Recent content by dandnsmith

Have a look at _www.lyngsat.com/28east.html- you can see that there is stuff on 2A North&South, 2C, 2D, EuroBird. However, to get sky update stuff you need (I think) 2D.

Unless you have an automatic means of moving the dish, or a multiple LNB with more than one cable towards the receiver box, you will only be able to receive the satellite towards which the dish is pointing at the time. What is listed in your settings may well be completely irrelevant.

"The null modem lead is effectively the same idea as an Ethernet 'cross-over' cable. (If I recall correctly from 20years back, the RS232 Transmit and Receive data lines are swapped to make a null modem lead and possibly some of the internal control wires are reconfigured.)" Yes, you probably...

I'm unsure about the freesat offerings, but can confirm that on the Astra2 satellite complex I have Classic FM, Virgin, theJazz on my favourites, and often have theJazz playing while at my PC (great loss from DAB). I've never checked for TALKSPORT and PLANET ROCK. Derek

Only just seen this posting, having been in Spain, where I was getting French stations from astra1 using a Iotronic terminal numerique receiver set to receive FTA, with the display language set to english.

If you want the normal UK TV channels (BBC, ITV ..) then you need Astra2d on 28.2E HotBird 6,7A,8 will get a limited selection of english language 13.0E Have a look at LyngSat for an overview of satellites, positions, what free-to-air (FTA) channels there are and satellite footprints. Derek