Using DSTV decoder for TV Reception

carstensdj

carstensdj

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Hi All,

I have just moved into a new place and am looking at getting DSTV Compact setup in the New Year...

For the mean time i want to be able to atleast get the Government channels. I have a cable coming into the lounge from an aerial on the roof, and a DSTV Compact decoder.

Last night i plugged the AV (Red, white yellow) cables from the decoder into my TV's AV ports, and screwed the loose TV antenna cable to the Port on the decoder, but couldn't seem to pick up signal when the decoder boots up. It scans but doesn't appear to receive anything...

Please can you tell me if this is possible, or what i am not doing right? I would really appreciate it!
 
carstensdj said:
Hi All,

I have just moved into a new place and am looking at getting DSTV Compact setup in the New Year...

For the mean time i want to be able to atleast get the Government channels. I have a cable coming into the lounge from an aerial on the roof, and a DSTV Compact decoder.

Last night i plugged the AV (Red, white yellow) cables from the decoder into my TV's AV ports, and screwed the loose TV antenna cable to the Port on the decoder, but couldn't seem to pick up signal when the decoder boots up. It scans but doesn't appear to receive anything...

Please can you tell me if this is possible, or what i am not doing right? I would really appreciate it!
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Dish...
 
Is the dish set up? If it is then you can call multichoce for DSTV freeview. Free for three months then R20 a month, those are the SABC channels.
 
carstensdj said:
Hi All,

I have just moved into a new place and am looking at getting DSTV Compact setup in the New Year...

For the mean time i want to be able to atleast get the Government channels. I have a cable coming into the lounge from an aerial on the roof, and a DSTV Compact decoder.


Last night i plugged the AV (Red, white yellow) cables from the decoder into my TV's AV ports, and screwed the loose TV antenna cable to the Port on the decoder, but couldn't seem to pick up signal when the decoder boots up. It scans but doesn't appear to receive anything...

Please can you tell me if this is possible, or what i am not doing right? I would really appreciate it!
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I assume that you have a smart card that is active inside the decoder? If not active you should get some kind of bouqet subscription or you will obviosuly not get a decoded signal. If you have all of the above, the dish or the cable to it is not working.
 
zizo911 said:
Is the dish set up? If it is then you can call multichoce for DSTV freeview. Free for three months then R20 a month, those are the SABC channels.
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free for 3 months? funny that they did not tell me/informed me about this when i asked about their sabc channels/easyView package!
 
I also thought SABC and e-TV would remain on, but DSTV switches them off when you stop subscribing.
 
helloise said:
free for 3 months? funny that they did not tell me/informed me about this when i asked about their sabc channels/easyView package!
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The last EasyView installation I did, the customer put it on debit order. They paid R150 for the first year and will then pay R200 per year in future.
 
Toilet_Duck said:
The last EasyView installation I did, the customer put it on debit order. They paid R150 for the first year and will then pay R200 per year in future.
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1. when was this??
2. i will go to my nearest mutichoice today. sooo, just another question: if i buy the box(with all the stuff) i get 60cm dish, 15m cable, 2 F connectors, remote and decoder. will this be sufficient??? 60cm is awfully small dish, or does the size not matter?
 
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helloise said:
1. when was this??
2. i will go to my nearest mutichoice today. sooo, just another question: if i buy the box(with all the stuff) i get 60cm dish, 15m cable, 2 F connectors, remote and decoder. will this be sufficient??? 60cm is awfully small dish, or does the size not matter?
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+1
 
Sorry to barge in but this topic made me remember something I've been pondering the last couple of months ... how do you watch plain SABC or ETV on a modern digital flat panel TV if I only have an aerial on the roof and a co-ax aerial cable coming from my wall socket?

I assume the cheapest and easiest option would be to put an old el cheapo dvd player or something similar between the TV and the wall socket? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

P.S I don't really watch TV so please excuse my ignorance
 
Deezil said:
Sorry to barge in but this topic made me remember something I've been pondering the last couple of months ... how do you watch plain SABC or ETV on a modern digital flat panel TV if I only have an aerial on the roof and a co-ax aerial cable coming from my wall socket?

I assume the cheapest and easiest option would be to put an old el cheapo dvd player or something similar between the TV and the wall socket? Please correct me if I'm wrong.


P.S I don't really watch TV so please excuse my ignorance
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Just plug the co-ax into the flat panel TV It got a tuner built-in. Follow auto-tune instructions for your TV.
 
^^^ Duh thanx :wtf: ... I was under the impression they don't have co-axial aerial input ... the one at work must be a plain monitor then without a TV tuner and hence the confusion.

Thanx for clearing that up for me!
 
You'll need some sort of aerial to get a decent picture, especially if your TV signal is on UHF. With VHF (Cape Town Constantiaberg) even a metal coathanger is enough
 
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