TV satelite question.
18 October 2002, 09:32 PM
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Ron,
What type of english viewing channels are you after in France?Do you mean Sky or Free to Air or encrypted Channels.
I will bring along a copy of What Satellite along to Longleat.I bet you're really excited now!
What type of english viewing channels are you after in France?Do you mean Sky or Free to Air or encrypted Channels.
I will bring along a copy of What Satellite along to Longleat.I bet you're really excited now!
18 October 2002, 11:07 PM
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You need a Satellite dish and a Sky Digibox.
If you're happy with just BBC you can get a free viewing card. If you want the Sky Channels aswell you'll need a subscription. This will have to taken out in the UK as the licence doesnt cover france, so you'll need a friendly UK address to registar it against.
Reception of sky with a reasonable dish (60cm) is fine in northern france - may need something bigger in the south.
Watched the footy via Sky in a tent @ Le Mans this year quite happily with a 60cm dish and digibox
Deano
If you're happy with just BBC you can get a free viewing card. If you want the Sky Channels aswell you'll need a subscription. This will have to taken out in the UK as the licence doesnt cover france, so you'll need a friendly UK address to registar it against.
Reception of sky with a reasonable dish (60cm) is fine in northern france - may need something bigger in the south.
Watched the footy via Sky in a tent @ Le Mans this year quite happily with a 60cm dish and digibox
Deano
19 October 2002, 12:15 AM
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"Reception of sky with a reasonable dish (60cm) is fine in northern france - may need something bigger in the south."
Can you explain that? Surely the satelite is in a geosynchronous orbit which means its 22000miles up over the equator, presumably on the prime meridian so the further south you go the stronger the signal till you get to the equator. Unless the signal is highly directional and squirted directly at the UK of course. Is it?
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Can you explain that? Surely the satelite is in a geosynchronous orbit which means its 22000miles up over the equator, presumably on the prime meridian so the further south you go the stronger the signal till you get to the equator. Unless the signal is highly directional and squirted directly at the UK of course. Is it?
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19 October 2002, 10:25 AM
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Correct, but the signal is focussed at Liverpool and the further you move away from the centre, the weaker the signal strength.
See http://www.ses-astra.com/market/brit...ital/index.htm for more info.
Correct, but the signal is focussed at Liverpool and the further you move away from the centre, the weaker the signal strength.
See http://www.ses-astra.com/market/brit...ital/index.htm for more info.
19 October 2002, 10:31 AM
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I live in Brittainy ! We get all the channels, but sometimes we get mosaics, especially when it pisses down ! Maybe the satellite dish is out of line a touch ( is that possible? ). When the french geezer fitted it, I told him where to put the dish and he promptly put it somewhere else ! Also, where do you get the free BBC card mate? I'm up for that !
And while I'm slagging off the french. I had my cd player fitted in my car. I told the geezer( different one ) ; Only fit it if you can connect it so the volume controls etc.... on the steering wheel work. So he promptly fitted it; and they don't work..........
Now its ****ed!
And while I'm slagging off the french. I had my cd player fitted in my car. I told the geezer( different one ) ; Only fit it if you can connect it so the volume controls etc.... on the steering wheel work. So he promptly fitted it; and they don't work..........
Now its ****ed!
19 October 2002, 12:00 PM
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From Pete's link - the sky footprint is "focused" on the UK.
Plenty of Satellite sites will explain how to do it. There is no reason you cant install your own dish, alignment is perfectly possible just takes a little patience. Took me an hour or so the first time I tried (at home). Once in france took about 10 mins. (Ground mount pole outised the tent was a little wobbly)
BBC Card details here You'll almost certainly need to call from the UK with valid UK address which has a TV licence.
Deano
[Edited by dsmith - 10/19/2002 12:01:56 PM]
Plenty of Satellite sites will explain how to do it. There is no reason you cant install your own dish, alignment is perfectly possible just takes a little patience. Took me an hour or so the first time I tried (at home). Once in france took about 10 mins. (Ground mount pole outised the tent was a little wobbly
)BBC Card details here You'll almost certainly need to call from the UK with valid UK address which has a TV licence.
Deano
[Edited by dsmith - 10/19/2002 12:01:56 PM]
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