fastglass
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- Feb 17, 2010
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- Age
- 43
- My Satellite Setup
- Old Sky minidish, Philex 80cm dish, Triax TD88 dish, Humax Foxsat HD receiver, Technomate TM600 receiver.
- My Location
- Notts, UK @ 53.14N
Firstly, 'Hi' all, and what a big forum you guys have here!
Anyway, after reading several threads, I'm going to feel very small and unknowledgeable with this post... but hey, we all have to start somewhere!
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Okay, to the point....
My grandad has recently purchased a cheap all-in-1 sat/receiver package from a well-known DIY store and has spent the past week attempted to install it all himself, using me as a 2nd pair of eyes. The package was a Commtel UK pack, as shown here: http://www.commteluk.com/catalogue/...cessories-2/digital-satellite-kit-free-to-air
Eventually, we managed to get a really strong signal, and so attempted a 'full-search' on Astra 28.2E and were pleasantly suprised to find well over 800 TV channels. However, the majority were German, with a touch of French, Spanish etc. (after 5 minutes of reading the forums, I'm guessing we've actually got the dish pointing to Astra 19.2E).
Anyway, in the end I suggested I took the receiver and signal meter thingy and try connecting it to an old fixed mesh-type $ky dish which was on the side of my house when I moved in 7 years ago (and has never been used by me).
So... I simply attached it all, without physically touching the dish at all, and went straight in with a search on Astra 28.2E, and got successful search results on the following transponders:
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14, 50, 51, 63, 64, 75, 85
In English, this has resulted in me being able to view around a dozen different regions of BBC1, Channel 4, and the other terrestrial channels (oh, and $ky Travel!)
I'm thinking now that it might be worth attempting a search of Eurobird 1.
My questions to the board, then, are thus:
With the current setup which I have (without upgrading any of the system, for now),
01. Which satellites should I be able to find?
02. Which position would be a good suggestion for my interests? (English channels are always welcome, although I do like my sport and a general good variety of programmes in any language)
Hopefully somebody can help here, but please don't mention things like disecq-jobbies or quadrupled-LNBs, as I've not reached that level of expertise yet!
I do find it fascinating looking at some of the setups you guys have, and have to think what you do with so many available channels -- do they all get used, or serve any purpose?!![Confused :confused :confused](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks for your time anyway, Cheers![Smile :) :)](https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png)
Anyway, after reading several threads, I'm going to feel very small and unknowledgeable with this post... but hey, we all have to start somewhere!
***
Okay, to the point....
My grandad has recently purchased a cheap all-in-1 sat/receiver package from a well-known DIY store and has spent the past week attempted to install it all himself, using me as a 2nd pair of eyes. The package was a Commtel UK pack, as shown here: http://www.commteluk.com/catalogue/...cessories-2/digital-satellite-kit-free-to-air
Eventually, we managed to get a really strong signal, and so attempted a 'full-search' on Astra 28.2E and were pleasantly suprised to find well over 800 TV channels. However, the majority were German, with a touch of French, Spanish etc. (after 5 minutes of reading the forums, I'm guessing we've actually got the dish pointing to Astra 19.2E).
Anyway, in the end I suggested I took the receiver and signal meter thingy and try connecting it to an old fixed mesh-type $ky dish which was on the side of my house when I moved in 7 years ago (and has never been used by me).
So... I simply attached it all, without physically touching the dish at all, and went straight in with a search on Astra 28.2E, and got successful search results on the following transponders:
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14, 50, 51, 63, 64, 75, 85
In English, this has resulted in me being able to view around a dozen different regions of BBC1, Channel 4, and the other terrestrial channels (oh, and $ky Travel!)
I'm thinking now that it might be worth attempting a search of Eurobird 1.
My questions to the board, then, are thus:
With the current setup which I have (without upgrading any of the system, for now),
01. Which satellites should I be able to find?
02. Which position would be a good suggestion for my interests? (English channels are always welcome, although I do like my sport and a general good variety of programmes in any language)
Hopefully somebody can help here, but please don't mention things like disecq-jobbies or quadrupled-LNBs, as I've not reached that level of expertise yet!
I do find it fascinating looking at some of the setups you guys have, and have to think what you do with so many available channels -- do they all get used, or serve any purpose?!
Thanks for your time anyway, Cheers
![Smile :) :)](https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png)