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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Totally different formats...
Sat uses DVB-S, cable uses DVB-C and freeview uses DVB-T, although as you found out the V+ box will accept the co-axial from the T and C Components the DVB-s is totally different as the LNB on these systems need a switching voltage for differing polerizations as well as different tuning specs...
Kymmy  |
Which, in English, means that you can't distribute a signal from a satellite dish via a splitter or amplifier because every individual TV or set-top box that is attached to the dish has to have its own cable, and its own LNB (the widget on the end of the dish's arm).
You can still have Freesat on, say, four TVs around your house, but you'll need to cable each one of them to the dish separately, and attach the four cables to a quad-LNB (that's four widgets in one, sitting on the end of the arm attached to the dish).
You can get all the bits you need to do this in Maplins or even a sufficiently large branch of B&Q. If you already have a correctly positioned Sky Digital minidish you shouldn't need to get a sat installer involved. Just be careful not to knock the dish out of alignment while you're messing with it.