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Satallite TV Mayo

  • 17-07-2006 3:04pm
    #1
    Mayoman1969
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    hello everyone

    I'm moving home from the UK to Achill Island and was wondering if my current satallite kit will work in ireland. I have a mini dish (I think its about 43cm) and a Pace 2500 reciever. Can I use this down the west coast or can anyone suggest the best kit to use for that part of the world. Will I be able to get the free channels without any probs?

    Thanks to ye all in advance!


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,190 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    That dish will be too small for wet weather on Achill, but swap it out with either the bigger sized Minidish or a proper dish and you'll be fine.

    If you want to get the UK free channels, you might want to make sure you have a working FTV card (gets Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky Three) before you leave the UK.


  • #3
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    My mother lives there (Achill). I'm almost certain she's got a 60cm dish.


  • #4
    Mayoman1969
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Mayoman1969


    Thanks for the help up to now and the swift response, I've been wading through sites trying to find the info to no avail so this has been a great help.

    So the box is ok but I need a 60cm dish, any other issues that I should be aware of?

    Thanks again


  • #5
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,190 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Barring the card, no.

    Oh, and a Sky dish will rust away in no time on Achill, if Arranmore is anything to go by. That and generic 60cms are cheaper, so get a generic aluminium one and it'll last a LOT longer.


  • #6
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,445 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Or 80cm to watch during heavy rain :)


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  • #7
    simonckenyon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭simonckenyon


    installed a dish just north of killala and it works fine
    has done for over a year
    in all weather for that matter


  • #8
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,771 ✭✭✭swoofer


    if u can get a 65 cm gilbertini then u are fixed. look on ebay and buy laods of stuff BEFORE u come as u will find everything here either impossible to get or mighty expensive. Also get a quad lnb and then with 4 boxes u can have all the uk stuff, ie BBC1/2/ITV1/CH4. Boxes are cheap on ebay.

    I would say ACHILL is gorgeous with the current weather we are having.

    welcome to Ireland,

    gb--


  • #9
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Aye, you need the 60cm dish alright. I have one but live right across Clew Bay from you and would agree that it does like a bit of rust.

    Enjoy AC Hill as my old work mates used to call it!! ;)


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