Samsung Q7FA Direct Connection for Freesat - HELP!

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digitalvibe

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My Satellite Setup
Shared SKY dish
My Location
London, UK
After cutting the cord with Sky, I used the building's supplied cable to connect to a Manhattan box (with help from this forum - thanks again). Having lived with it for a bit, I'm not that impressed, frustrated with the remote and hate that the box can't just be stored within a cupboard as the remote needs to be line of sight (unless I use an IR booster).

I then realised I should be able to connect directly to my TV (a 2025 Samsung Q7FA - 55" QLED Q7F 4K Samsung Vision AI Smart TV (2025) | Samsung Support LB) but trying this, it cannot detect the signal. I've tried different SCR settings (as I had to do to get the Manhattan box to work) but nothing I've tried thus far has worked.

Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried connect the cable directly to the Samsung as well as connecting via the DiSEqC Inserter as I did for the Manhattan but no luck.

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Which input on the TV is the 'Q Receiver' output connected to? I would have expected it to use F-connectors, like the cable connected to the 'To dSCR' input.
 
Is there a power supply connected to the "20v Power Supply" input? If not it may be possible the TV can be configured to supply power negating the need for the DiSEqC Inserter.
 
There does appear to be a power supply yes. Regardless, I have tried bypassing the DiSEqC all together by simply connecting the cable directly into the TV but that didn't work either
 
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