Recent content by Dumbo

Hello all. Wonder whether anyone can assist? Have a house divided into two self-contained flats which I am in pocess of updating and tidying. The upstairs tenant has a correct Sky dish on the roof (Attached to the chimney correctly). The downstairs tenant is the problem! I wish to provide...

Just to let you know, bought French digibox; connected to existing aerials (UHF and VHF via diplexer) brilliant crisp pics and 20 free French channels! Many thanks for all the help.

One never ever knows with the French! Seriously, the Thomson TV is not digital-ready. The last of the line before the consumer electronics products company went into liquidation. Good call, huh? It's model 28 WM 100: Flat Screen CRT: wonderfully crisp pic. Big ol' brute. Will do for the moment.

Don't worry: that's the logical first step!

Thanks, Paul. I was already, regretfully, headed in that direction. :) I can pick up a new French Terrestrial Digibox and multi-array Hi-Gain aerial and masthead amp in la belle France for circa € 70,00. Later on I'll install a UK Freesat system via satellite. Luckily the Thomson TV enjoys...

Nope! Thought it was just Plug 'N Pray? Thing is I have a complex Analogue aerial array dans le grenier ( In the loft) -VHF/UHF, however last November, those d******ly Frogs switched off the terrestrial analogue without telling me: I'm still paying the license fee, natch! Only discovered this...

See: that's why I called myself "Dumbo"! :confused: No I hadn't. Is this Two Separate LNBs, on a single bracket? Will an 80 C.M. dish work? many thanks for you kind and valued assistance.

My first time so be gentle with me, please! :-nutkick Whilst I ave quite a wee bit of experience with Telecom, Datacom, IT etc, I've never actually played with Satcom before. Have a house in Northern France: newish Thompson flatscreen TV (PAL and SECAM), so that bit in the chain is fine...