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Sky Box in the Canaries

  • 17-01-2009 12:34pm
    #1
    Donie75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    My folks are on holidays in the Canaries and the apartment has Sky. Is it possible for them to tune in RTE, BBC, etc? And does anyone have the codes?
    Thanks,
    D


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  • #2
    slegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,038 ✭✭✭slegs


    Donie75 wrote: »
    Hi,
    My folks are on holidays in the Canaries and the apartment has Sky. Is it possible for them to tune in RTE, BBC, etc? And does anyone have the codes?
    Thanks,
    D

    You cant tune in RTE. BBCand the UK Fta stations can be tuned in via other channels. See the sticky.


  • #3
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    Donie75 wrote: »
    Hi,
    My folks are on holidays in the Canaries and the apartment has Sky. Is it possible for them to tune in RTE, BBC, etc? And does anyone have the codes?
    Thanks,
    D

    If the appartment has a sky box then BBC and ITV should be in the EPG. But I would suspect that they are not recievable - the Canaries are well outside the tight footprint that these channels broadcast to.


  • #4
    tomslick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭tomslick


    Richard is correct. You are oytside the footprint for these channels. No hope via sat sorry.

    http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html

    This shows the footprint of these channels.


  • #5
    ffocused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭ffocused


    2D channels (BBC/ITV/RTE) can be viewed in Lanzarote with a large dish. Not sure how big you need.


  • #6
    digiking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 487 ✭✭digiking


    3.5Metre dish will sort you out for astra 2d so i´m told, i´m down here on holidays at the moment...


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  • #7
    tomslick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭tomslick


    At 3meter plus your looking at obscene money for the dish $4000 on one site. Why don't you use a slingshot to stream your box from home to your holiday home.


  • #8
    Sin e an Fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Sin e an Fear


    tomslick wrote: »
    At 3meter plus your looking at obscene money for the dish $4000 on one site. Why don't you use a slingshot to stream your box from home to your holiday home.

    It's called a Slingbox. :D


  • #9
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Because the quality is poor and it will eat your Cap in two weeks.

    Dish prices rise VERY fast with size.


  • #10
    Sin e an Fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Sin e an Fear


    watty wrote: »
    Because the quality is poor and it will eat your Cap in two weeks.

    I suppose you could get a DVB card for your computer, then access it remotely using RealVNC. Accessing Sky through a computer is more problematic.


  • #11
    MACHEAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 499 ✭✭MACHEAD


    Sin e an Fear wrote: »
    It's called a Slingbox. :D

    But 'Slingshot' sounds sooo much funnier! You'd probably want a strategic ballistic one to reach that far though! He He He!


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  • #12
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Sin e an Fear wrote: »
    I suppose you could get a DVB card for your computer, then access it remotely using RealVNC. Accessing Sky through a computer is more problematic.

    The issue is not the Slingbox per se, but the upload bandwidth at your home.

    I have run 512K MPEG4 and it's not too bad, though nothing like real TV. Most peoples upload is 128k to 256k


  • #13
    Sin e an Fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Sin e an Fear


    MACHEAD wrote: »
    But 'Slingshot' sounds sooo much funnier! You'd probably want a strategic ballistic one to reach that far though! He He He!

    How hilarious. :rolleyes:
    watty wrote: »
    The issue is not the Slingbox per se, but the upload bandwidth at your home.

    I have run 512K MPEG4 and it's not too bad, though nothing like real TV. Most peoples upload is 128k to 256k

    Well, it's the next best thing. I've watched live streams over a dialup connection - yes, satellite would have been better, but I didn't have a dish. There are companies offering Slingbox hosting services in Spain - legally a grey area, but less illegal than the MMDS operators, which have now been shut down. (Actually, it wasn't the UK or Irish broadcasters that took legal action, it was the Spanish ones with the rights to the sporting events.)


  • #14
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I've done custom wma settings using free MS Video encoder (WME9 is a free download) and an Analogue TV card to send RTE1 to london via 28k dialup both ends. Pretty dire

    C4 from Sky Digibox to Video in of TV card and then 512k upload via VLC to Mobile Modem (not Phone company). Fairly watchable but not broadcast quality.

    Any remote feed is like a long video sender / cable if for your own viewing. It's illegal if it's for someone else's viewing.


  • #15
    Sin e an Fear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Sin e an Fear


    watty wrote: »
    Any remote feed is like a long video sender / cable if for your own viewing. It's illegal if it's for someone else's viewing.

    Sling Media aren't entirely comfortable with the idea of hosting, given that they've tried hard to stay on the right side of legal. The MMDS operators in Spain had no such qualms, they used one or two Sky viewing cards (UK and Irish) and retransmitted the channels to their subscribers. That's definitely theft.


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