Help Wanted with Freeview

[briancol 3]

I have recently obtained a Freeview decoder which I want to hook up to my home entertainment centre.

Just a couple of questions.

1. Can I use my Sky dish as the aerial (I still want to be able to operate my Sky) or do I use the old analogue aerial.

2. If I can use the dish, can I run the aerial in series with the sky decoder.

If anyone here can help it would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Brian

[bravo 35]

Yes you can use your sky dish. Yes you can use sky at the same time.

On either your sky decoder or your freeview decoder or both there will be an IF loop connector. This is the "aerial out" which goes from one decoder to the other.

Edit: or you can buy a splitter that plugs into the main aerial feed if you cannot get the loop to work or your decoders don't have them.

I do the first option at my house as both decoders sit side by side, but my parents do the second as they have decoders in different parts of the house, and do not want to run a daisy chain of decoders through the house - they have a splitter in a central location in the ceiling which then feeds all of the boxes round the house.

[martyyn 2]

However buying a UHF aerial for $70 from d*ck Smith will give you freeview in HD Assuming you have a good site of your transmitter.

Well worth it if you have an HD tv, the picture quality improvement over SD is phenominal.

[briancol 3]

Thanks Graham and Penry.

Your advice was very helpful.

[BM WORLD 1283]

did you get a std free view box which works off sat ??, or a free view hd box which works off a uhf aerial??

what sort of tv is it . make sure you set it up to widescreen if its a widescreen tv.

also use hdmi cable if ifs the hd box with ahd tv . or at least component , or shideo if its a non hd box or non hd tv .

cheers brent