Distributing TV!

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by bundy

I see what your saying. I will look at the setup options when I get home later.

To be honest I think im pretty poor at getting accross what I actually want.

In a nutshell is there anyway I can watch, say, Sky Sports outside of the living room if my other half wants to watch, say, BBC1 in the living room?

You'll need sky multiroom for that. £10 a month I think. I don't think there's a free way to do it, unless you can watch the FTA channels on freeview on one tv and Watch your SS on the other.

[Chris]

He doesn't need Sky multiroom - he's not looking for subscription TV in the other rooms, he wants free satellite, which is why he has a Freesat box. I believe his original aim was eventually to have Sky+ in the living room and Freesat elsewhere although that appears to have changed a little as the Freesat box now seems to be in the living room and he's looking for ways to split the signal for TVs elsewhere.

In any case, Sky Multiroom is technically exactly the same as I've been advising him all along - one STB for each TV that is required, with each STB being independently cabled to a dual, quad or octo-LNB attached to the dish. The difference of course is that with Sky multiroom you pay an ongoing subscription for each additional box whereas with Freesat you buy each additional box, then pay nothing more.

[LondonRoad]

Following you. I haven't had Sky for few years now, I thought multiroom was the little magic eye thing they used to do.

Possible alternative for up to 2 rooms.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...C=SO&U=Strat15

[Chris]

Originally Posted by harmitage

Following you. I haven't had Sky for few years now, I thought multiroom was the little magic eye thing they used to do.

Possible alternative for up to 2 rooms.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...C=SO&U=Strat15

They still do the magic eye, but it doesn't allow you to watch two different channels from one box. It just allows you to watch the box from a different room, and control it from the different room. And it can be more trouble than it's worth if you have someone in the lounge and someone in an upstairs bedroom fighting over the channel!

The Maplin link provides equipment to do what I've been telling Bundy he needs - a multi-LNB and additional cable and receivers. However I wouldn't recommend buying that particular bundle because it includes basic free-to-view receivers that don't come set up with Freesat features such as the EPG and iPlayer-via-ethernet, which is due to launch later this year.

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by Chris

They still do the magic eye, but it doesn't allow you to watch two different channels from one box. It just allows you to watch the box from a different room, and control it from the different room. And it can be more trouble than it's worth if you have someone in the lounge and someone in an upstairs bedroom fighting over the channel!

The Maplin link provides equipment to do what I've been telling Bundy he needs - a multi-LNB and additional cable and receivers. However I wouldn't recommend buying that particular bundle because it includes basic free-to-view receivers that don't come set up with Freesat features such as the EPG and iPlayer-via-ethernet, which is due to launch later this year.

I thought that looked reasonably priced but I see what you mean.

[iain_herts]

and as far as i know all the freesat box's we have in DO NOT have rf out only scart

[Chris]

This is the back of the Goodmans SD Freesat box:



I think the 'LNB OUT' socket is RF out, although I'm not certain. It needs an f-plug to mate with it, whatever it is. Unfortunately the box is down in the holiday flat and I don't know if we kept the instructions anyway.

[iain_herts]

nope LNB out is not RF its IF (intermediate frequency (IF) signal)

[Chris]

Interesting ... what would it be used for?

[iain_herts]

i think they are used for connecting upto another STB (but not 100% sure on that)