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You more likely need a UHF arial than a different box.look into an alternative box
However I was also able to connect the second Sky wire from the dish to the tv aerial socket on the tv and get the RTE channels on the TV.
This sounds more likely to be a Saorview rather than Saorsat.
The Irish stations are re-broadcast by Sky from their satellite and so are encrypted, you'd need a Sky subscription. However there is a different satellite that broadcasts the official Saorsat signal which is not encrypted, you just need an appropriate LNB on your dish and receiver in the TV. Still though, Saorview over an aerial is much easier!Unless things have changed.
Saorsat, the Irish satellite broadcast is scrambled, so you need sky or similar to view.
No, nothing has changed, SaorSat always was and still is FTA ( clue is in the name )and therefore is unencrypted andUnless things have changed.
Saorsat, the Irish satellite broadcast is scrambled
There are two input feeds (well there are more, but they are not immediately relevant!) on your TV: Digital channels through the RF cable (i.e. an old-fashioned aerial) and through the satellite input. To get the Irish stations, you will need to connect an aerial to the RF socket on the back of the TV, point it in the general direction of your nearest transmitter and search for the stations. For the UK channels, you will need to connect the cable that used to be used for your Sky box and connect into the satellite input on your TV. Again carry out a search for the channels. There will be a lot and many that you can't watch!! There is a piece of software on the Sony support website that will allow you to sort these channels and hide the ones you can't see anyway.I'm obviously very late to jump on this thread, but I did away with Sky and still have the dish. I've a Sony Bravia 4K and have tried tuning the digital channels. All the UK ones are working, but none of the Irish ones such as RTE, TG4 and Virgin Media. Is it possible to get them?
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