Can I use my amstrad DRX300 as a DVB box with no dish conected

ricksvill

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Sorry if this is not the right place to post but I want to know one way or the other if my Amstrad DRX300 box can be used as a DVB box without it being connected to a dish.

All I get on the screen is "No Satellite Signal Being Received"

Now I have a really nice digital aerial I would love to connect it to and make use of my old box as a DVB box but I can not work it out.
 

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No,digital satellite tv and digital terrestial tv are two different formats.
 

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zorba said:
No,digital satellite tv and digital terrestial tv are two different formats.

so why does the box have a standard coax input as well as the T3 ?
 

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ricksvill said:
so why does the box have a standard coax input as well as the T3 ?

To loop-through the TV antenna and to add the sky box's output to the TV via RF...
 

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OK

Thanks for putting me right...

So I now haw two choices...

1) move the feed from the dish...
2) go buy a dvb box...
 
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