All posts by satandpcguy
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peter clayton:
Yes Spain is within the footprint.
But some areas have better reception than others. Especailly of Astra 2d, which carries BBC and (most) ITV1s. The north east can get most channels 24/7 on an 80cm dish. In Alicante even a 3.1m dish will not get all channels 24/7!
And at the moment the "freesat" version of "Five" is bad to get 24/7 even on a 3.1m dish oin my area. Yet the "freesatfromsky" version I can pick you on a sky minidish here!
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khalid: i dont know about ALL BBC and ITV channels. Even in Spain I cannot get ALL channels 24/7.
It will also depend where exactly in Morroco you are going. You may need something like a 3.1m dish.
It will also hep if you had a Sky box and a freesatfromsky card.
UK TV comes from the same 4 satellites no matter where you are - the frequencies for the channels are the same as the UK, whether you are in France, the UK, Spain or Morroco.
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pat: it will be an illegal cardshare network, using the internet and someone elses sky card to unlock channels they you should really be paying sky for. card sharing is theft. card sharing is illegal. just recently a huge network on Cyprus was closed and raided, and apparently under their law all users of the network can also be prosecuted. no idea if that is also possible in spain. going on card share will not get your chnnels back that you lost due to frequency changes, as the TV signals still come from the satellite. its just the "unlocking" codes that are coming form the internet. If you have lost channels due to frequency changes then a simple rescan of the frequencies on oyur box should sort that out (freesat and Sky boxes will do this automatically).
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Dieter: the only issue is if the dish is an offset dish, in which case any univesal LNB will be OK (the inverto ultra black range are exceptional!), or a primefocus dish (in whcihc ase you will need an primefocus LNB (the invacom c120 range are best for these).
Yes the LNB could be the issue, as could the cable connections or dish alignment.
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Peter Sharpe: there are about 200 channel that are free to air are able to be receive without a sky card.
I do not recognise "No DVB Service Found'" as a Sky HD box messages. Could this be a message saying the TV is unable to find a "Freeview" signal?
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KB Aerials Sheffield:
Just a thought from me....
I find that where I am 12480 is one of the frequencies (along with 11642 V) that can be affected by DECT phone or other wireless items in the vicinity of the cable or receiver. Turning those wireless itmes off and the "interferance" and pixelation goes, turn them on and it returns! A number of channels (True Movies and Chart Show TV) actually run adverts saying MOVE DECT phones away from cabling!
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Carl:
ITV1 Central South is on 11973 V 27.5 2/3 - sky card required
ITV1 Central East is on 11973 V 27.5 2/3 - sky card required
ITV1 Central West is on 10758 V 22 5/6
ITV1 Central South West is on 12420 V 27.5 2/3 - sky card required.
Although these may change frequencies when if / when the sky card versions move to Astra 1n, the new satellite for 28 east...
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VeeBee: Freeview boxes are for connection to a tv aerial. If you connetc a Freeview box to a TV aerial in Spain, then you will only receive the Spanish digital chanenls. If you already have Sky, then why not upgrade to a Sky HD box, as recording functionality is available as part of your subscription.
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Ray Parker: I am sure there are other site available. the site you mention has only been registered since 2011-12-17 so its not exactly been going long, and there are more establisted one available. And tvcatchup has a good record of blocking VPNs, its just a matter of time before they block this one.
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Friday 10 June 2011 7:26AM
ron: you cannot get UK Freeview in Spain. UK Freeview is only in the UK.
If you want to receive your UK channels by satellite, then a dish (maybe a 1.45m, morelikely a 1.8m, or ideally a 2.4m), box and "freesatfromsky" card will be the way to go. If on a community speak to the "president" for permission. For costs and installers best to look at the local papars or local forums (torrevieja.co.uk?).
Or go for a local reboradcaster for a monthly payment.