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<blockquote data-quote="mattrisby79" data-source="post: 530873" data-attributes="member: 281556"><p>Hi Guyz,</p><p></p><p>I am a bit of a newbie with experiance of UK systems.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>I can pick up two satellites </p><p></p><p>Astra 1e-2c 19.2</p><p>and</p><p>Astra 2a, 2b, 2d</p><p></p><p>Both with full signal level and pretty much half quality.</p><p></p><p>The options int he settings are as follows</p><p></p><p>Satelitte</p><p>LNB</p><p>Dish Position - Fixed</p><p>Freq</p><p>Polarization</p><p>Symbol Rate</p><p>Scan Mode -FTA-All</p><p>Network Search</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Am I able to use this setup (dish-box etc) to pick up Sky Digital FTA from the UK? </p><p></p><p>Would using a Sky Branded Box make picking up the channels any easier?</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>Any help would be really appriciated <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>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 <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>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)</p><p></p><p>Think thats the gist of it lol many thanks guyz look forward to your comments</p><p></p><p>Matt<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattrisby79, post: 530873, member: 281556"] 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:-DOH! [/QUOTE]
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