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Irish Channels on Satalite

  • 19-10-2012 5:32pm
    #1
    kig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭


    Is it possible to get the irish channels (RTE & TV3) on a free-to-air satalite system?


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  • #2
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Yes,(and no) on Ka Sat at 9e, and with a Ka lnb on a 80cm-1m dish,(dependent on where you are) a DVB-S2 (HD) receiver, and then, when you go to all that trouble, no TV3 or 3e.


  • #3
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    As excollier says, saorview is a cheaper & better option.


  • #4
    kig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭kig


    Does soarview need an aerial, it's something I don't have


  • #5
    mightybashful
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,260 ✭✭✭mightybashful


    kig wrote: »
    Does soarview need an aerial, it's something I don't have

    It does. It'll cost you a tenner odd. And a box for 50€


  • #6
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    The aerial installation will cost considerably more than a tenner if you're in a tricky reception area & more again if you have to pay someone to do the work.


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  • #7
    Hannibal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,819 ✭✭✭Hannibal


    Would a normal Freeview box from the North that has RTE 1 and 2 be able to pick up these channels in the Dublin area using a Sky minidish?


  • #8
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    No, a Freeview receiver is not a satellite receiver, it is a terrestrial receiver and has to be connected to a UHF aerial. Don't connect it to a sky (or any other satellite) dish, you will just be wasting your time.


  • #9
    Hannibal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,819 ✭✭✭Hannibal


    excollier wrote: »
    No, a Freeview receiver is not a satellite receiver, it is a terrestrial receiver and has to be connected to a UHF aerial. Don't connect it to a sky (or any other satellite) dish, you will just be wasting your time.
    Ah right so Freesat will work then?


  • #10
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    A Freesat HD receiver with non-Freesat mode (or optional 3rd party firmware, like the Humax Foxsat HD), will work with Saorsat. If you want to include the UK channels, you'll need DiSEqC capability too, which the Humax has. Don't know about other Freesat receivers.


  • #11
    STB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭STB


    Dotsey wrote: »
    Ah right so Freesat will work then?

    You have a Sky dish ? You are in Dublin according to your profile.

    If you want both the UK channels and the Saorview (Irish digital channels) on one box, then I suggest you google Ferguson Ariva 150. It does both sets of channels in one channel list. You connect your existing satellite dish cable and an aerial to it.


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