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BBC News 24.. wtf it go

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  • 02-09-2008 1:58pm
    #1
    x in the city
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    right lads

    I have a trusty aldi, lidl comag box and cant tune in bbc news. I got all the other channels but some have bad or no reception, like sky news?

    the channels which work best are the bbc ones (apart from news 24 which is gone awol), itv ones and channel 4 ones.

    any ideas?


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    #2
    TheDriver
    Registered Users Posts: 12,431 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    it changed short while back and box probably was programmed before then. Check out flysat.com and you will find all the updated bits coz things change every now and then


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    biologikal
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    I think it was rebranded several months ago, as "BBC News", dropping the 24 part.

    Anyway, rescan TP 11954 H 27500 to get it back.


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    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    nothing

    zilch.!

    there is no strength under that frequency...(at astra 2)
    80% quality tho.

    is my dish out? i got all the other channels fine.

    how do you select astra 2a, 2d, etc? i can just see astra 2.


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    biologikal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 371 ✭✭biologikal


    x in the city wrote: »
    nothing

    zilch.!

    there is no strength under that frequency...(at astra 2)
    80% quality tho.

    is my dish out? i got all the other channels fine.

    how do you select astra 2a, 2d, etc? i can just see astra 2.

    You don't need to select the individual beams (2a, 2d, etc), when properly aligned, the dish should pick up everything at 28.2E, and also at 28.5E, if your dish isn't too big (>1.5m).

    If you're only scanning in 2D (where most of the BBC/ITV/C4's are, then your dish and/or LNB will need to be adjusted. The LNB in particular needs to be skewed - search for "skew" in the forums if you're not familiar with the term, it comes up a lot.

    What size dish are you using, and what intensity/quality do you get on BBC1, for instance?


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    TheDriver
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    If your getting 2d, then all should be fine as 2d is the hardest to get. Try some eb channels, they are the real test of alignment


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    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    ummm

    I am an satellite n0b, what are eb channels?

    I have astra 2, 1 and eurobird on my comag sl55.

    I used to have bbc news and sky news, but not anymore, sky news breaks up, cant watch it.

    cant scan in bbc news 24 at all, no where to be seen.?:confused:


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    byte
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    byte


    EB is referring to Eurobird.

    Sounds like a problem with dish alignment, or LNB issue.


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