Sony Freesat TV connection

Posted by: Willie B on 20 January 2010

Hi - I bought a Sony 37W5810 TV over Christmas. The TV incorporates Freesat and the installer is coming tomorrow to fix up the dish etc.

I have a TV amplifier in the loft which receives separate TV and FM signals and distributes them to the various TVs and radios around the house.

My question is should I get the installer to wire the dish direct to the roof aerial ampifier - this means the signal could also go to another TV (although I would need a separate Freesat receiver for it of course)? This solution would also have more WAF as no need for a further socket in lounge and probable mess from drilling hole in wall to get cable through. Or am I misunderstanding something and the satellite signal must have its own cable and cannot share the existing one?

On a related matter are some aerial cables better than others or all they all much of a muchness?

Thanks for any help

Willie
Posted on: 21 January 2010 by BigH47
You need another box per TV if it's like Sky+, unless you want to beam the same programme to another room there are probably repeaters.

Use the latest satellite coax it has a double shielding.
Posted on: 21 January 2010 by Derek Wright
The dish input to the TV is a separate socket to the regular aerial input. I would not think that you can mix them. Also the TV has to power the LNB on the dish to get it to work.
Posted on: 21 January 2010 by Willie B
Thanks guys - aerial man said I need a separate feed as Derek said so all fixed up now and working well.