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Question

Connection details for freesat & free view

Feb 13, 2015 1:59AM PST

I have a ue55hu7200 smart tv with 2 rear coaxial connections. How do I connect a sky dish with 2 coaxial cables for freesat and a tv ariel for free view?

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It appears to need a little work.
Feb 15, 2015 3:36AM PST
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Connection details for freesat & free view
Feb 15, 2015 6:27PM PST

I understand about the different types of connections. My question is purely concerned with the fact than I have 3 input cables (2 from the dish and 1 from the ariel), but only 2 connections on my tv

Soverato

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Re: input cables
Feb 15, 2015 6:36PM PST

I understand the coax connection for the aerial (free over the air). But is it analog or digital?

What are those 2 coax input cables from the dish box exactly? I should expect only one analog and one digital output, with the digital output being HDMI (or possibly SCART in Europe).
And what are these 2 coax inputs on your TV exactly? Does your TV have other inputs also (SCART, HDMI, compnent, composite)?

Kees

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Connection details for freesat & free view by Soverato
Feb 15, 2015 10:17PM PST

The aerial cable is currently connected to the TV with a normal push-on co-axial plug. I'm guessing therefore that it is analogue. If I remove it I loose the free to air picture.

The other 2 cables come directly from the dish and are normally connected to a Sky Box with F Type plugs. The feed from the Sky Box to the TV is a single HDMI lead. I am considering cancelling the Sky subscription and using the Freesat facility within the TV.

Soverato

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Freesat, Freeview and Sky
Feb 15, 2015 11:15PM PST

If you are thinking of unsubscribing from sky then you will no longer need the dish nor Sky's box, nor associated connection cables.

I have never heard of a TV that shows both Freeview and Freesat. Here in the UK a few years ago we had Freeview or Freesat capable TVs that then needed either a Freeview or a Freesat box, connected to the TV. The Freeview or Freesat box then connected to the aerial which received both analog and digital frequencies which the box decoded as necessary.

Then came Freeview or Freesat capable TVs. No need for separate Freeview or Freesat boxes as one, (not both), was incorporated into the TV set. Around that stage all over the air frequencies had become digital and we no longer had analog channels.

As far as I know, here in the UK there are no TVs that have both Freeview and Freesat. So if you are getting rid of Sky you will need to buy either a Freeview or Freesat capable TV, or a Freeview or Freesat box to connect to any TV you already have.

HD channels bring another dimension to all this, as does so-called Smart TVs.

Mark

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Satellite dish
Feb 16, 2015 12:04AM PST

Freesat uses a satellite dish and not an aerial, but if you unsubscribe from Sky, will they want their dish back? I don't know.

If so, you will need to get another dish if you intend to use Freesat.

Mark

Mark