avidviewer
Member
- My Satellite Setup
- Dreambox D500S
- My Location
- London, UK
Hi guys,
I'm a complete novice with digital satellite TV and I have several questions to ask about setting up a complete viewing package.
My problem is, I want to get channels from across the world, mainly Europe, at home here in London.
A friend of mine recently purchased a Dreambox and told me that I could get all the channels from across the world through my broadband connection, just as he had. On his box were all the satellite providers from across the world (i.e. Canal+, BSkyB etc.) with complete channel lists. I was astounded and wanted it for myself. Nonetheless, when I tried to load the foreign channels on his box, they wouldn't come up. I assumed this was just a glitch with the box and went home in wonder.
I was both curious and excited and hurridly had the same thing installed at my place. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I expected. The installer guy said it would only receive UK channels and that it needed a sky feed to the back of the 500S box which brings the UK bskyb signal and then a broadband connection via ethernet to the router in order to decrypt the channels. So my box only has bskyb channels.
I then spoke with a satellite dish installer about receiving TV from across Europe. He suggested I buy a multi-lnb, connect it to my old 90cm analogue dish which is still hanging on the back of my house and that it would then receive all the signals from BSkyB, Canal+, Sky Germany etc. which would then need to be connected to a dreambox. I plan on doing this by myself.
Now this point raised a few issues:
1. What kind of multi lnbs do I need? I've had a look on maplin and there is a 'quad satellite' lnb which only has one head but 4 connections. Am I right in thinking this is just for multiple receivers and not multiple satellite reception?
2. If I did connect to a new dreambox 500s would I only get the free-to-view channels (which I wouldn't mind) or would it automatically decrypt them if I were to connect it to a broadband connection (which would be preferable)?
3. Finally, what would you (the experts) recommend in my situation?
Many thanks
I'm a complete novice with digital satellite TV and I have several questions to ask about setting up a complete viewing package.
My problem is, I want to get channels from across the world, mainly Europe, at home here in London.
A friend of mine recently purchased a Dreambox and told me that I could get all the channels from across the world through my broadband connection, just as he had. On his box were all the satellite providers from across the world (i.e. Canal+, BSkyB etc.) with complete channel lists. I was astounded and wanted it for myself. Nonetheless, when I tried to load the foreign channels on his box, they wouldn't come up. I assumed this was just a glitch with the box and went home in wonder.
I was both curious and excited and hurridly had the same thing installed at my place. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I expected. The installer guy said it would only receive UK channels and that it needed a sky feed to the back of the 500S box which brings the UK bskyb signal and then a broadband connection via ethernet to the router in order to decrypt the channels. So my box only has bskyb channels.
I then spoke with a satellite dish installer about receiving TV from across Europe. He suggested I buy a multi-lnb, connect it to my old 90cm analogue dish which is still hanging on the back of my house and that it would then receive all the signals from BSkyB, Canal+, Sky Germany etc. which would then need to be connected to a dreambox. I plan on doing this by myself.
Now this point raised a few issues:
1. What kind of multi lnbs do I need? I've had a look on maplin and there is a 'quad satellite' lnb which only has one head but 4 connections. Am I right in thinking this is just for multiple receivers and not multiple satellite reception?
2. If I did connect to a new dreambox 500s would I only get the free-to-view channels (which I wouldn't mind) or would it automatically decrypt them if I were to connect it to a broadband connection (which would be preferable)?
3. Finally, what would you (the experts) recommend in my situation?
Many thanks
