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[pscocoa]

Whats the cost of this humax box then  chaps  :-? I  have read that you can use your sky dish  to run the freesat box off. Just wandering if sky and freesat signal are in tha same sort of direction. As Im stuffed if I need to move the dish as its shared with the neighbours and Im sure they wont be too happy if they lose their sky channels cus Ive moved the dish.

You can get a Freesat box non record version for £50 or so. I paid £230 for the Humax 500gb.

Where you have existing internal cabling - the LNB out on the Humax (you have 2 LNB in as said by Entwood) can be used to take the Freesat signal to another location via decent coax type cable. This is an alternative to running separate feeds from the dish but is less flexible. You still need a Freesat box in each room but if the master unit is switched on the you are limited to channels with the same polarity (Horizontal or Vertical )as that to which the master Freesat box is tuned. When master box  is off you have full range on slave box.

This works fine for us as the 2 boxes are never on at same time.

Best solution is as said by Entwood to cable other rooms direct from dish - I have probably suceeded in making this seem over complicated - I was just making the point that there is a work around of sorts which I am using as I had the pre exsiting internal wires..

[skyblue]

Thank you all  ........... Once payday is here I will be attempting to install the two bedroom ones and a 3rd  one  in the front room  with Sky being told to sling ya hook ..... now what to do with that extra money we have every month spare 

[Taxi_Driver]

I have freesat with the Humax FOXSAT HDR reciever/recorder and we are very pleased with it. Way better than freeview ever was. never had Sky so can't compare .. but there is plenty of rubbish for SWTSMBO to watch ..

I would have agreed with you E, back before analogue was switched off. Now it is off, the power transmitted on Freeview seems to have increased and now i get perfect picture , with 4 HD channels on the tv with a Freeview HD tuner built in 

[STMO123]

Whats the cost of this humax box then  chaps  :-? I  have read that you can use your sky dish  to run the freesat box off. Just wandering if sky and freesat signal are in tha same sort of direction. As Im stuffed if I need to move the dish as its shared with the neighbours and Im sure they wont be too happy if they lose their sky channels cus Ive moved the dish.

One of the easiest ways to get freesat is if you've had Sky installed in your home.
 
 
 
Because freesat uses the same dish and fleet of satellites, all you need to do is plug in one of our approved partner set-top boxes, and away you go, with over 150 TV and radio subscription-free channels.
 
 
 
freesat SD digital boxes start from £49, freesat HD digital boxes from £68 and freesat+ (allowing you to record, pause and rewind live TV) from £200. Click here to see the latest offers from our approved retailers.
 
 
 
freesat, a joint venture of the BBC and ITV plc, is now the fastest growing digital TV service in the UK, with 1.8 million customers who love free digital TV, free HD programming, with no contract and no subscription.
 
 
 
We do warn, though, that if you have a warranty agreement for your Sky dish (typically 12 months), then check the terms before you install any other equipment. Also remember that if you have any remaining contractual obligations with Sky, you'll still be bound fulfill them.
 
 
 
With freesat, there is no catch.

[STMO123]

Just a thought...If you are losing channels by switching from freeview to  freesat, then most tv's have a digital tuner anyway. So you could still use the freeview installed on your tv as well as your freesat box.