Help/advice needed- I am beyond my knowledge now.

Hello.

When I moved into my house I noticed a big white dish with two LNB's on the side wall.
We got Sky Digital installed and during that I asked the engineer to remove the other dish- he said we should keep it because you can still get channels on it.

We did nothing about this, until I heard that some good title fights etc are shown on German TV and you can get these still on analogue.

To get it to work do I have to get hold of an analogue receiver and then tune it in?

Or is there more to it that that?

Thanks in advance.

Gregg.

P.S

The dish is on a different alignment to the digital one and there are two wires coming from it and into the house.

Hi Gregg
Your dish is suitable for analogue or digital transmissions. As it has two LNB's, it is probable that it is set up for Astra 19E and Hotbird 13E.
There are very few analogue channels available now, so your best bet would be to get a digital receiver.
As you have two cables , a 'Diseqc' switch will be required which your receiver will control to be able to switch between the two satelliteLlew

I do have a spare Sky Digital box- when I plugged in the dish (one lead at a time) it said no signal received.

I looked at the signal menu and it said that there was a signal- but no quality and the other things were at zero.

With a sky digibox you will have to input the frequencies manually Gregg.
www.lyngsat.com/astra19.html
www.lyngsat.com/hotbird.html

LLew,
Although not as good as a fta box, you can still use a sky digibox to receive transmissions from other satellites, especially astra1, and hotbird that have a good number of channels with 22000, and 27500 symbol rate.

PS. Of course.

As you have two cables , your receiver will control the switching between the two satellites. Most receivers have this facility.

Is a diseqc switch needed as well?

I have typed in frequencies- but still says no signal.

Where would I get one of these other recievers- and will they pick up European sports coverage etc?