jaffa1999
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snap said:Yes, it's true, the south beam and most of Eurobird can be received well in Spain using 60 -80 cm dishes. The receiver has to be manually configured to change the default transponder. Not worth doing unless you subscribe to Sky. A Sky HD box will receive Channel Four HD on this dish size.
We recommend installing a backup battery (UPS- from Carrefour or PC City) to prevent the receiver losing its settings during the many power cuts and voltage spikes in Spain.
A large dish is only needed to receive Freesat channels such as BBC and ITV. Some ITV regions, E4 Ireland, and Channel Four Ireland can be received on smaller dishes as they are on the north beam, and scrambled. A viewing card from Sky is needed for these channels. Take advice from someone here on the dish size for the north beam in your area, it should be slightly smaller than Astra 2D.
Hardly surprising you have got misinformation, installers want you to go for the most expensive option.
So the long and short of it is if i've got a sky subscription take my box and card to spain and hook up a 60 or 80 cm dish i will pick up the south beam without any hassle champion. I'm going over to spain to install a system for the in laws and just wanted to know exactly what i was going to put together for them. Cheers for the advice.