Freesat info and freesat receiver info for you

Rd100

Here is some info on freesat uk for you the main website is _www.freesat.co.uk all channels are FTA there is two HD channels BBC HD & ITV HD to access ITV HD you must press the red button when prompted when viewing itv 1 SD when a program is available in HD,

Freesat has it's own EPG and i have a humax freesat receiver myself this can also be used on other satellites and has diseqc controls and can be used with a motorized dish, Apart from the humax the other freesat receiver can not add channels so can only be used on freesat,


Five & fiver & five us will be on freesat very soon (within 3 months) when they get space on astra 2d and will leave their current home on astra 2c this has been confirmed to me by ch5 tech department,

At the moment the receiver you can get are below use the links to see photos of the receivers and the user guides for them:
Humax foxsat-hd : _www.humaxdigital.com/freesat/
Grundig HD & SD : _http://www.grundigdigital.co.uk/
Bush SD & HD : _htp://www.bushdigital.co.uk/
Goodmans SD & HD : _http://www.goodmansdigital.co.uk/

There will also be a panasonic tv with freesat built in which is due out very soon : _http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/711712/index.html#anker_711712

the-cod-father

thanks for the info

ianwedge

Could you assist me in advising me if I add a freesat reciver to my 4.2m dish in cyprus will I be able to receive the channels advertised?
Thanks

Robbo

You need to be able to get a signal from Eurobird 1 and Astra 2D at the same time. Have a read of this thread:-

Humax Freesat postcode?

cjhancock

I'm lost...what is it that I can get through FreeSat that I can't get through any receiver picking up FTA channels from Astra 28.2E? (Apart from the HD channels if I've got a SD receiver)

rolfw

A seven day EPG is one major advantage, soon with DVR facilities, also dedicated text and interactive service.

If you are not interested in either of those, then nothing much extra.

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cjhancock

I set up my first satellite system only yesterday evening, so I haven't investigated it much yet (and I'm at work now). I seemed to have an EPG - are you saying that it wouldn't show me programmes much into the future? And if I add a new channel that's not in the presets, will I get EPG information at all?

kristymag

iam lost just got a Tevion Portable Satellite Receiver any ideas what i will be able to pick up on it thanks kris

Topper

Without other parts like a dish lnb cable you will pickup diddly squat. More info required, e.g where is your dish pointing.

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kristymag

ive got a small dish and the rest of the gubbins required not had time to setup as yet dish is 36cm so can you please advise on channels ie can you get freesat?. many thanks kris

mariuss

have a look here _http://lyngsat.com/freetv/United-Kingdom.html now not all the channels u see there u will be able to receive the most of them whatever is on sat astra 2A 2B 2D and eurobird1 i can give u some ex like bbc all of them includin cebebes and BBC HD itv's again all of them and ITV HD channel 4 sky news cnn euronews and this is not all trust me ... all fta

Niki Morris

This week I had an 80cm dish installed with 2 LNBs and set to 19.2E and 28.2E. I am situated in North eastern Switzerland and of all the 2400 channels I downloaded, none were of the UK freesat channels I so want to obtain. It is all new equipment and wondering do I need to buy a viewing card for it.
Thanks for any help here.

mariuss

have a look here http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html this is the coverage area of sat astra 2D at28E were are all freesat channels and DON'T need card to watch them all are fta ,as u said ur in switzerland,u should concentrate to receive this sattelite first and then fit the second lnb.good luck