I hav a skybox of Amstard 280. Dont knwo if it can be used for FTA or Paytv in Nigeria.

use a normal fta receiver like any strong box and pick up your favorite fta channel then connect up your box and check to see if the images will roll out. That's all.

Sky box is the same as any other box only that its customise for sky just like dstv.

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I  have a skybox of Amstard 280. Dont knwo if it  can be used  for FTA or Paytv in Nigeria.

skybox can be used for fta satellite receptions but the problem with skybox it only accepts 2 symbol rates 27500 and 22000,on the other hand it only accepts frequencies from the ku band and not the C-band, i will give you few tips check satellites that the majority of it's symbol rates is 27500 or 22000 i.e, nilesat @7west,yahsat 1a@52.5e, hotbird @13east,badr4/5/6 @ 26east, eurobird 9a @9east etc ,these satellites should be fringe receptions in nigeria. To enjoy your skybox i suggest you install nilesat or even hotbird etc. Can it be used for pay-tv?that is another issue you should experiment on,since the skybox decoder uses NDS VIDEOGUARD conditional access i bet you , it won't work well for pay-tv channels in nigeria ,of-course no pay-tv in nigeria uses NDS VIDEOGUARD encryption. My conclusion is this, use the skybox as fta satellite in nigeria and direct your dish to nilesat and enjoy ,happy viewing