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| p1 |
 Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:44 pm |
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I've not been able to find the answer in the forums or FAQ, so here goes.
I'm moving to a house which currently doesn't have a terrestrial aerial, as the current owners have had a Sky/FreeSat system since the place was built.
Before I fork out for a new aerial, my question is, can I buy a cheapo FreeSat receiver and somehow convert its output to emulate the terrestrial digital signal that my Toppy expects to receive?
I also have a Tecnomate TM5400 handy, will this pick up clear FreeSat, or does the FreeSat specific boxes have some proprietary decryption circuitry inside.
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| alan_m |
| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:09 pm |
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p1 wrote:
I'm moving to a house which currently doesn't have a terrestrial aerial, as the current owners have had a Sky/FreeSat system since the place was built.
Before I fork out for a new aerial, my question is, can I buy a cheapo FreeSat receiver and somehow convert its output to emulate the terrestrial digital signal that my Toppy expects to receive?
I also have a Tecnomate TM5400 handy, will this pick up clear FreeSat, or does the FreeSat specific boxes have some proprietary decryption circuitry inside.
The Toppy will ONLY record from it's own internal (terrestrial TV) tuners.
Your Free-to-Air Satellite box will pick up all the Freesat channels. What you will not get is the 7 day Electronic Programme Guide [EPG]. You will just get now and next. Freesat is just a proprietary EPG around the free channels. In general only Freesat branded boxes will give you the Freesat EPG. |
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| ryclark |
| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:43 pm |
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The Toppy will ONLY record from it's own internal DVB-T (terrestrial digital TV) tuners.
There is no way to convert the output of another receiver, be it composite video or RF, without spending many of thousands of pounds on a DVB-T encoder/modulator, I'm afraid. 
Edit. There is such a thing and it is not several thousands of pounds as i thought. Probably neare £1000 by the time you have bought all the bits though.
http://www.taylorbros.co.uk/PDF%20PAGES%20AS%20INDEX/43A43B.pdf |
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| jumbo |
| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:49 am |
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| Why not buy a (HD) Freesat PVR? Plenty of choice from the el-cheapos to some nice reliable ones such as the Humax to complement Freeview. |
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| p1 |
| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:19 pm |
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Thanks for all your replies.
I was aware that the Toppy could only record from its internal tuners, but hoped the FreeSat output could be easily converted to fool it into thinking it was receiving a digital signal from a terrestrial transmitter.
Looks like the cheapest way is to get an aerial installed after all. |
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| underquark |
| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:20 pm |
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| If the satellite dish is easily accessible to you and you don't want satellite at all then you can simply install an aerial in its place and use the existing cabling (remembering to change the connector at the TV end). |
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