Irish Sky box abroad

4KingAceHole · 04-02-2009 04:01PM #1

Hi,am a noob here so apologies if im posting this in the wrong section? If so can it be moved to correct one please.

I live abroad and purchased a new Sky+ box and have got it installed.

All is working fine apart from the fact that i am not receiving the following channlels....

RTE1,RTE2,TV3,BBC1,BBC2

I get the "no satellite signal received" message

Basically all terestrial Uk channels.I also tried adding the likes of the ITV channels and CH5 etc but no dice.

Can anybody offer advice of how i can receive them? If it is possible?

gtg60 · 04-02-2009 04:09PM

4KingAceHole wrote: »

I live abroad and purchased a new Sky+ box and have got it installed.

I get the "no satellite signal received" message

Abroad where? Is your dish large enough?

And have you got an Irish Sky subscription?

4KingAceHole · 04-02-2009 04:58PM

gtg60 wrote: »

Abroad where? Is your dish large enough?

And have you got an Irish Sky subscription?

Abroad Sweden.

I've no reason to believe dish is not big enough? Its quite big(i dont know the technical stuff)

And yes i have Irish Sky subscription.

Tony · 04-02-2009 05:06PM

Its most likely the dish is not receiving the Astra 2d satellite which carries RTE
http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html

4KingAceHole · 04-02-2009 08:10PM

Tony wrote: »

Its most likely the dish is not receiving the Astra 2d satellite which carries RTE
http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/astra2d.html

What does this mean? I cant get them?

Apogee · 04-02-2009 08:14PM

It means it depends where in Sweden you are located. The further north and east, the bigger the dish you require.

http://www.astra2d.com/sweden.htm

Tony · 04-02-2009 08:22PM

4KingAceHole wrote: »

What does this mean? I cant get them?

It means there is reason to believe your dish is not big enough, would have thought the page I linked to was pretty self explanatory.

4KingAceHole · 04-02-2009 08:32PM

Sorry

I am in Stockholm,pretty much near city centre.

What size dish would i need?

Apogee · 04-02-2009 09:35PM

120cm or bigger - see here:
http://astra2d.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=Scandinavia&action=display&thread=1004

4KingAceHole · 14-04-2009 01:04PM

Apogee wrote: »

120cm or bigger - see here:
http://astra2d.proboards31.com/index.cgi?board=Scandinavia&action=display&thread=1004

Thanks.

So any sized dish 120cm or bigger would do the job?

That forum you directed me to seems dead,im still waiting for my account to be approved on there.

Is there a particular make of dish somebody here would reccommend?

Also,I have a sky+ box but at the moment only have 1 cable running to it,adding a 2nd cable at the same time as the new dish,should work fine right?

TIA.

Apogee · 14-04-2009 08:59PM

Some people report good reception with 120cm. Others suggest a 150cm is required for 24/7 reception. Both Channel Master and Gilbertini are mentioned in this link:
http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/sky-uk-platform-astra-28-2e-astra-2d-fringe-reception-tech/73548-astra-2d-sweden.html

Adding a second cable for Sky+ should work fine.

Irish Sky box abroad

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