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Sat4Free/Freesat in Ireland

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  • #362
    666bxg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭666bxg


    Tony wrote: »
    They are talking nonsense, it can be used in a house that already has sky. If you have one standard sky box you need a quad lnb for sky minidish and you run a good quality cable from the dish to the sat box location. If you have sky + or HD then you should already have the quad lnb and you just need to run the cable. Save yourself some money and install it yourself


    I have the above setup (Sky HD with qud LNB). I will be able to hook up the sat cable and run on the outside it to the other room for the Freesat.... BUT that is all that I'm confident of doing!!

    Can anyone help me with the drilling through my kitchen wall? I only have a basic drill set, so would need the drill bits and probably a stronger drill too.... I've never seen this before and wouldn't be comfortable undertaking this job

    By the way I'm in North Dublin

    Thanks in advance


  • #363
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    Best bet is to either call a pro satellite installer or better if one of your friends is a tradesman ask them to do it.


  • #364
    leex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭leex


    Saw Grundig boxes in DID Galway. IIRC it was 109 for SD and 219 for HD box.


  • #365
    Bansheewails
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Bansheewails


    So after reading the many, many posts on here, about freesat, have i got the following right?

    I have sky+, so i can run a second cable from there to another room, stick in a freesat box i can buy in Derry for £44.99, and receive all free to view sat channels, without having to pay those rip off artists from sky, €14.oo a month!!:D

    I love living in donegal, a quick nip over the border and life is half price!


  • #366
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    If you have sky+ plus then you have a quad lnb with two cables running from it. That means you should have two free connections on the lnb so just run a cable from one of them to your freesat box and off you go.


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  • #367
    Bansheewails
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Bansheewails


    thanks fo your help. freesat here i come!


  • #368
    Antrim_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Antrim_Man


    Newstalk on the Right Hook had someone on talking about Sat4Free, saying its in Woodies, Tesco etc for €399 for the HD box supplied and fitted. Anybody have this?


  • #369
    Bansheewails
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Bansheewails


    Well I went to argos, in Derry, bought a freesat box for £44.95, the hubby wired in an extra line from the sky plus box and now the kids have freesat!!

    Thanks for your help in here people, and GO NORTH, for your boxes!!!

    p.s. used a post code from the DAILY MIRROR, worked just fine!


  • #370
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Bansheewails wrote: »
    Well I went to argos, in Derry, bought a freesat box for £44.95, the hubby wired in an extra line from the sky plus box and now the kids have freesat!!

    Thanks for your help in here people, and GO NORTH, for your boxes!!!

    p.s. used a post code from the DAILY MIRROR, worked just fine!

    Did you get any hassle in Argos? Argos in Belfast insisted they were only able to sell a decoder on production of a current television license- when I pointed out that I didn't own a TV set in the UK- they put a default code for Swansea into their registration system for me....... Strange.......


  • #371
    Bansheewails
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Bansheewails


    smccarrick wrote: »
    Did you get any hassle in Argos? Argos in Belfast insisted they were only able to sell a decoder on production of a current television license- when I pointed out that I didn't own a TV set in the UK- they put a default code for Swansea into their registration system for me....... Strange.......



    They only need the post code for tv license crowd, they took the post code no problems.


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  • #372
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    I bought a Freesat HD box in Argos in Belfast recently, cost £149.99. No need for post code if you tell them you live South of the border.

    Goodmans Sat4Free HD boxes for sale in Tesco in Waterford for €399 inc voucher for install.


  • #373
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,890 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Antrim_Man wrote: »
    Newstalk on the Right Hook had someone on talking about Sat4Free, saying its in Woodies, Tesco etc for €399 for the HD box supplied and fitted. Anybody have this?

    Caught the tail end of that guy who went on to first say he wasn't away of any Lidl Sat system, and then he suddenly knew what was being talked about. The only difference he offered between Sat4Free and Lidl system was the "Electric (sic) Programme Guide"


  • #374
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,372 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Was it this guy by any chance?
    From newstalk website
    "Technology guru Joe Drumgoole joins George every Monday at 18.30 to road test all the latest products and look at the week's biggest tech stories."

    cgarvey wrote: »
    Caught the tail end of that guy who went on to first say he wasn't away of any Lidl Sat system, and then he suddenly knew what was being talked about. The only difference he offered between Sat4Free and Lidl system was the "Electric (sic) Programme Guide"

    Owner: satellite.ie



  • #375
    Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭Tom


    Just did a full scan on my Grundig sat4Free box and sure enough Channel 4 is now on 104 and Five on 105.


  • #376
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,493 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Tom wrote: »
    Just did a full scan on my Grundig sat4Free box and sure enough Channel 4 is now on 104 and Five on 105.

    Channel 4 & +1 NI appeared on the freesat EPG 104 & 121 on the 13 Oct.


  • #377
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Trevord


    smccarrick wrote: »
    Did you get any hassle in Argos? Argos in Belfast insisted they were only able to sell a decoder on production of a current television license- when I pointed out that I didn't own a TV set in the UK- they put a default code for Swansea into their registration system for me....... Strange.......

    I bought a Grundig box in Argos in London (Holborn) a couple of weeks ago. Told them I was from Ireland and after much discussion they told me to try to pay by credit card using this machine in the middle of the shop which people normally use to pay for things that they have reserved on line.

    Fortunately I had reserved it on line and I entered the reservation number. When paying the machine asked me for the post code. I just put in REP IRL which it rejected. Did this a second time and it reported an error again but then defaulted to allow payment.

    The ticket with the order number had a message which said "Notice to Staff: Fill in TV notification form" So I just gave them my Irish address on paper.

    Probaly easier to have some random postcode in mind if doing this in future- unless they look for proof of address.


  • #378
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    Has anyone seen the Sat4Free displays in Atlantic Homecare or Woodies? Are they just the empty boxes and leaflets like in Tesco, or do they have a working box with a TV on display like Powercity?


  • #379
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Zaphod wrote: »
    Has anyone seen the Sat4Free displays in Atlantic Homecare or Woodies? Are they just the empty boxes and leaflets like in Tesco, or do they have a working box with a TV on display like Powercity?

    Full boxes in a display at the Customer Service desk- along with leaflets. No working box. Location: Woodies Lucan.


  • #380
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,372 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    All just boxes as far as i have seen.

    Zaphod wrote: »
    Has anyone seen the Sat4Free displays in Atlantic Homecare or Woodies? Are they just the empty boxes and leaflets like in Tesco, or do they have a working box with a TV on display like Powercity?

    Owner: satellite.ie



  • #381
    666bxg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 291 ✭✭666bxg


    Just to share my experience getting the freesat box from Argos in Edgware Street, London yesterday:

    As expected they asked for my name as postcode. I gave a friends address that HAS a current TV licence and everything went ok. At least my consience is clear that I'm not giving a false or random address....

    Just my 2 cents


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  • #382
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,483 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Trevord wrote: »
    Probaly easier to have some random postcode in mind if doing this in future- unless they look for proof of address.

    BT7 1EB - UTV HQ.


  • #383
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    MYOB wrote: »
    BT7 1EB - UTV HQ.

    Put in a London code rather than a NI code- and get ITV HD without having to add it as an extra channel......?


  • #384
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    But sometimes itv 1 and UTV differ as regards what is on. Same happens with different BBC regions also.


  • #385
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    smccarrick wrote: »
    Put in a London code rather than a NI code- and get ITV HD without having to add it as an extra channel......?

    Ah definitely. But I think MYOB was meaning give that post code to the Argos lads.

    On that, I just told them in Argos that I lived in Ireland, simple as.


  • #386
    lafors
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,264 ✭✭✭lafors


    Was just up in the new Tesco in Maynooth.
    They had the Goodmans Sat4Free there (SD & HD versions), in its box, no display version. Also there was no pricing on the shelves.
    There is a 25% off all AV goods this Thurs-Sun in Tesco, I presume this will be included as its AV equipment.

    Might be worth picking one up, I am still waiting for the Humax-HD PVR, which I'll hopefully get my hands on after Chrimbo.


  • #387
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    cgarvey wrote: »
    Caught the tail end of that guy who went on to first say he wasn't away of any Lidl Sat system, and then he suddenly knew what was being talked about. The only difference he offered between Sat4Free and Lidl system was the "Electric (sic) Programme Guide"

    Podcast:
    http://83.138.170.50/podcasts/audio/1711tech.mp3


  • #388
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Zaphod wrote: »
    Podcast:
    http://83.138.170.50/podcasts/audio/1711tech.mp3

    Funny how the English guy was giving out about Vodafone charging more for some mobile in Ireland than they do in the UK, while raving how good the Sat4free box is, at €299!


  • #389
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    benifa wrote: »
    Funny how the English guy was giving out about Vodafone charging more for some mobile in Ireland than they do in the UK, while raving how good the Sat4free box is, at €299!

    That is including the install remember- you can always pop into Powercity and buy the box without an install if you so choose- its EUR79.99 for the SD box, or 189.99 for the HD box.......

    This compares with £49.99 for the same SD box in Argos Belfast, or £129.99 for the HD box......

    ?


  • #390
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    That's true, but that's a bloody expensive install, don't you think?

    Also, with the pound the way is, £49.99 is less than €60! For a non-NI hard coded box as well..

    I know which I'd prefer.


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  • #391
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    benifa wrote: »
    That's true, but that's a bloody expensive install, don't you think?

    Also, with the pound the way is, £49.99 is less than €60! For a non-NI hard coded box as well..

    I know which I'd prefer.

    In all fairness- you have to factor the cost of getting to Belfast into the equation (but then again- you can buy loads of other stuff up there at ridiculously cheap prices to offset travel/transport costs.......)


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