What cable do I need for a Freesat or Sky Q box?
Satellite cable with screw-on F-type plugs, from the satellite socket on the wall to the box. A TV aerial cable won't fit or work.
Checked 7th November 2026.
How to connect it
- Screw the F-type plug onto the wall socket finger-tight.
- Screw the other end onto the box's satellite input (LNB in).
- Recording one channel while watching another needs a second satellite feed into the second input.
Worth knowing
- Sky Stream doesn't use a dish, so it needs no satellite cable.
F-type satellite cable, 2m£1.39 at TV Cables
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