FREEVIEW (1 Viewer)

[Bertyboy]

Have a sat dish on my new van with a 12volt Altius tv not getting a signal can I connect up a Freeview box and get programme signals ??

Cheers BERTBOY

 

[WillH]

Surely it's a Freesat box you'll need.

 

[David and Sally]

Have you got a satellite finder with the system or is it automatic and needs 'training' to receive Astra 2?

 

[tonka]

If you only have the dish and a TV then you need a satellite receiver,,

FREESAT - Designed for UK programs and has a dedicated channel guide like you have on a home TV. Equipment will have the Freesat logo on it.
FREE TO AIR - Any cheapo satellite receiver, still gets same channels but will not be in any sensible order unless you arramge them via favourites.

FREEVIEW - Is UK TV via an aerial..

Not familiar with your brand of TV so unsure if it may / may not have satellite built in. Maybe check on back for the "F" style socket and a little pic of a sat dish

 

[David and Sally]

Sat dish - Receiver/Decoder (if not built in) - TV (decoder built in?) = Sattelite reception.

RF aerial - Freeview box (if not built in - TV (decoder built in?) = Freeview channels via ground based transmitters.

If your TV is a cheap one it may not have either a Freeview decoder or Satellite decoder bulit in to it.

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[Bertyboy]

Thanks for all the help looks like I need to get myself a Freesat Box

Thanks again

Bertyboy

 

[David and Sally]

Way to go. It will need a 12v power supply which you could piggy-back the TV 12v or a separate supply.

Our van has 12v in the wardrobe where the satellite connections are and I could put a box in there out of the way. However, I decided to go the whole hog and buy a new TV with the Freesat decoder built in. More expensive option but less connections and wiring.

Good luck

 

[Manic]

Something like this is what you need.

I’ve got the model before this one and I mounted it in the wardrobe and fitted an rf repeater outside the wardrobe for pointing the remote at.