[henryv]

Ah Digital TV!
I am on the Ramsbottom transmitter which was 100% analogue, with very poor picture on ITV and Channel 4.
It is much better now and we are (at the moment) getting all the channels, including those not due until December - I assume they are testing the ITV and Channel 4 channels.
My question relates to my Sky channel.
On analogue I am tuned into channel 38 for my skybox.
How do i find it on Digital, or does it have to remain as analogue?


Henry.

[mike7]

Only Sky3, Sky News and Sky Sports news are available on Freeview. If you were getting a poor picture on Analogue it may be that you need to have your aerial checked to obtain all Digital channels. Digital channels are transmitted in groups, or muxes. Sky channels would form part of one such group. I'm not aware that anything is available from Sky in analogue form.

[961]

Originally Posted by henryv

Ah Digital TV!
I am on the Ramsbottom transmitter which was 100% analogue, with very poor picture on ITV and Channel 4.
It is much better now and we are (at the moment) getting all the channels, including those not due until December - I assume they are testing the ITV and Channel 4 channels.
My question relates to my Sky channel.
On analogue I am tuned into channel 38 for my skybox.
How do i find it on Digital, or does it have to remain as analogue?


Henry.

It has to stay analogue, as the rf out on your sky box uses the analogue spectrum

[henryv]

Originally Posted by 961

It has to stay analogue, as the rf out on your sky box uses the analogue spectrum

Thank you,
I can chalk that one off.
Most appreciated!!


Henry.

[neckley]

If Sky has to stay analogue then is there a way of connecting it to an another tv that is tuned to dvb-t?
I currently have sky beamed to all rooms and as I retune to digital I'm losing sky. This is serious........no football in the bedroom !
Please help.

[961]

Originally Posted by neckley

If Sky has to stay analogue then is there a way of connecting it to an another tv that is tuned to dvb-t?
I currently have sky beamed to all rooms and as I retune to digital I'm losing sky. This is serious........no football in the bedroom !
Please help.

What you get up to in the bedroom is not for us....

However,

The usual method where you have flat screen tv's round the house with their own Freeview tuners is to have a distribution amplifier sending two signals. First, the freeview signal from the rooftop aerial that allows each set to decode freeview and display whichever freeview channel you wish. Second, the analogue signal from the rf2 out of the sky box

In the bedroom, you can select, via the remote, either the digital signal, which will give you all the freeview channels, or the analogue signal, which if tuned to the same channel as the sky rf2 out signal (often 38 on the analogue spectrum) will allow you to watch whichever channel the sky box is tuned to

A magic eye system will allow you to change the sky box channel from the bedroom so that when the footy is done you can watch Paxo on Newsnight

Of course if you want high def sky football in the bedroom then, forgive me, you are into a whole new ball game

[neckley]

Thanks for your bedroom comments...........
I'm thinking of trying the one aerial and a splitter close to the TV in question. A further tv works both formats from the one cable, I only need to select dvb or tv and I pick up sky on the "tv" setting". For some reason the tv I'm having trouble with has two input sockets, one for dvb and one for tv.
I'll try it for fun and if successful I'll post the result...it may benefit others.
Cheers.

[neckley]

The solution ......for me anyway.
The tv in question has two aerial inputs, dvb-t and standard av. Previously only used av and got all terestrial channels + sky through this. Gradually losing "T" channels, so had to tune dvb in. This caused loss of sky which can only be picked up through "av".

I used the existing aerial which was fed from sky hd box via a booster and split it 6" from the tv. Fed one of the split ends (I'm not a hairdresser !!) into av and the other into dvb-t and success. Sky through av and 79 channels of crap through dvb-t.
Hope this helps others.
Cheers.