Convert sky q dish to freesat

stephen1971

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Hello All, I've just moved in to a new house and I've got a dish on the wall which according to the attached image (Image 1) is pointed at Astra 2E satellite. I bought a decoder box from ebay which when tuned to Astra 2E failed to find the Freesat channels but did find some things like Sky and BT. I've no got an actual Freesat box which say's that it can't find the main Freesat transponder when I set it up. The dish LNB has Sky on it (Image 2) and only 2 wires coming from it. My reading suggests that this must be a Sky Q dish and if I replace the LNB with on for Freesat or a Hybrid I sohuld be able to tune to the Freesat transponder.

Can anyone confirm this? Or if not point me in the right direction.

Many thanks

Stephen
 

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Not having Sky Q, I can't be certain but from what others have stated I think you are correct in respect of changing the LNB - but you'll need to make sure it will fit the specific version of the Sky dish that you have (there are 4 or 5 versions, but I would suspect that yours might be one of the later/latest versions)
 

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Yes, that's a Q LNB, Wideband rather than universal, so just swap it out for a universal.
 

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There is now Freesat boxes that will work with Sky Q LNBs.
 

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There is now Freesat boxes that will work with Sky Q LNBs.

Do you have a link to which ones these are, please? Thank you.
 

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Do you have a link to which ones these are, please? Thank you.

The new generation 4k boxes are Wideband compatible - indeed, to make full use of the simultaneous recording facility, a Wideband LNB is essential

 

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Lot of discussion over on DS about those new 4K boxes - some opinions are good, others aren't.
 

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Oh, I don't know - mass debate is rather enjoyable.
Some would say S&M is enjoyable but it does not mean we should all indulge:rolleyes:
 

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