Freesat on LG TV Satellite input

[s1962a]

Tried searching for this but couldn't find a definitive answer, if I plug our old sky cable (from the dish) into the satellite input on our LG C1 TV, will freesat channels work? Or do I still need a freesat sky or other box to get most of the free channels?

Cheers

[rustyuk]

It depends what LNB you have on your dish. Certain Sky ones don't work with Freesat.

You can get the LNB replaced though.

[MacW]

The simplest option would be to plug it in and see what happens.

[sjg]

I do exactly this - an old dish for Sky+ into our C1. It has freesat built in so you get the program guide etc.

[mjcneat]

I have done this for the past 3 years. You only have 1 input so no recording / pausing but works fine.

If you had your Sky dish changed to work with Sky Q though it won't work I believe.

[droopsnoot]

Is there nothing in the TV manual about it? I've got a Toshiba TV, that has a satellite socket on the back of it, but I seem to recall that when I looked, the manual doesn't mention it at all. I didn't investigate too much as I don't have a dish.

[Carbon Sasquatch]

Should work fine - you just need to go to the programme tuning menu & tell it to use satellite rather than aerial.

Most of the channels will have different numbers, but you soon get used to it.

[s1962a]

Cheers all! Will give it a try and see what happens.