Yup, you said it!

He thinks tat I still have a freeSAT box. LOL.

Lost me - but no matter.

If the signal is being received via a dish then surely it must be freesat. Freeview is not available from satellites - only terrestrial arials (as far as I'm aware). Oh well - no matter. I'm glad I have a simple sytem on my own house that involves Freeview via the ordinary arial, and international freesat from hotbird via the large dish....

I think he's suggesting that the other end of the flat's cable is either plugged into the communal dish (Sky/Freesat) or communal aerial (terrestrial/Freeview) according to the occupier's choice.

In reply to a post by Garyilka:

international freesat from hotbird via the large dish

ITYM FTA satellite, *not* Freesat.

I do indeed mean Free to Air - sorry about that! In my case it's to pick up Russian Television for my Mother in Law - we get more Russian stations here than she used to get in Russia!!

The FreeView is available via the dish - there is NO standard aerial here.

So, where is the dish pointing?

In reply to a post by Guest_Again:

The FreeView is available via the dish - there is NO standard aerial here.

Then it is not Freeview, The only way you would get Freeview via satellite is if the terrestrial transmission is chucked up to satellite and then dumped back down to earth and it is not.

If your T.v is via a dish, then it is is either Freesat, Sky or some other satellite service and as far as I know Dave is not available for free on Dsat. just had a look, I am right, it is not on freesat.


If you got a freeview box and getting Dave, then you are connected via a aerial.

I use the Astra satellite - http://www.astra2d.com/

EuroSat is for freesat / Sky.

And where does it say that Freeview is available on the Astra2D satellite?