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saorsat/free to air

  • 13-09-2014 3:47pm
    #1
    Brik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi, having had Sky and the UPC, we have now decided to get just the free to air satellite channels.

    I got a 4ife Combo box in DID this morning (sv-401) and connected this to the cables coming from the Sky dish (DID told me this would work).

    I can pick up 70-80 satellite feeds and have tuned in all of the feeds that show a decent signal.

    However the only English channel I can find is BBC world news, no BBC one, two itv etc. I rang Saorview who tried to help. Theu mentioned tuning to Eutelsat 28A (I can see a Eutelsa 28 no t at the end) but again only BBC news. I have also Tried Astra 2A (Saorview said to try 2E but I cant see it)

    Has anyone got one of these and had problems?
    I will be bringing it back to DID tomorrow if I cant sort it out in the meantime and het the Triax one, but I suspect I will have the same issue.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    Brik wrote: »
    I got a 4ife Combo box in DID this morning (sv-401) and connected this to the cables coming from the Sky dish (DID told me this would work).

    You won't get the Irish channels using the cable from the Sky dish. Saorview needs a feed from a UHF aerial, plugged into the relevant input on your combo receiver.
    Brik wrote: »
    I can pick up 70-80 satellite feeds and have tuned in all of the feeds that show a decent signal.

    You mean you're going through individual transponders & tuning one at a time?
    Brik wrote: »
    However the only English channel I can find is BBC world news, no BBC one, two itv etc. .

    Which non-English channels do you have?


  • #3
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    And please clarify if it's BBC World News you have or just BBC News. I would think the latter.


  • #4
    Brik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭Brik


    Thanks for the replies. It is BBC World News that I can get. The other channels are some Italian ones: alice, Leonardo, Marcopolo. Then loads of Middle Eastern ones: Saudi 1, Kuwait, Sudan HD, Al Iraqia TV.

    The dish out front looks like it is in the same direction as the neighbours, maybe slightly different but only a little. Guess I have to get out on the ladder!?!


  • #5
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    Looks very much like the Hotbird satellites @ 13 degrees east. Did you have Sky working from this dish, or was that at a previous address?


  • #6
    Brik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭Brik


    Hi,
    Yes, Sky worked from this dish, but I am now wondering how!!

    If it is pointing slightly the wrong way and if I can find a ladder long enough to reach to the dish, is there a way to know what the right direction is? Or should I just compare to my neighbours dishes?
    Thanks


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  • #7
    jjf1974
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭jjf1974


    To get your dish pointing in the right direction you would be better of using a satellite meter .This site might helphttp://www.dishpointer.com


  • #8
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Brik wrote: »
    If it is pointing slightly the wrong way and if I can find a ladder long enough to reach to the dish, is there a way to know what the right direction is? Or should I just compare to my neighbours dishes?

    The dish has to be accurately pointed either with a signal meter or using the receiver's own meter with someone else adjusting the dish. If you haven't done it before it might be better to get a professional in.


  • #9
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    Brik wrote: »
    Yes, Sky worked from this dish, but I am now wondering how!!

    Maybe it's a multi-LNB setup that can receive from several satellite positions. Example here: boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=221129&d=1347979919

    A DiSEqC switch is used to select the LNB feed required.

    Now, to have worked with a Sky box, such a setup would have needed to have the 28 east satellites on switch port 1 (default), so finding 13 east would have taken some active input from whoever 1st set up the receiver.

    Also, for all I know, the cable you have connected to the satellite input could even be from a 2nd dish, aligned on 13 east. I'm assuming you know how many dishes are on the property, & which cable(s) were connected to the Sky box.


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