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sky digibox for freeview?

cymru78 (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 17:50

is it possible to use a sky digibox to pick up freeview (or `normal`) channels without having to have a card and lead from mini dish?

RE: sky digibox for freeview?

AWJ72 (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 18:19

Don`t know about a sky digibox, but I`m using an old ITV digital subscription box, which picks up freeview with no probs :D

RE: sky digibox for freeview?

clayts (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 18:25

Freeview from an old Sky box - not to my knowledge

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RE: sky digibox for freeview?

cymru78 (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 19:50

thanks for your help.
done some research and another receiver lead has to be connected from dish to box.

oh well, guess thats another item for ebay then

RE: sky digibox for freeview?

Ripper (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 19:50

For freeview you need to have a Digital Terrestrial box. The old ITV-digital boxes and the new Freeview boxes are that type, along with those Integrated Digital tv`s that some places sell. A Sky Digibox is Digital Satellite. It will receive the old Analogue Terrestrial channels through the ariel but for any digital channels it needs a mini dish connected and pointed at the satellite. The Sky Digibox has no Digital Terrestrial tuner.

It`s also worth noting that even with a mini dish, the Freeview channels aren`t fully available without a Sky subscription (ITV2 is on one of the Sky packages), although ITV1, C4 and 5 are available Free To View (requires a FTV card which they`ve stopped selling as of 31st January). The BBC channels are all Free To Air and don`t require a card at all anymore. Basically, for Freeview through the ariel you will need either a Freeview or old ITV-Digital box. I`m sure someone on here will be able to give a more detailed explanation but hopefully that`ll help to answer your question for you.

RE: sky digibox for freeview?

phelings (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 1st February 2004, 21:30

And ITV pictures through Sky are pretty poor compared to their Freeview alternative.

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