free sat costa blanca spain

[woborny]

just got a humax freesat HD box and was very surpised about the reception here in Gandia on my 1.8 PF. I have a few generic humax boxes that did not like the astra 2d signals at night, but in a side by side comparison the Humax HD held BBC2 for 20 minutes longer than a Pace 2600!

i am still recommending to my clients to wait until their PVR's come put at the end of the year....just need to hope that humax use the same tuners!

 

[RobinB]

BBC2 with a 1.8m dish

Thats good, I have never manage to get it.

I hear the bush box has very good reception , have you tried it ?

thanks

Robin...

 

[woborny]

BBC2 with a 1.8m dish
Thats good, I have never manage to get it.
I hear the bush box has very good reception , have you tried it ?
thanks
Robin...

in my area, you can get bbc2 from 5am to about 6pm on a 1.8m - most of my 1.8s that i have installed do. further south (ie your area) it gets very tricky to get it due to the weakness of that 2D Horizontal beam.

The Bush is next to get and test, but am not spending too much time on freesat boxes until the PVRs are out...i recommend to my clients who ask for freesat to wait until the PVRs are out later this year and not waste money getting the current basic or hd boxes (unless they absolutly want one!)

 

[tim.staley]

does the bush box work in rojales and would a 1.8 mrt dish do or will i need 2.4

 

[benidormgary]

As previously mentioned locally there are a number of companies offering "microwave" systems, but beware as some have recently reduced channels and others have disappeared completely. This seems to have been caused by threatened legal action from Sky over the resending of their signals, which of course is entirely illegal. The setting up of these systems by the way, is in the region of 300 - 500 euros, and 18 - 25 euros a month. So be careful if you go down that route.

Yep!-It has finally happened here-(last week).Our local provider switched to Movies for Men,Euronews,Tiny Pops etc. Doesnt have quite the same ring now..........

 

[terryashbyash]

Save money by using your pc, a dixv player and find a UK torrent site for all your tv, then put some handles on the satellite dish and use it to make paella.

 

[divcelt]

advise please what is a torrent site and divx player?
got broadband and contact address with sky in uk but after that no idea!

Thanks
divcelt

 

[supershaw]

Hi
does anyone know any good sat installers on the costa blanca (near crevillente) need some help with freesat.

 

[irart]

Have a look in the local English language papers over there. I have seen many advertising in them. Ask some of the local expats down the bar if they know of any. Good luck!

 

[RobinB]

Hi
does anyone know any good sat installers on the costa blanca (near crevillente) need some help with freesat.

Hi with the demise of the microwave mesh system over the last 2 weeks, installers have all of a sudden doubled the prices of parts !.

Do you have a dish ?

I have a good satellite meter, I live in Aspe, happy to pop over and see if we can line it up.

cheers

Robin...

 

[woborny]

Hi with the demise of the microwave mesh system over the last 2 weeks, installers have all of a sudden doubled the prices of parts !.

thats because the supply of dishes from manufactures has dried up, and in spain "its August" is the reply, and many offices and factories close or operate at a very reduced level, so it could be a few weeks before supplies increase and prices come down.

supershaw: look at the torrevieja forum (both the com and co.uk sites) as there are many in the same boat. but becareful as many cowboys are around - opportunists going for a quick buck - go for onw who has an office or at elast a landline and not just a mobile...and that has been advertising in the local press for a few weeks at least...you may get something back in the next few weeks, but not any UK subscription channels from what i have been reading...

 

[Meliebee]

Hi
does anyone know any good sat installers on the costa blanca (near crevillente) need some help with freesat.

Supershaw
Have you made any progress.....I'm in the same area as you?? What size dish have you got (if any) yet?

 

[supershaw]

Hi Meliebee
Bought a free to air box from Media mark,and sat cable and came off my friends 1.9 mtr dish.cant get itv till around lunchtime but bbc ok.looking to upgrade my friends single LNB TO.2Dcb quad hope this will get me better reception?I live on the campo Albatera

 

[Meliebee]

Supershaw
I'm in Albatera but in the town. I'm waiting for Lee from Lee-digital (comes recommended) to visit, but he's got hundreds on his waiting list! Was hoping to find someone close to me who has 1.4m dish on their roof and see what Freesat channels they received, hopefully via a Humax Freesat box (£150 in Argos). I'm restricted by the size of dish I can put up on the Communidads roof as we live in a terraced block of houses with no individual gardens, so a big dish is a no-no.
I anticipate with a 1.9 dish you'll be OK but may need better digi-box to seek the weaker Astra channel signals from what I've read on the forums.

 

[Meliebee]

Woborny
I'm in Costa Blanca and was wondering when you have a power cut, does your Humax box automatically re-set itself or do you have a lot of re-setting to do? We get a pwer cut at least twice every week, typical of Spain, sometimes for 5 secs, sometimes for around 1 hour.

Thanks

 

[satplustv]

Hello all,

Have been installing Satellite Systems in the south Costa Blanca area a lot over the last 4 weeks due to the Telemicro closure !

Unlike Alicante northwards where you must have either a 1.9m or 2.4 (area specific) to pick up a stable signal it varies greatly depending on where you are and 5 kilometers inland can make a massive difference south of Alicante ........

I will not commit to dish sizes on here as we have found the best way to advise a customer is to survey and do a signal test to be sure the right dish is being installed for the location......

The dish size required will be a 1.45m, 1.9m or 2.4m depending on the the signal......

I have even noticed big variations in strentgh of signal from one end of an urbanisation to another so chose your installer well......

It is, as previously stated wise to ask another person near by who has a dish installed what there reception is like and if the lose any channels during the day .......

BUSH receivers are pants with a very weak tuner in them so stay clear of them, I would only install a HUMAX HD receiver for FREESAT here in Spain as it has a very good tuner, even if you do not have a HD ready TV it is wise to get that one fitted so you are ready for the future..............

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[Meliebee]

SatplusTV,
Suggestion : please put your details under the section "installers" .
Thanks

 

[woborny]

Woborny
I'm in Costa Blanca and was wondering when you have a power cut, does your Humax box automatically re-set itself or do you have a lot of re-setting to do? We get a pwer cut at least twice every week, typical of Spain, sometimes for 5 secs, sometimes for around 1 hour.

Thanks

i have not noticed any problems with the humax, but then i have all my equipmnent on various UPS (uniteruptile power supply), which have a battery supply and can power equipment for up to half an hour should the power go off...
you can get these from about 80ish euros

 

[woborny]

hopefully via a Humax Freesat box (£150 in Argos).

rememebr that Freesat Humax PVRs (hard disk recording) will be available towards the end of the eyar - so it could be advisable to wait if you want to record freesat programmes - and to plan ahead, as this PVR and the Sky+ PVR need TWO connections from the dish to the receiver to enable the "watch one channel and record another" function.

 

[Meliebee]

i have not noticed any problems with the humax, but then i have all my equipmnent on various UPS (uniteruptile power supply), which have a battery supply and can power equipment for up to half an hour should the power go off...
you can get these from about 80ish euros

Woburny,

Thanks for the info - most useful. I've got the jist of what a UPS will do by searching for them on UK websites. I need to buy one here in Costa Blanca for around the 80€ you suggested, but I'm not sure what they're called in Spanish - can you advise, and do you recon MediaMart would sell them, or do I need a specialist shop?

Thanks