mattrisby79
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- Feb 16, 2008
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- Age
- 44
- My Satellite Setup
- under 2 metre dish standard freeview sat set up NOT SKY DIGITAL
- My Location
- Playa Del Ingles Gran Canaria
Hi Guyz,
I am a bit of a newbie with experiance of UK systems.
I live in an apartment block in Gran Canaria, I can not get to the dish that provides our satellite feed however, I am currently using a cheap (Strong 6155 FTA) Receiver.
I can pick up two satellites
Astra 1e-2c 19.2
and
Astra 2a, 2b, 2d
Both with full signal level and pretty much half quality.
The options int he settings are as follows
Satelitte
LNB
Dish Position - Fixed
Freq
Polarization
Symbol Rate
Scan Mode -FTA-All
Network Search
I have done scans on both satellites and it comes up with about 500 channels however the only english ones are the usual Sky News and CNN.
Am I able to use this setup (dish-box etc) to pick up Sky Digital FTA from the UK?
Would using a Sky Branded Box make picking up the channels any easier?
If the dish is big enough and the LNB of good quality should I already be able to view some of the free to view channels from SKY?
When the box preforms a scan it seems to Skip the frequencys that I have found SKY to transmit from, would this be the box being in error or the fact that I just would not be able to view the channels from my location and setup?
I know its a lot of questions but I am popping back to the UK next week and if I need a different box that would be my best time to get it.
Any help would be really appriciated
Please help I miss my tele lol any channels would be great Im not asking for every channels Sky Digital has to offer just SOME in english
To recap I cant NOT get on the roof, the dish looks big from the road (more than 1.5 not as big as 3 i wouldn't think)
Think thats the gist of it lol many thanks guyz look forward to your comments
Matt!
I am a bit of a newbie with experiance of UK systems.
I live in an apartment block in Gran Canaria, I can not get to the dish that provides our satellite feed however, I am currently using a cheap (Strong 6155 FTA) Receiver.
I can pick up two satellites
Astra 1e-2c 19.2
and
Astra 2a, 2b, 2d
Both with full signal level and pretty much half quality.
The options int he settings are as follows
Satelitte
LNB
Dish Position - Fixed
Freq
Polarization
Symbol Rate
Scan Mode -FTA-All
Network Search
I have done scans on both satellites and it comes up with about 500 channels however the only english ones are the usual Sky News and CNN.
Am I able to use this setup (dish-box etc) to pick up Sky Digital FTA from the UK?
Would using a Sky Branded Box make picking up the channels any easier?
If the dish is big enough and the LNB of good quality should I already be able to view some of the free to view channels from SKY?
When the box preforms a scan it seems to Skip the frequencys that I have found SKY to transmit from, would this be the box being in error or the fact that I just would not be able to view the channels from my location and setup?
I know its a lot of questions but I am popping back to the UK next week and if I need a different box that would be my best time to get it.
Any help would be really appriciated
Please help I miss my tele lol any channels would be great Im not asking for every channels Sky Digital has to offer just SOME in english
To recap I cant NOT get on the roof, the dish looks big from the road (more than 1.5 not as big as 3 i wouldn't think)
Think thats the gist of it lol many thanks guyz look forward to your comments
Matt!