Originally Posted by LoungeLizard  Thank you 2cv & Robbo for your simple (but to me brilliant) answers!
Phew! It hadn't occurred to me that the digital signal from terrestial broadcasters was different to the digital signal from satellites!
I do have a Digital Satellite Receiver that came with the Dish: it's a Skyline DSR 4000. However (sigh) the Remote Control is missing. I had hoped that the Television's internal Digital Receiver would mean that the external Digital Receiver was not needed but the Dish could be used. Ah well...
Thank you again for your replies, I'll start again with the external Digital Receiver (I'll either get another Remote Control or try to operate it manually) and let you know how I get on. |
No problem, I once tried to use an old analogue cable box on the old Amstrad dish on my mum's old house years ago, and it didn't work (well I thought that they worked in the same way back then!!!)...
You might have to get a remote for your box as these days a lot of receivers have very few buttons on the front making setting them up a pain, but, you can use your inline meter to help line up the dish...
The main difference between the tuners in the TV and the box is that the box sends voltage up to the LNB to power it's circuitry, whereas a terrestrial setup has no need for that as the transmitters are "nearby" in comparison to the satellites about 30,000 miles up in the sky...