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31-08-2009
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| Member Join Date: 05-12-2008 Location: Cumbrian west coast
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My System: Sky+ DRX280 Amstrad, Pc..Dell Dimention C521 |
Hello, I have Sly+ but have just bought a 'Free to air' cheapy from Aldi for my bedroom. My question is.- is it possible to connect it to my original dish without runnung an extra cable down from the dish, or have I to install the 'free to air dish' in other words what 'options' do I have ? I thankyou in advance for your help. Barrie. | ||
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31-08-2009
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf  Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. | You can't split a feed so an additional cable fed from a spare output on your Sky Dish is the only sensible way. If there isn't a spare output, you'll have to upgrade the LNB to a Quad or Octo. Easy. Cheap. In the meantime, if you want to get to grips with your new toy, connect one of your Sky+ feeds to it. Edit: Actually, did you get the 45cm toy dish with the Aldi Receiver? If so, you can play with that and get stuff like Astra 1, Hotbird, Atlantic Bird 3 and no doubt a few more. | ||
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31-08-2009
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My System: Sky+ DRX280 Amstrad, Pc..Dell Dimention C521 | Thankyou for your answer Gordon, I thought that might be the only way, I reckon I'll just have to lead another cable down as my exsisting dish is a Quad so there is two spare plugs on it, but being 71 I thought that there might be another way to save me climbing the ladder again. Thanks a lot Barrie. | ||
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01-09-2009
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. |
No way around it, I'm afraid. | |||
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