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Davegrancan

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My Satellite Setup
My landlord says he has Digital plus picking up Astra
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Hi everyone, a bit new to this. My Spanish landlord has informed me that I am not allowed to install a new Dish in my rented house in Gran Canaria. He says that he has a dish for the entire complex and I only need to buy a receiver. He says the receiver I need is for Digital+ and ha says that he picks up Astra satelite. However, the only connection into the house is a normal Coaxial connection so I need to know what Box to buy and roughly what channels will I be able to pick up and how do I connect a satelite receiver to a Coaxial connection. In the Uk I has Sky so already have a sky box with me, if I connect this up will I get the Astra Digital+ channels or do I need a new box.

any info is greatly appreciated
 
Hi everyone, a bit new to this. My Spanish landlord has informed me that I am not allowed to install a new Dish in my rented house in Gran Canaria. He says that he has a dish for the entire complex and I only need to buy a receiver. He says the receiver I need is for Digital+ and ha says that he picks up Astra satelite. However, the only connection into the house is a normal Coaxial connection so I need to know what Box to buy and roughly what channels will I be able to pick up and how do I connect a satelite receiver to a Coaxial connection. In the Uk I has Sky so already have a sky box with me, if I connect this up will I get the Astra Digital+ channels or do I need a new box.

any info is greatly appreciated
 
Welcome to the forum Davegrancan

Well firstly forget the skybox, it will receive some of the FTA stuff that match the limited SR and FEC settings put into a sky stb. As regards using a card to receive Digital Plus forget it different encryption system. Nobody on here can know what system your landlord has installed but if it is a block of flats then I assume some sort of distibuted services. You really need to get more information from him. What is behind the outlet plate for the coax lead or is it just a coax cable in the apartment
 
Welcome to the forum Davegrancan

Well firstly forget the skybox, it will receive some of the FTA stuff that match the limited SR and FEC settings put into a sky stb. As regards using a card to receive Digital Plus forget it different encryption system. Nobody on here can know what system your landlord has installed but if it is a block of flats then I assume some sort of distibuted services. You really need to get more information from him. What is behind the outlet plate for the coax lead or is it just a coax cable in the apartment
 
Davegrancan said:
He says the receiver I need is for Digital+ and ha says that he picks up Astra satelite.
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There is pretty much nothing in English on Astra 1 bar a handful of news channels. Digital + costs upwards of 60€/month for the complete package. Some stuff has V.O. soundtrack in English but to be honest if you can't speak Spanish you are wasting your money.
 
Davegrancan said:
He says the receiver I need is for Digital+ and ha says that he picks up Astra satelite.
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There is pretty much nothing in English on Astra 1 bar a handful of news channels. Digital + costs upwards of 60€/month for the complete package. Some stuff has V.O. soundtrack in English but to be honest if you can't speak Spanish you are wasting your money.
 
I rather think the Astra your Landlord refers to is Astra 1 at 19.2E, not Astra 2 at 28.2E.

Digital+ is a Spanish (Surprisingly!) Pay Package broadcast from Astra 1 and from Hispasat.

_http://www.plus.es/
 
I rather think the Astra your Landlord refers to is Astra 1 at 19.2E, not Astra 2 at 28.2E.

Digital+ is a Spanish (Surprisingly!) Pay Package broadcast from Astra 1 and from Hispasat.

_http://www.plus.es/
 
and on 19 east you cn get BBC World news and Sky news for free, reception of which I understand complies with the "EU requirement" of "you should be allowed TV in your own language throughout the EU!" albeit on a very basic level.

so he is within his right to block insatllation of any other dishes.

if you disagree speak to the EU....
 
and on 19 east you cn get BBC World news and Sky news for free, reception of which I understand complies with the "EU requirement" of "you should be allowed TV in your own language throughout the EU!" albeit on a very basic level.

so he is within his right to block insatllation of any other dishes.

if you disagree speak to the EU....
 
Digital+ cards are paired to the box so you need an official sub.

Go call your local installer or Digital+ and get yourself a sub.

All the installer does is bring the box and connect it to the socket on the wall.

That is how they done mine.
 
Be careful that it is not just a single LNB on the dish. All the Digital+ channels are on vertical polarization and low band transponders so a single LNB is often used to feed a block of flats and therefore you will be limited to which transponders on Astra 1 you can get.

I think this is done on purpose by D+ to keep the costs down in installing dishes in apartment blocks. Stupid really as it means lots of FTA channels like Sky News, BBC World etc. cannot be included as a selling point of their package.
 
Huevos said:
There is pretty much nothing in English on Astra 1 bar a handful of news channels. Digital + costs upwards of 60€/month for the complete package. Some stuff has V.O. soundtrack in English but to be honest if you can't speak Spanish you are wasting your money.
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d+ has documentaries and film channels with original sound tracks,manually selected.majority with english option .
 
driver said:
d+ has documentaries and film channels with original sound tracks,manually selected.majority with english option .
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Plenty of sport also has English commentary, not the Premier League though this season which is on TVE. Its on D+ next season though so I think it will be in English then.
 
Stejc said:
Plenty of sport also has English commentary, not the Premier League though this season which is on TVE. Its on D+ next season though so I think it will be in English then.
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That is not technically correct as La 2 and Teledeporte which broadcast premier league games are carried on Digital+. So if you purchase Digital+ you do have premier league football. Them two channels are available for free on TDT (spanish freeview) also.

EDIT: Just saw the english mentioned!
 
Stejc said:
Be careful that it is not just a single LNB on the dish. All the Digital+ channels are on vertical polarization and low band transponders so a single LNB is often used to feed a block of flats and therefore you will be limited to which transponders on Astra 1 you can get.
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That is precisely right. Biggest complaint over here regarding D+ flat setups is that there is not a lot of FTA unless you get your own dish. Which is not always an option.
 
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