What satellite lnb do I need

[userlee5267]

Hello.

I have sky's basic package with netflix add on. They want from may £48 a month I ain't paying that it's a massive increase from what I'm paying now.

I will have to send the sky q box back I think. So need a lnb suitable for my TV to have free view.

Cheers

 

[Drox]

Check what lnb you have now if it is a hybrid or a wideband.

You’ll need either a universal or hybrid lnb (if you want to go back to sky q later).

 

[Abu Baniaz]

Freeview uses an aerial, not dish. Does your TV have a satellite tuner?

 

[userlee5267]

Freeview uses an aerial, not dish. Does your TV have a satellite tuner?

Yes sat tuner built in

 

[manic01]

Freeview uses an aerial, not dish. Does your TV have a satellite tuner?

If he has sky he has satellite, I think he said he wanted free viewing not Freeview👍

 

[Abu Baniaz]

Yes sat tuner built in

Double check menus/manual if it supports wideband LNB. If not, you will need a universal LNB. They are available in Screwfix for roughly £15.

Edit:
Visiblewave 4-Output Universal Quad LNB - Screwfix

But as suggested by Drox, I check your current LNB just in case it has the universal outputs. Sky would have only installed this if you had wires going to a Freesat receiver and you specifically asked for a Hybrid LNB.

 

[userlee5267]

Cheers

 

[bert72]

Are you sure you need a new LNB? Usually the the sky LNB's on your existing dish have outputs you can use for freesat.

 

[userlee5267]

Are you sure you need a new LNB? Usually the the sky LNB's on your existing dish have outputs you can use for freesat.

Yes they don't work doesn't find any picture

 

[bert72]

Yes they don't work doesn't find any picture

OK, I will check mine again later, I had a couple of sat boxes connected to my sky dish but not checked them for a while.

 

[userlee5267]

Just tried again. Tried both ends of the shotgun cable. And it finds nothing while doing a scan of satellite channels

 

[bert72]

My sky Q uses a hybrid lnb with the wideband outputs going to the skyq receiver but the others did work for freesat.

 

[userlee5267]

If I bought a sky q box of eBay.. would that still pick up free view or do they disable it unless you have a subscription of some sort

 

[Abu Baniaz]

It should work for FTA satellite. Good luck finding one cheaper than an LNB though. They are leased out and have to be returned.

In the meantime, can you not connect an aerial for Freeview proper? If you don't have an aerial in your loft/roof, there are internal ones.

You keep mixing terms, are you sure you are scanning satellite (uses satellite dish) and not Freeview (uses aerial) You should be able to find some satellite channels even with a wideband LNB.

 

[userlee5267]

It should work for FTA satellite. Good luck finding one cheaper than an LNB though. They are leased out and have to be returned.

In the meantime, can you not connect an aerial for Freeview proper? If you don't have an aerial in your loft/roof, there are internal ones.

You keep mixing terms, are you sure you are scanning satellite and not Freeview. You should be able to find some satellite channels.

On the back of my TV there is a space to connect the satellite lead.

When I go into the TV settings it asks to scan for free view satellite channels. the TV as a built in sat receiver.

And this it won't do. It scans all channels that are free on 28.2. but finds nowt. I'm looking for all free to view satellite channels.

I've done this before but had to change the lnb and it worked..

Nothing worked before until I changed the lnb

 

[userlee5267]

Yes it's doing a satellite scan on 28.2

 

[userlee5267]

 

[userlee5267]

Tried again. It does find channels it's found 119 channels but won't play any of them. Ummm

 

[Abu Baniaz]

You have to change LNB to solve you issue.

 

[userlee5267]

Like BBC one BBC 2