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More stations?

  • 30-12-2008 9:52am
    #1
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭


    I'm in my first few days of using a Freesat box. So far, I'm rather disappointed with the selection of stations. For instance, in News, there are only seven channels - no BBC World Service, which I though was included, and a fairly mingy bunch.

    Is there a way to add stations?

    By the way, there's the same problem with an aerial - I have RTE1 and 2, TG4 and the RTE radio stations, but no Channel 6. (Channel 6 is an Irish station, yes?) Is there a way to add this?


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Yes you can add stations.

    Channel 6 is a payTV only channel of dubious value. It's only on cable/MMDS originally and then added to Sky's PayTV lineup.

    BBC World TV is on a different satellite.

    BBC World Service Radio should be on your system. You may need to add missing transponders or do a Network Table Scan to add any missing channels. See the Stickies here.

    See http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html

    The blocks marked darker and "videoguard" don't have channels listed on that page as they only work on a Sky subscription and card.

    There are about 22 of the satellites between 42E and 45W that can be received either with motorised dish, toroidal dish, multiple dishes, multiple LNBs on a dish etc...

    In the pictures below the dish gets 28E (Sky/Freesat/UK), 19E (German + others), 13E (Italian + others)

    19E and 13E have BBC World TV. 28E only has BBC News24 as BBC World is NOT for UK consumption (adverts).
    Newer
    multifeed.jpg
    Older
    http://homepage.eircom.net/~watty/satellite/sathowto-p6.htm
    lnbs2.jpg


  • #3
    vsat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭vsat


    Watty, very poor cable management on that dish, Ha,Ha, (78cm) I think.
    I like the two way TX/RX amp, is it still working ? is it still 23 east.

    Regards,

    Gerry:)


  • #4
    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Thanks, Watty, I'll take a look at the stickies.

    If I understand you rightly, you're saying that the satellite dish I have fixed to the wall outside won't receive certain channels, but by changing that to a motorised dish I can do so?

    Are your references to 28E, 19E, etc to do with this motorised business?

    (Sorry about the n00b questions; I'm on a steep learning curve from no TV for a year preceded by rabbits' ears for a couple of years.)


  • #5
    von Smallhausen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭von Smallhausen


    Nice set up there Watty...must of set you back a bit...a lot of cables dont you think?


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