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Mike Cais · 20-05-2005, 17:36

I'd like to use freeview on a second TV upstairs. Unfortunately I'm not in a freeview area, but I have been told that it is possible to feed the stb from the ntl box (either the one on the wall or my stb - samsung) and use the ntl feed as an aerial. I don't want to do this if it's illegal, but I am a legit subscriber to ntl, but don't want to fork out even more money to hire another box if I could buy one.
Is this possible / legal ? & does it make a difference that I now receive from a digital source rather than analogue (upgraded last year)
I am told that an ntl engineer has wired my friends bungalow so that 1 tv is fed from his stb and 2 others are fed directly from the wall socket to receive free channels - he does not have any aerial ? - can this only be done on an analogue feed ?

20-05-2005, 17:36	#1
Mike Cais Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2	NTL with Freeview ? I'd like to use freeview on a second TV upstairs. Unfortunately I'm not in a freeview area, but I have been told that it is possible to feed the stb from the ntl box (either the one on the wall or my stb - samsung) and use the ntl feed as an aerial. I don't want to do this if it's illegal, but I am a legit subscriber to ntl, but don't want to fork out even more money to hire another box if I could buy one. Is this possible / legal ? & does it make a difference that I now receive from a digital source rather than analogue (upgraded last year) I am told that an ntl engineer has wired my friends bungalow so that 1 tv is fed from his stb and 2 others are fed directly from the wall socket to receive free channels - he does not have any aerial ? - can this only be done on an analogue feed ?