sky & freesat

[CR0X]

I hear that a sky dish can be used for a freesat signal.

is it possible to get both a sky box and a freesat signal working from the same cable?

thinking that I could go down the route of getting a new tv (see other thread) with freesat built in?

[headcase]

Each reciever needs a seperate feed from the dish so normally you would fit a dual lnb and run 2 cables from the dish 1 to each reciever.

[CR0X]

headcase said:

Each reciever needs a seperate feed from the dish so normally you would fit a dual lnb and run 2 cables from the dish 1 to each reciever.

so it is feasible!

We will be getting Sky+ so I guess that the cable is already split into two for that, but doing it again doesn't represent any issues?

[cjs]

As already said, you cannot split or share the cable, you will need a separate feed from the dish LNB for each receiver. If your getting Sky+ then this needs two feeds and a twin LNB, if you want to add another receiver then you will need a quad LNB and another cable drop. I would bung the Sky installer an extra few quid and get him to do it for you.