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    Watching Sky + on a French television

    also, just forgot.....I could use my laptop computer, but it only has usb(2.0) and firewire and pc card sockets (no seriel) - is there anyway that I could send the video output of the sky+ box through these to get a picture? many thanks once more for your replies
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    Watching Sky + on a French television

    went last year to Perpignon right on the spanish border with a maxview dish and standard sky box and my own tv. Picked everything up perfectly including movie, ch4, itv, bbc etc. Many thanks for your advice....toying now with the idea of buying a goodmans/thomson/panasonic multi broadcast tv.
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    Running SKY+ through a laptop

    Want to run my sky+ box through my Sony Vario Laptop when abroad. The laptop has 2 PCMCA slots 3 USB ports (2.0) is it possible to convert the signal from the Sky box to go through the above ports? many thanks in advance nigel
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    Sky+ box shows 30% used when empty

    That is, when all programmes have been deleted, it till shows 70% free! Any ideas - I've given up trying to get hold of the Technical support line from SKY on the phone, have waited a total of 90 minutes on three calls with no answer.... thanks nigel.
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    Watching Sky + on a French television

    Going to an apartment in France this year. Usually take my own mini-dish and LNB and television. The apartment has already got a TV, but must be SECAM instead of pal1. Can I plug my scart lead from my Sky+ box straight in, or do I have to take my portable PAL TV from the UK with me? Many...
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