Accessing Multiple Satellites

carrarea1

Hi,

I have a Sky Digibox and I was wondering how can I access other Satellites besides the default Astra and Hotbird ones?. I want to access FTA channels in Latvia/Lithuania/Russia that are on a different satellites. I think one of the satellites is called Sirius 4.0 . Do I need another Satellite? What Hardware do I need exactly and if someone could give me a dummies guide to setting it up it would be great!!!.

Thanks in Advance:)

Sponge Bob

search for the word MOTORISED in this forum

mjsmyth

you are probably best off leaving your Sky setup alone and buying a whole new FTA setup. Take a look in Maplins or on satellite.ie for prices.

The reason I suggested a new FTA system is that you will probably need a bigger dish than the sky dish you already have and your Sky digibox will not handle other satellites that well also.

By the way, satellite.ie also has prices for a FTA motorised system, this would enable you to get many many more satellites than Sirius. Someone else here will be able to tell you if you can receive Sirius 4 here in Ireland.

MJ

watty

A FTA satellite system using 80cm or 1.1m dish and a Motek motor.

Look in Maplin (local and www.maplin.co.uk ), Peats, and www.satellite.ie.

5E has Russian/Ukrainian stuff. I get it perfect.

Unless you have multiple LNBs on Dish (which a Skybox can't select) the Sky box dish is pointed at Astra2/Eurobird 28E (BBC/ITV/Sky), or Astra 19E (German mostly), or Hotbird13E (Polish, Arabic, Italian and others).

It can't be picking up Astra and Hotbird.

The Sky box is great value for Sky Platform on Astra2/Eurobird, but no much good for anything else.

You don't need CI or CAM on the Satellite receiver.

Ulsterman 1690

I used to to have a Sky FTV digibox and an 80cm dish (modified with multiple LNB's) and manual LNB switch

While I could get it to work (after a fashion) with Hotbird/Astra 1 I soon got fed up with its limitations and upgraded to a Lidl FTA reciever (Comag SL55)

The FTV digibox got passed to some grateful family members living down South so that they could enjoy proper reception of UK terrestrials.

A couple of people are now trying to persuade me to ditch the Lidl box (or pass it on to other televisually deprived relations) and go for a "proper grown up" FTA reciever

Even on a Sky minidish It should be possible to pick up some stuff off Astra 1

watty

Ulsterman 1690 wrote:

A couple of people are now trying to persuade me to ditch the Lidl box (or pass it on to other televisually deprived relations) and go for a "proper grown up" FTA reciever

The only thing more "grown up" is a dual Sat tuner 450G Byte Disk with DVD writer PVR with two separate motorised dishes!

Zaphod

watty wrote:

5E has Russian/Ukrainian stuff. I get it perfect.

Watty, any problems with the Nordic beams on Sirius 2/3?

Sir2 HD Demo: 12.245, V, 27500, 7/8
Sir3 Lithuanian TV2: 11843 H, 27500, 3/4

watty

Nope, don't get those.
About 30 channels, some feeds marked encrypted that arn't
Most recent found is 12303H SR 25547 82% level and 55% quality.

It's only a 80cm dish sold with Lidl analog boxes on the motor. I might try one of Tony's 1.1m if I have money in April. I think it is biggest safe size for Diseqc motor, esp. on as fast as Motek. A slower motor (more gears) can probabily go 1.4m

Bigger and you need actuators or 36V motors. But you knew that Zaphod (I'm thinking out loud for our other readers!)

It's a long way to Tipperary...

(and even further to Limerick from Scandinavia).

From Edinburg, Dundalk to Limerick the footprint falls very rapid. I'd guess it is fine on 80cm in Inverness.

Zaphod

I guessed as much but just wanted to check.

I think the OP may have a problem specifically with Latvian or Lithuanian language stuff on Sirius as they all appear to be on the Sirius 3 Nordic beam, so a larger dish would be required. Some are also encrypted.

-+------+-+--------+--------+----+----++-----+---+---+
T|Freq  |P|Name    |Coverage|Mode|Cr. ||SR   |FEC|Lng|
-+------+-+--------+--------+----+----++-----+---+---+
C|11.843|H|1st Balt|SIR003KN|MPG2|VIVG||27500|3/4|Lat|
T|11.843|H|Lithuani|SIR003KN|MPG2|    ||27500|3/4|Lat|
C|11.843|H|TV1 Lith|SIR003KN|MPG2|VIVG||27500|3/4|Lat|
R|11.843|H|Radio Pu|SIR003KN|MPG2|    ||27500|3/4|Lit|
R|11.843|H|Radio Pu|SIR003KN|MPG2|    ||27500|3/4|Lit|
R|11.843|H|Lithuani|SIR003KN|MPG2|    ||27500|3/4|Lit|
R|11.843|H|Lithuani|SIR003KN|MPG2|    ||27500|3/4|Lit|
C|11.958|H|TV3 Latv|SIR003KN|MPG2|VGRD||27500|3/4|Lat|
C|11.958|H|3+ Balti|SIR003KN|MPG2|VGRD||27500|3/4|Lit|
-+------+-+--------+--------+----+----++-----+---+---+