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    possibly silly question - clone freeview card

    Thanks for replies, obviously it was a silly question!
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    possibly silly question - clone freeview card

    This may be a silly question, but is there an easy way to clone my sky freeview card? I already subscribe to sky, that card is in my main digibox, but I have a freeview card (the one with the yellow house on it) in a bedroom digibox, and I would like another for another bedroom. I know I could...
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    Hotbird on a budget

    Thanks for info, while I was looking on ebay I found a shop selling 'Technomate 5200D USB Super Satellite Receiver in Silver' for £50 plus postage. The good thing is the shop only 20 miles away, so I can save postage. Would this be a good start for me? They also have plenty of reasonable lnbs I...
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    Hotbird on a budget

    Thanks for replies, I'm going to look on forum advertisers for a better receiver, then I'll do some more research on these forums for the best option for me on a budget. Thanks again
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    Hotbird on a budget

    You can probably tell, I'm a novice at this, although I'm quite happy to put up a dish and tune it in my expertise ends about there. I've noticed some fta transmissions include premier games (Lider TV - hotbird 8 and Eutelsat Sesat. 2m National - Eutelsat W6. Sportsmax - Intelsat 770) But I...
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    Hotbird on a budget

    thanks for reply rolfw, do I take it my pace is a no no? My current sky setup is on a mini-dish, my 80cm is spare, would I be better of having a 2 dish system? What sat would be best for sport? Thankyou
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    Hotbird on a budget

    This is my first post on these forums, which are brilliant! I've already learnt a lot of useful information, so please forgive me if this has been answered elseware (could you direct me to answer if so?). I would like to set up a twin lnb system on my 80cm dish in order to tune in to hotbird as...
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