I have a Sky satellite dish on my house. I have a Sky box, unused for years, if connect them to TV,?

Question

will I be able to recieve Freeview channels? I should add, that the Sky box is unconnected in the loft. And I don't fancy going to the trouble of bringing it down, if I can't get reception.

Answer 1

it will work but you may need to buy a viewing card of sky for the freeview, think its only £20.

Answer 2

well, it should work. When I moved to the house I'm currently renting here in Dublin, I brought my Sky Dish and digibox (I was a subscriber between 2004 and 2005. I plugged the dish in the digibox and it gave me BBC 1, 2 Sky News, ITV, CNN, Euronews, among all "useless stuff for sale", religious and ethnic channels. Eventually I got myself a card from www.freesatfromsky.com for £20, and that gave me most of the other channels: ITV 2, 3, BBC 3,4, Sky 3 (NOT Sky One), all UK BBC regional channels, BBC radios, Channel 4, 4+1, etc. Good value. You can also have the same for £150 if you want a new dish + digibox.

Answer 3

Yes don't see why not unless you'r box is broken

Answer 4

If the sky box is years old the software will not work. The box will provide you with some channels but only a small handfull.

I had an old box and gave it to a mate to try but because it was 3 years old all software was old and the box is scrap.

Best option is the Freesat system for £150.

Answer 5

I dont know you may need a viewing card but you would not be able to pick up freeview beacause the dish picks up siganals from a saterlite.

Answer 6

Yes, I have one box upstairs and one downstairs, I don't subscribe to Sky and can watch them both independently of each other. I put a splitter on my cable coming from the dish!! Why pay when you can get the freebies!!

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