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Using SKY+ HD aerial for free view on Samsung TV
Nathan_Booth
24-06-2016
I recently cancelled my SKY+ HD subscription and obviously lost the ability to record and pause live TV with this. My Samsung TV however has freeview built in with the ability to record to a memory stick.

The problem I have is worn the aerial. My SKY box has a dual coaxial cable going into it and my TV has a single RF in port. Is there anyway to use the sky cable in a single RF in socket? Or is there some kind of adapter that would do the job? I've tried an Internet search to no avail. Amy help would be amazing.
jasonjimbob
24-06-2016
You cannot use the sky dish or cables for Freeview, you can buy a freesat box like the Humax Freetime 1100s which is a Freesat HD PVR which you can connect to the dish and cables, it will allow recording without any subscriptions
Chris Frost
24-06-2016
Freeview comes via a TV aerial. That's not the same as a satellite dish which is what is used to receive a signal for the Sky box. It doesn't matter what kind of adapters you buy to change the gender of the plug. The basic fact is the satellite dish picks up a signal that the (Freeview) tuner in a TV doesn't understand. In very simple terms then, you need an aerial and not a satellite dish.
spiney2
24-06-2016
You might consider a freesat recording satellite receiver. These use the same sky dish to get free to air satellite, and tend to be cheaper than recording freeview receivers.
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