dish. Sky Q uses a different design wideband lnb.

    It is however a very quick and cheap job to change the lnb for a standard universal Sky type lnb.

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