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Originally Posted by tony_ray
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I am thinking of upgrading my main TV in the lounge and moving the existing LCD HD ready one into the kitchen to replace the CRT. Can I utilise the existing SKY dish supplying the lounge TV to also supply signals to the kitchen TV assuming that I am also going to buy a FREESAT+HD box for the kitchen. Is it likely that the SKY dish LNB is a quad as it is already supplying 2 signals to my SKY+HD box in the lounge? Are there any difficulties that I might encounter? Would the B&Q Ross FREESAT+HD receiver be any good or should I purchase a more quality one as suggested in previous replies.
I would be grateful for any guidance. Cheers
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If Sky installed your +HD service, I would not assume they installed a quad-LNB to feed it, because only a dual-LNB is required in order to make a single Sky+HD box work.
Get a close look at the dish - borrow binos if you have to. If it is a quad-LNB you should be able to see two unused terminals on it. If there are no unused terminals, you will need to buy a replacement. They're not difficult to install though; I replaced our mono with a quad a few weeks ago.
While I recognise that many people in this thread are perfectly happy with their Ross/B&Q box, I would never have one because it doesn't have an EPG. To me, a decent, 7-day EPG is by far the best thing about digital TV. For that, you need either a Sky or branded Freesat box.