Old Sky dish as an aerial?

[hughesey]

My sister down London, has just got a new TV, the aerial in the block of apartments where they live doesn't provide the best of reception on their TV, but they have a Sky Dish with 2 cables running into the apartment, is there anyway they can buy an adaptor to put on the end of the cable and in theory use it as an aerial for better reception?

I only ask as when we cancelled our Sky contract at the end of last year we still managed to pick up all the freeview channels, obviously when we cancelled it, the box and card was still in our house, and we managed to still pick up freeview channels....

Would this work for my sister, they don't have a Sky Box or card or anything, but I found somewhere online a small adaptor that fits to the end of the F-connector which turns it into a normal aerial cable, aah here it is:
F-type Socket to TV Coax Plug*::*TV/Satellite Cables*::*Satellite and TV*::*Cable Universe

[penrhyn]

The short answer is no.
Changing the connector does not convert a satellite dish into a terrestrial TV aerial.
A low cost solution would be to obtain either a Freesat Box, or a Sky Box for use with the satellite feed.

[hughesey]

Ah right, ok.
Would any old sky box work? Don't suppose you know how much you can pick one up for these days second hand?

[psu300]

You can buy a New Freesat box for under £50 in most electrical shops.

[hughesey]

One thing i forgot to mention was the new TV's got integrated digital freeview, do i still need to buy a freesat box? whats the difference between freesat and freeview? I take it freeview is analogue and the other is satellite??

[psu300]

Integrated digital freeview needs a good working Aerial with a good signal to recieve the Digital Channels.

Freesat is from a satellite.

[hughesey]

Ta.
Which now explains why the old TV they had was OK when tuned into normal BBC1, 2, 3, 4...
But the new TV struggles to keep the picture, must be a dodgy aerial or something, ok, ta mate, much obliged...
Don't suppose the landlords of the flat should be bound to provide a decent up to date aerial capable of recieving freeview or prob not yet? when the switch over is imminent i suppose?

[hughesey]

just found this.... quite interesting.
TV Aerial - Who's responsible? - The Consumer Forums

[NewsreadeR]

Moved to Sky TV forum.

[Woodster]

The private landlord is not responsible, but the managment co are. Try to find out who they are (CPM, MCS,BLR,ect as most seem to be the same co from broxbourne) and get them to sort it.