Freeview-HD and Freesat HD together?

[PaddyBaptiste]

Hi all,

My tv does both freeview HD and Freesat HD, my current roof aerial seems to have a current running through it and shoots sparks out! so I want to replace this before plugging it in.

My main question is If I get the Freesat HD dish, will/can this also be used for the freeview signal as well?
My TV is a a Panasonic TX-L37DT30B. It seems to only have one input for a coaxial input, Im assuming as the boxes are built into this TV that it only need the correct wire plugging in?

Cheers

 

[Andy98765]

Freesat points up into the sky looking for a satellite in Space, whilst Freeview uses an aerial pointing off to the horizon looking for a transmitter on the ground, so no the dish will not pick up Freeview.
Sparks coming from your aerial cable sounds bad. Do you have a aerial amplifier fitted?
Where is the power supply for this?

 

[PaddyBaptiste]

Thanks for clearing that up, (I did think it was a silly question...)
There is no amplifier, I think the Aerial to my room comes from a simple spliter. It hasnt been used for a long time as I usually use sky, I dont want to pay for sky HD in the spare room, as I only really watch Dave (I know this isnt availible on Freesat) I so I may just get a dedicated wire from the roof to this room.

 

[logiciel]

It seems to only have one input for a coaxial input, Im assuming as the boxes are built into this TV that it only need the correct wire plugging in?

It has a push-in co-ax socket for Freeview terrestrial TV from the aerial, and a screw-in co-ax f-socket for Freesat satellite TV from a dish.
So, to use the full capabilities of the TV, you need to get the aerial fixed, and get the dish supplied and fixed, and then to have a cable running from each of them to the appropriate socket.

 

[PaddyBaptiste]

Thanks guys,

The roof aerial has been there for about 30 years, so new wires will be fitted anyway, I will get both systems setup and the wires all replaced.

Cheers

 

[markbloke]

The volts on your aerial cable are possibly from the sky-box if it's still coupled up. There is often a 5V supply for the magic-eye IR controller sent up the second aerial output on the back. This can be turned off from the not-so-secret installer menu.