Bmouthboyo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 OK so I am a bit confused with the free TV channels the Thais get. I know they are in Thai but it is always good for a bit of background noise for the dog and I like the Muay Thai. Basically the landlord of the house I rent said he has a dish he will install but I need to buy the receiver. Now I have a Samsung F7100 HDTV which accepts the coax satellite dish cable input with the screw on part and has a built in DVB receiver. In the UK i used to hook the satellite straight up into the TV for freesat but in this house the landlord has fitted the house with the older Ariel style sockets, so I assume he intends the dish to supply those with a signal. Can I use these pre-wired old style sockets to carry the signal from the dish to the in built DVB receiver on my TV with some form of adapter or are the 2 setups completely different? I am a bit confused as to: A) Can I get around having to buy a Set Top Box / Receiver for my TV?? Can you get free channels using a satellite dish or would that need an old school Ariel? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 What type of service does your TV accept? DVB/C2 Digital Cable DVB/S2 Digital Satellite DVB/T2 Digital Terestrial (Over the Air) The Free Channels are delivered over DVB/T2, but these are also simulcast by Thai Satellite and Cable TV providers (though, not always in the clear as those companies send the FTA channels as part of their encoded/encrypted signals and require their proprietary Set Top Box to decode/decrypt) According to a specs sheet for your TV it contains a "DTV Tuner/Digital Cable and Tuner/Analog Tuner", so digital cable TV tuner and Analog TV tuner [analog TV service no longer used in Thailand as of this year] So... probably NEED to use an external DVB/S2 Satellite Set Top Box to tune channels. Connecting multiple receivers to the same dish: If the Satellite LNB has TWO/TWIN outputs then you could connect two receivers, or utilize a additional sat 'Switch' that allows multiple receivers to look at the same satellite. You cannot use 'signal splitters', the cable has to run directly from the DVB/S2 STB to either a sat Switch or to the LNB Feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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