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    Problems with Sky+ boxes when you're abroad

    I've had to send my box and card back to the place I bought the box from to try to get them paired up. It just wouldn't do it over the air here in Munich.
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    Sky Digitial Reception in Germany - Darmstadt

    Hi Lairy Larry, I have a friend who had used to Live down in Herrsching, and moved up to Heidelberg, which is near you, and he's using the 60cm mesh dish and he gets BBC on it. However, if you go for a bigger dish, as Xerxes recommends, you'll get a stronger signal, and be less likely to loose...
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    Problems with Sky+ boxes when you're abroad

    We had that storm last night as well. Didn't think to check the signal strength/quality. Will have to have a look next time we have one. We can usually use the dish as a weather forecaster - we know there's a big storm brewing as we lose BBC. Decided to go for it. Phoned and ordered the box...
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    Problems with Sky+ boxes when you're abroad

    Hi Leee, Did you align your own dish down here, and if so did you have any problems with aligning for BBC, or did you just get a professional to do it? Being right on the edge for BBC with my 88cm dish, I'm wondering whether to get a sat meter and just try to do it myself when i fet the quad...
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    Problems with Sky+ boxes when you're abroad

    Thanks for the feedback, guys. Rolf, was the improvement now when the Pace V2 boxes were released? Should I make sure I get one of these and not a V1?
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    Problems with Sky+ boxes when you're abroad

    I'm based in Munich, and thinking of upgrading my existing Sky digital subscription to Sky+, but one thing that is worrying me is the comments from people on various forums about all the problems they have with the boxes (people saying they are on their 6th box in 6 months, etc). The last thing...
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