Digibox for terrrestrial and satellite ?

Question

I have a digibox (a Tvonics MDR300) which will be used with the analog TV in our holiday home when the TV service in the area switches to digital. I have also acquired a small satellite dish with a single LNB mounted. To be able to change over from terrestrisl to satellite TV, could I just unplug the UHF terrestrial aerial from the digibox and plug in the LNB output lead ? Or would a different digibox or other equipment be necessary ? (I know how to align the dish, but don't know about the electrical/signal requirements).

Jim Hawkins

Brian Gaff · Accepted Answer

Plus of course the transmission mode is different, indded everything is different. Brian

Brian Gaff · Answer

Different box needed I'm afraid. Brian

Graham. · Answer

Digibox is a registered trademark of British Sky Manufacturing. It isa proprietary eponym, and its use in the general sense is an exampleof trademark erosion.source:

Davey · Answer

Similar to Styrofoam and Hoover, but that doesn't stop people using theterms in general conversation.--=20Davey.

Dave Plowman (News) · Answer

No. They are totally different transmission methods so need different receivers. A bit like DAB and FM radio.

You can get some STBs which have both in the same box, though. Same as some radios will do DAB and FM.

Andy Burns · Answer

I've seen TVs that do both, but not seen any off-the-shelf STBs that do.

Dave Plowman (News) · Answer

I have a Vision which does - came from CPC. The satellite part is HD too,which is why I bought it some years ago.

Andy Burns · Answer

Oh, must be pretty rare beasts though ...Pace seem to have a combo satellite/terrestrial PVR

Graham. · Answer

I failed to notice when I cut-n-pasted the above that it said BritishSky *Manufacturing* instead of Broadcasting.

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