[Gllug] Using Pinnacle PCTV Sat DVB

Pete Ryland pdr at pdr.cx
Tue Nov 7 20:03:26 UTC 2006


On 07/11/06, MJ <mirojrsc at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello
> Got the card from a friend and thought someone among you may have tinkered with it?
> Actually, I am stuck with the basics as it does not pick up anything with a basic
> indoor antenna. Do I need satellite dish or is a kind of TV Freeview antenna OK.
> Thanks in advance

If it's a DVB-S card, then I do think you need a satellite dish.  I
believe at the very least, the frequencies are different, and the
signals are polarised.  A normal yagi TV antenna won't work.

Pete
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