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Old 29-08-2009   #1
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Hi All,

A friend of mine was asking me can he add a freeview box onto his Sky dish and what extra channels he can get?

Could somebody tell me what you can do with a Sky setup for more channels. He want to keep his Sky sports but would like extra channels.

Can you add an extra freeveiw LNB onto the dish...Is this possible?

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You are getting your terms mixed up!

Freeview = dtt via the aerial.
Freesat = free channels via satellite dish
FreesatfromSky =free channels for one off payment of 20 quid to sky for half a dozen extra channels (Fiver / +1 Five USA / + Sky 3)

Its not possible to fit a Freeview box to a satellite dish

If he wants to keep his sports then he has already got access to all the Freesat channels.
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Ok thanks,

I thought I came across something on this forum before about adding an extra Lnb to a Sky dish to pick up 19E or maybe Im wrong?
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Ok thanks,

I thought I came across something on this forum before about adding an extra Lnb to a Sky dish to pick up 19E or maybe Im wrong?
Am i confusing this with Astra 1 and Hotbird?
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Thats something different!
Ahh...so you can do something

Tell me more, tell me more
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Ok thanks,

I thought I came across something on this forum before about adding an extra Lnb to a Sky dish to pick up 19E or maybe Im wrong?
In general terms, its possible to fit extra LNBs to Dishes to get additional Satellites - but even to get another strong Satellite like 19.2E you'd need (probably) at least a 60cm Dish as an offset LNB isn't as efficient as one at the focal point.

What attracts you to 19.2E?

If you want to sample the delights of multi-Sat, then Hotbird at 13E probably provides a wider range of stuff.

It would actually be easier to acquire another small Dish/LNB to play around away from 28E.
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In general terms, its possible to fit extra LNBs to Dishes to get additional Satellites - but even to get another strong Satellite like 19.2E you'd need (probably) at least a 60cm Dish as an offset LNB isn't as efficient as one at the focal point.

What attracts you to 19.2E?

If you want to sample the delights of multi-Sat, then Hotbird at 13E probably provides a wider range of stuff.

It would actually be easier to acquire another small Dish/LNB to play around away from 28E.
There is no attraction to 19E...I just thought it would be easiest to pick up using a sky dish! Im probably wrong again

I know nothing about Sky so just wanted to find out what options there are with the sky dish?
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To be honest you are better off picking up a scrap Sky minidish off the side of the road or out of a skip & tinker with that - its much easier to fabricate a temporary mount than to lash up extra lnb's.

Also buy a cheap free to air box

BTW - Aldi are selling cheap kits for about 50 quid this weekend. The dishes arent up to much but are ok for experimenting with.
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Good point about the Aldi kits.

Lookie here Free-to-Air Satellite System ALDI from 30th August 09
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Thanks guys...I'll recommend this for a starter.
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