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  • 07-10-2009 9:49pm
    #1
    OllieNorth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭


    Hi All, new to this forum. Looking for a bit of help. I currently have the sky family package and am looking to go free to air,(recession dole).The question is can anyone point me in the right direction for a free to air satellite receiver that would get the following channels,
    RTE1,RTE2,TV3,BBC1,BBC2,Eurosport(mainly for moto gp and snooker) would be nice to get the discovery channel too. I know it might be a long shot. Dont know anything about satellite boxes.
    Thanks in advance for the help. Mods if this is in the wrong place please move it.
    Ollie.:rolleyes:


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    If by FTA you mean for the UK/Ireland using a standard sky dish then Europsort or indeed any sport is out I'm afraid. As is anything tied to SKY like the Discovery group.

    If you can live with the BBC/ITV/C4 families and various free film, music and news channels plus stuff you'll never watch then you can use your exisiting sat box set up. You just need to pull the card and reboot it I think.

    Irish channels will need an aerial as they are tied to SKY as well.


  • #3
    polyfusion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 679 ✭✭✭polyfusion


    You can get Eurosport fta on 19E, but audio is in German. Another sports channel is D:SF, again on 19E, again German. Getting 19E, along with 28E (FTA English) will involve getting another dish and pointing at 19E, along with a fta stb and a DiSEqC switch to allow the new box use both dishes. Or get a larger dish (80cm min) with 2 LNBs and holders which will allow you get both 19E and 28E on the same dish. Going this way, you could keep the Sky dish as an extra dish and point about as you see fit, eg if you're into rugby, you can get Heineken league fta at 5W (in French though).

    As an example, I have a fta stb connected to a 4 port DiSEqC switch, in turn connected to an 80cm dish with 3 LNBs (28E, 19E and 13E), and the 4th port connected to a 60cm Sky dish where I point to wherever I feel like. I get the Irish channels through analogue on the TV, or through a DVB USB stick on the PC. You can get a stb that will allow you get satellite and Irish channels through a DVB-S and DVB-T tuner respectively (search/browse the forum).

    Edit: You can also get the Discovery Max (DMAX) channel free on 19E, again, in German.


  • #4
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    RTE, TV3 etc are not available FTA on satellite. A Sky sub is the only way.


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