freesat on a sky dish

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  1. rikdee

    rikdee Regular member

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    Im a noob in this subject so bear with me please,
    basically i have sky in my living room and would like freesat for my bedroom due to the recent digital swithover. My Sky dish only has one connection on its LNB do i need to change that to have both?
     
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    Mooley Regular member

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    Yes you need a dual or quad LNB and then a freesat box.
     
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    ok i looked on ebay and some include a legacy adapter, what is this exactly and will i need it?
     
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    It's the holder for the LNB that slips into a standard sky dish arm. You won't need one if you buy an LNB that mentions it's for a sky dish as they are designed to just slip into the arm same as the original one.
     
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    ok cheers for the advice much appreciated
     
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    No prob best of luck.
     
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    as mooley said a dual lnb or a quad is needed(a dual has 2 outputs for 2 boxes)and a quad has 4 outputs for 4 boxes. if you have a ladder and dont mind heights you could fit it your self in a few minutes(you will need to buy cable and of course a free to air reciever)you could buy a second hand sky box and you would have the onscreen tv guide and the red button function as they are free also.
     

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