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Is this guy from currys talking rubbish
Went in to currys about a month ago. The shop assident sold me a Humux Freetime box which i have plugged in and it works very well. He said you can take the freeview ariel out and put it in the Freesat box. I checked the back of box and it hasent a freeview ariel connection. Maybe he meant put my Freesat ariel from the back of my panasonic tv in the back of the box. But who knows why you need two Freesat ariels in the recorder.
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Went in to currys about a month ago. The shop assident sold me a Humux Freetime box which i have plugged in and it works very well. He said you can take the freeview ariel out and put it in the Freesat box. I checked the back of box and it hasent a freeview ariel connection. Maybe he meant put my Freesat ariel from the back of my panasonic tv in the back of the box. But who knows why you need two Freesat ariels in the recorder.
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Its ok. I know witch ariel goes in my recorder thank you very much. I have a communal dish so no need for a satilite dish lnless i move. The guy was talking rubbish anyways.
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Its ok. I know witch ariel goes in my recorder thank you very much. I have a communal dish so no need for a satilite dish lnless i move. The guy was talking rubbish anyways.
Probably thinking of a sky box which does have a rf (aerial in) socket and two outputs. It's so the pictures from the Sky box, and the Freeview signals from an aerial can be sent to remote TV's |
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Its ok. I know witch ariel goes in my recorder thank you very much.
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Obviously you don't. As I said don't put washing powder in it.
Yeah i'm with Winston on this one i am pretty sure putting washing powder inside your Freesat Freetime box will invalidate any warranty that you have with Humax.
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Eh. Why would i do that. Do you think i am stupid or something, The 2 satelite cables are the right ones. You cant put the freeview aerial cable in the freesat box.
Can i delete this thread please....... TAXI..... |
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Yeah is was Lol
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I know its a late reply but the op's question, the guy from Currys was almost right, the OP lives in a communal block, they have a special system, the lead into the apartment will take freesat or freeview output, you just change the plug on the end to fit different box, I didnt know this until my daughter moved into a flat with the same system, you choose either system.
Although there are some exceptions, such as in hotel systems, the vast majority of communal dwellings today receive their TV services using Integrated Reception Systems (IRS). IRS systems vary in their complexity but generally speaking they consist of a TV, FM and DAB aerial and a satellite dish. The signals are combined and then distributed to a number of individual dwellings to provide each resident with a wide range of services. This is achieved by erecting aerials and dish(es) on the roof and running cables from them to a position in the building where we can install the distribution equipment which is collectively termed the “headend”. Because the headend is made up of electronic equipment this is normally situated inside in a tank room, riser or basement but it can also be fitted outside in a weatherproof cabinet. The feeds from the antennae are amplified and filtered at the headend to ensure that they are robust enough to serve the amount of dwellings in the building. They are then connected to distribution units or “multiswitches” which combine the signals together so that TV, FM, DAB and satellite can all be fed down a single cable. Two twin screened CAI benchmarked coaxial cables are then run from the multiswitch to the TV point(s) in each dwelling and terminated in a Quad outlet plate which de-combines the signals for the resident to connect their equipment to. |
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I know its a late reply but the op's question, the guy from Currys was almost right, the OP lives in a communal block, they have a special system, the lead into the apartment will take freesat or freeview output, you just change the plug on the end to fit different box, I didnt know this until my daughter moved into a flat with the same system, you choose either system.
Although there are some exceptions, such as in hotel systems, the vast majority of communal dwellings today receive their TV services using Integrated Reception Systems (IRS). IRS systems vary in their complexity but generally speaking they consist of a TV, FM and DAB aerial and a satellite dish. The signals are combined and then distributed to a number of individual dwellings to provide each resident with a wide range of services. This is achieved by erecting aerials and dish(es) on the roof and running cables from them to a position in the building where we can install the distribution equipment which is collectively termed the “headend”. Because the headend is made up of electronic equipment this is normally situated inside in a tank room, riser or basement but it can also be fitted outside in a weatherproof cabinet. The feeds from the antennae are amplified and filtered at the headend to ensure that they are robust enough to serve the amount of dwellings in the building. They are then connected to distribution units or “multiswitches” which combine the signals together so that TV, FM, DAB and satellite can all be fed down a single cable. Two twin screened CAI benchmarked coaxial cables are then run from the multiswitch to the TV point(s) in each dwelling and terminated in a Quad outlet plate which de-combines the signals for the resident to connect their equipment to. He still has a conventional aerial connection which can not be connected to a freesat box (well if you did it wouldn't do anything). The fact that the terrestrial signal are multiplexed onto one coax cable (saving an extra downlead) and demultiplexed to create the original signals has zero relevance to the original post. It simply means that three cables instead of four can be used to provide a return coax for a sky type rf distribution system with magic eye remote control capability.And you are incorrect about a multiswitch, it connects to a special lnb on a dish and provides four outputs, one for each of the possible combinations (A Quattro lnb). Instead of a connected tuner switching a universal lnb into the correct mode for the channel being used by the tuner, the multiswitch routes the incoming band and polarisation required to the appropriate section of the Quattro lnb. Typically one multiswitch can feed up to 16 tuners, however they can be chained, in this way a single dish is able to feed a whole block of flats or a large residential property. Because of the lnb control signals required by a ku band universal lnb, they can't be used to feed more than 1 tuner and give the full channel reception to both (only 1 can have control). Not that any of this would mean anything at all to Currys/PC world sales rep. ![]() This may help explain http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/lnb.htm http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/lnb2.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiswitch |
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He still has a conventional aerial connection which can not be connected to a freesat box (well if you did it wouldn't do anything). The fact that the terrestrial signal are multiplexed onto one coax cable (saving an extra downlead) and demultiplexed to create the original signals has zero relevance to the original post. It simply means that three cables instead of four can be used to provide a return coax for a sky type rf distribution system with magic eye remote control capability.