Can I use my digital freeview box abroad and receive English channals?
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV No. You cannot receive signals from UK Freeview transmitters abroad. You box will be able to receive local "DVB-T" transmittions, if there are any.
You can use satellite equipment pointing at the Astra 2D satellite from some European countries however to get around 100 UK free-to-air channels.
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
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Philippa Woolf5:39 PM
I have been given a Philips Top Box DTR 220/05 will this be of any use to me in France , if so do I attach it to an ariel or a dish ?
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Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Philippa:
That is a Freeview box, and for use with a TV aerial. If you use it in France you will get the French digital terrestrial channels.
It will not pick up the UK terrestrial channels.
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Thursday, 6 January 2011
Philippa Woolf: You won't get all the channels in France, as some are in MPEG4. You need either a BT Vision box, or a Freeview HD box from the UK.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Shellie12:24 PM
Hi, I live in Belgorod, Russia, I have a FTA-7001s general satellite box, i receive 470 channels Russian, Arab, BBC world news & many more, some Amercian which are all dubbed! I'm going mad, what do i have to do/buy to receive English channels?
Please help!! Cheers, Shellie
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Shellie: Not much, the channels are on the Astra 2 satellites and you can't get them from your location.
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011
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Tony3:57 PM
I have a sky hd + box that works in South of France with 1 metre dish picking up all Sky & BBC free channels.
Will a Freeview do the same ?
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Tony: No, the terrestrial signals are used for local French services.
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Tony4:26 PM
Sorry I don't understand.
I am not talking terrestrial.
These are digital satellite signals from Astra
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