Can I use my digital freeview box abroad and receive English channals?

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, 20 December 2011
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Gino5:35 PM
I live in Italy just south of Rome,we brought
a free sky view box with us from England and
we want to know if we are able to watch English
channels here and which sat. and frequencies I
have to set it to.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Gino/john: Please see All about Freesat | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice for details of the coverage area.
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Monday, 2 January 2012
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MTorrey12:06 PM
I live near Adana Turkey and was wondering if I would be able to pick up free channels with my HD antenna from the USA? (ADANA,TURKEY)
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Thursday, 5 January 2012
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Bob the Builder7:38 PM
Hi Brian,
I have moved to Hungary, I have brought a 2m dish a couple of years ago and have a oldish sky box, I now have some spare time to install it all, If I align the dish to the sky satellites will I be able to receive the freeview channels on the sky box? thanks (you will understand why I am desperate to get the UK channels once you have tried to watch Hungarian t.v also BBC entertainment has been stopped by my local cable provider
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
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Trustix2212:32 AM
Hi,I live in france, in Brittany, neere to Lamballe in cotes d'armor, so do my mum and dad, we have always had UK in france thru the chanel islands. recetley (a bit more than a year ago now) the chanel isles have gone to digital to, and they still get english tv with there with a TNT box reciver they got originaly for french tv form local LIDL. and it works fine ! no changes made to arial or nothing !
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Thursday, 12 January 2012
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John Andrews10:41 PM
Hi, just returned from an extended stay in the Algarve and took my mother. She really missed English language TV so I wondered if I took the Freeview + box next time if the programmes already recorded on to the hard drive would play on a Portuguese TV. Thanks for your help.
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Friday, 13 January 2012
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Mike Dimmick5:28 PM
John Andrews: As long as you can connect the box to the TV, you can watch.
The SCART connector is probably the easiest way to connect. While broadcast transmission standards were a little different, the way that pictures are sent on a cable is the same in both countries. You may need to check that both the box and TV are set to RGB or to CVBS mode - this setting controls whether colour is sent on three separate wires, one for each colour, or all combined onto one wire.
If the box and TV support a digital connection like HDMI, that's an even better solution.
You might not be able to use an RF connection, even if the box has an RF modulator that supports it. Portugal used PAL colour with 625-line System B/G for analogue transmissions, while we use PAL with System I. The sub-carrier frequency used for audio is a little different, so you may well get pictures but no sound. Newer TVs usually allow you to select the system used, so you might be able to select PAL I rather than PAL B/G on the TV. But if it's that new, it should have SCART sockets!
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Mike Dimmick5:58 PM
Trustix22: The core standards used for digital TV are the same in France and in Britain - DVB-T with pictures encoded in MPEG-2 Video and sound in MPEG Layer II - so it's not surprising that it mostly works. However, France's system is fully specified in IEC 62216 (sometimes called the Euro-Book or E-Book) while ours is in the Digital TV Group's D-Book. Some of the service information is not fully compatible, so you might find that PVR series link and the like doesn't work.
Notably, for interactive services, I believe France use the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), which is based on Java, while UK Red Button services use the MHEG-5 program description language and the 'UK Profile' object model. That means BBC Red Button and other interactive services won't work on a TNT box.
I also believe France still uses essentially standard teletext, which is carried differently for digital TV, but the content format is the same. UK transmitters, including the Channel Islands, do not broadcast standard teletext data, only the MHEG-5 content.
Subtitles should always be available as I believe both UK and Europe use the DVB Subtitles standard, which carries the subtitles as a picture overlay. Make sure you use the subtitles button on the box's remote, rather than trying to access teletext from the TV.
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John Andrews8:11 PM
Thanks Mike. Great news. That should keep my mum entertained for a few hours. The TV we use in Portugal has a SCART socket so it should work ok.
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Saturday, 14 January 2012
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alex8:02 PM
hi i have brought a samsung led tv in holland and i am about to move back to the uk will i be able to get freeview on hte tv when i retune in england??????
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
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alex1:01 AM
ok thats cool is there any percific way i need to install the freeview or just simply auto tube the channel list.
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David11:19 PM
I bought a Technika Freeview TV in the UK before moving to New Zealand. On set-up it scans but finds no digital stations. Is there something else I can try or won't this TV work here?
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Monday, 23 January 2012
David: Most of New Zealand uses "Freeview via satellite" so your "Freeview" set may well not work as you won't necessarily had a "digital switchover".
There is a nice site for the service here - Freeview NZ - Your Favorite TV Programmes in Digital Quality - Freeview .
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David9:46 AM
I can recieve a digital signal via the standard aerial as it's working on my Freeview box bought in NZ, but my UK TV doesn't find any digital chanels.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
David: Apologies, as the technical parameters for the NZ service are:
MPEG-4 part 10 (H.264, AVC) is used for the video codec and for audio three audio codecs are used:
MPEG-4 HA AAC (up to mono and stereo level 2 bitstream only)
MPEG-1 Layer II/Musicam, audio mode stereo. Sampling rate 32, 44.1 and 48kHz
Only a UK "Freeview HD" box would work, or one of the standard Freeview boxes that happen to have MPEG4, such as BT Vision. Which won't work as you don't have BT Broadband...
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
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Mario6:52 PM
Hi..
My parents move to Spain next month.. My mum will miss her UK programmes. IS there any way to catch them in the Benalmadena area from her house?
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Sunday, 29 January 2012
Mario: Yes, you can use a Freesat box with a suitably large dish - which in the south of Spain may be very large indeed. The best thing to do is to buy a good quality Freesat+HD box for her to take to Spain and to organised the dish with a local installer in Spain.
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Marie -There are ex-pat and local installers who advertise installations in the English language paper. Your parents should get someone that's reliable and has a good knowledge of what's required for the area.
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Saturday, 4 February 2012
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ukbg2:17 PM
I hear that Bulgaria are switching from analogue to digital. If I purchase a freeview box in UK, will it be able to receive local channels in my apartment in Bulgaria? Or should I purchase a digital box in Bulgaria?
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Monday, 6 February 2012
ukbg: Yes, a UK Freeview box will work in Bulgaria, as the system is the same.
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ukbg11:06 AM
Thanks Briantist. Does anyone know if Bulgaria will obtain their digital TV from a satellite dish like we do with freesat or through an ariel like we do with freeview?
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Helen12:10 PM
Hi
I'm in the north of Rome, will I be able to pick up Sky here on a UK card? And do you know what size dish I would need? Thanks
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Mike Dimmick6:16 PM
ukbg: Bulgaria hasn't yet launched digital terrestrial TV - the European Commission objected to the original award of licences because Austria's ORS was excluded, being owned by Austria's state broadcaster ORF. They now plan to launch in 2014.
Bulgaria makes DTT move | Broadband TV News
It's likely that the receiver specification will be the 'E-Book', IEC 62216, rather than the UK's 'D-Book' written by the Digital TV Group. This might cause some incompatible behaviour. It's unlikely that interactive content would work, as the 'UK Profile' of MHEG-5 is unique to the UK and Ireland.
For satellite, the Bulgarian channels appear to be on three different satellite clusters depending on the service operator. The main channels BNT 1 and BNT 2 are encrypted on all three, Satellite BG, Bulsatcomm and Vivacom and using different encryption systems to the UK (well, Vivacom are using VideoGuard, which is Sky's system, but you'd still need to get a card from Vivacom and the EPG may well download from a different place).
To pick up UK PSB channels you'd need a very large dish pointed at 28.2°E - far away from any of the Bulgarian services - as the free-to-air channels use transmitting dishes with a footprint designed to only cover the British Isles, at least at decent power/small dish size.
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Gary O'Connor8:59 PM
Hi, I'm going on holiday to France in the summer and would like to have the choice of watching UK TV while I'm there; can someone advise of a cost effective way of recieving free to air digital TV? I've looked at the portable dish kits but I suspect the dish is too small (~40cm). Help! Thank you.
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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Geoff5:37 PM
I am NOT an expert but we have a mobile home near Pont Aven, Brittany.
For areas like Normandy, Brittany then a standard (Sky size) dish will be ok. The further you go south the larger the dish. Freesat or Sky box (with a TV of course) works fine. What luck you would have with a portable dish I cannot say. I am sure others on here will know far better than me.
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ukbg: There's also more at DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting - Bulgaria .
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
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BullyBriar83:16 PM
I have a small house in central Brittany in France . I would like to take my old sky box ( not hd) out and try to get UK programmes. Is it just a case of fitxing up a sat dish and away we go , or is it more complex . Please make the answer simple , as I'm a muppet as far as technology is concerned.
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BullyBriar8 - UK satellite TV reception in central Brittany should be possible with either a SKY freesat or FTA (free to air) receiver and suitable and correctly installed satellite reception dish. Given your acknowledged position as far as Technology is concerned, you would be best to get a local installer to set this up for you. There are some ex-pat fitters that also may be in the area that could advise/install and you could also check this out.
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
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alan9:13 PM
have a spanish 42in hdtv and english sky box all works fine.
Have brought a english dvd/recorder over and can get analog but not anything of the sky box any answers please
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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Jacqueline2:43 PM
I have a place in Murcia and wish to get UK TV - can I take my old sky box as I have just moved to HD in the UK? Is it easy to set up?
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Jacqueline2:45 PM
I have a place in Murcia and wish to get UK TV - can I take my old sky box as I have just moved to HD in the uk? If so is it easy to set up?
Thanks
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Monday, 26 March 2012
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Dave N3:18 PM
I've been given a Matsui DTR3a box. Living in France. Should I be able to pick up French TV through normal aerial socket?
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Thursday, 5 April 2012
Dave N: No, some French channels use MPEG4, and your box will not work. You can use a UK "Freeview HD" box.
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
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Gina Hayes3:22 PM
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Hello from SW France, DH2 3ST
I have a Boston DVB-4500 Digital Sat Receiver to watch UK FTA channels, and was able to watch Analogue French TV with and indoor aerial until the switch off.
Can I use the same box to view French FTA Channels? The TV is not a modern one.
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Gina's: mapG's Freeview map terrainG's terrain plot wavesG's frequency data G's Freeview Detailed Coverage
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Gina Hayes:
Basicaly you can use what you have to receive the same channels in France as the UK with a suitably aligned satellite dish. If you want to watch french satellite you will need to align your dish to 19.2 whereas 2d is at 28 appr. If you want french TV then any freeview box will get the french TV after running a reset and tune. I have the satellite for UK and freeview box for the french TV.
Region-Deuxsevres.
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Thursday, 31 May 2012
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C Rodriguez9:00 PM
Will a Spanish Freeview Box work in the UK? and could i watch Spanish channels in the UK via a Spanish Sat Freeview box?
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Thursday, 5 July 2012
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Ernie2:19 PM
Hi Brian,
Just "fell across" your site, and it appears that today, "birthday congratulations" are in order! Had a read through various parts of the site, and have to say, that what you provide is very commendable (and, I know, very time consuming!). Great site.
My reason for searching the web, is that I have a question re. a TV I wish to purchase (either in the UK or Denmark) in relation to the tv's performance in Denmark and the UK, and vice versa. The question follows, but if this is not the correct forum, my apologies and please advise me of where I should post the question.
The TV in question is an LG 37LED, which has the following model no.s: UK- 37LS5600; DK - 37LS560T. I am told by LG's support service that these are the equivalent models, but unfortunately, their response both from their DK and UK support centre is not completely helpful.
I just need to know whether, irrespective of which country I made the purchase, if it will function correctly in both DK/UK. At present I live in Denmark, but that may change in 6 months time, hence not really wishing to have to end up buying the "same" tv twice!
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Ernie
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Mark Fletcher3:15 PM
Halifax
C Rodriguez.
No is the answer to the question you raised !
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jb3811:07 PM
Ernie: If I could just qualify what has been mentioned by Mark Fletcher insomuch that although the TV will work you will likely find that the EPG channel list wont, and so the channels available will most likely not conform what you are used to on normal UK Freeview.
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jb3811:22 PM
Ernie: Apologies to Mark Fletcher insomuch that he did NOT reply to your query regarding the two models of TV's.
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Mark Fletcher11:57 PM
Halifax
JB38.
No problem whatsoever !
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012
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bilal12:23 AM
Hello can i use dubia bush freebox use in uk its work or not
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012
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Tom Baker12:18 AM
I live in SW France and Presently I have an old UK purchased TV which is attached to a sky box (no card) & I can pick up all the free channels from the UK.
I want to purchase a new flat screen TV with built in Freeview from the UK. If I do will I be able to pick up all the Freeview channels directly from the new TV (it is an LG42 LS3400). Thank you for your help.
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jb387:08 AM
Tom: The simple answer is NO! as it has to be appreciated that the "only" reason you are able to achieve what you presently do is because the signal reaching you is via satellite and not across land, and so any TV you purchase to pick up UK channels would have to be of the Freesat / Freeview variety and NOT purely Freeview as is the model mentioned, I say this as Freesat capable TV's always have Freeview as standard anyway.
Of course the other choice you do have is to use any TV in conjunction with a Freesat box, this method possibly giving you a wider selection of TV's.
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012
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TC0110:04 AM
I live just oustide of Paris and currently watch French TV via sfr / neufbox setup, which is connected to our sat-dish. I have purchased a UK freebox, connected this to the tv and satelite and am uanble to access any of the UK channels. What do I need to do to be able to access UK TV?
Thanks
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Sunday, 19 August 2012
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Terry G5:39 PM
FRANCE 17700,Nr La Rochelle,the house came with
a satelite dish set very high ,we got some CNN and SPORT for about 4 years but then things went digital,and the french analogue box became obsolete .I have just bought a Bush Freesat box,in the uk,which I will try next month in france,What are my chances?????
Terry G
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012
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Michael10:25 AM
What do you recommend using to receive digital terrestrial TV travelling around Europe in a caravan? We have an analogue TV and aerial that is supposedly OK for digital. What box do we need to buy? We travel mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and sometimes France.
Many thanks for your help.
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Friday, 14 September 2012
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David Moffat5:02 PM
Can I recieve British TV channels in Cape town South Africa? Is there a way please.
I can only access British radio via the internet.
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Sunday, 16 September 2012
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Squonchy7:19 PM
Hi. I am a UK resident but I visit family back in Greece. They have recently switched to digital channels which require an mpeg4 decoder. Would my freeview box that's sat in my house in the UK gathering dust work to receive greek channels? Thank you
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Monday, 17 September 2012
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Mike Dimmick6:23 PM
Squonchy: Check the specification on your box, but MPEG-4 Part 10 AVC (aka H.264) is not required for receiving Standard Definition television in the UK (yet), so it is unlikely that SD-only Freeview equipment supports it. Freeview HD boxes must support it as it is used for HD TV, and it will be used for the Northern Ireland mini-mux, which launches in October.
MPEG-4 is made up of a number of parts, and Part 10 was the *second* video encoding specified. However, it is very unlikely that Greece will be using MPEG-4 Part 2, the first encoding, as it is barely any better than MPEG-2 Part 2, as used for SD over here.
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012
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jane11:59 AM
The freesat box we currently use at our holiday home in ireland has gone wrong and for some reason only lets us view ITV now. If I buy a basic freesat SD box in england will it still work/provide uk channels if taken to ireland?
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Michael2:12 PM
Just answering my own post of 22 August. Having read this site and others I went out and bought the cheapest freeview box in Tesco. On installing it in my caravan in Austria it immediately tuned in 4 Austrian TV channels and when we moved to northern Italy it picked up about 200 channels, including German language broadcasts from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Although no one responded to my request for help I would like to thank the owners of this site for maintaining it.
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Friday, 21 September 2012
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Chris12:20 PM
Hi
My mum currently lives in northern italy she has purchased a new tv recently, is there anything i can bring over or she can get here to access british channels easily? As far as I know she only has standard aerial etc.
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Thursday, 11 October 2012
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Michael2:18 PM
@Chris, Friday 21 September 2012 12:20PM
Your mum needs a satellite dish which she can obtain locally.
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Thursday, 1 November 2012
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Jacqueline10:29 AM
Hi, I live in Greece and have a sky box and dish but can now only receive channel 4, I have been offered a Sony HD Freeview box, will this work here. Many thanks
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Monday, 5 November 2012
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Helen3:36 PM
Hi there, I am in Berlin and miss British television. I guess from the other questions that I need a satellite dish and a freesat box to receive the UK channels - does the satellite dish need to be big? and do I also need a freeview box?
Also does it need to be a HD freesat box or just a regular one for an older type of television?
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Friday, 9 November 2012
I live in the SW of France and receive about 50 clear UK TV channels from a satellite dish aligned to 28.2 Astra "2D". If you have the old analogue setup which still works if you like German TV, so you must re-align your dish. I use a Humax Freesat box and a 80cm dish. Setup was easy. All I needed was my old UK postcode and it tuned into my local TV as if I was in the UK. I have also setup my old UK freeview box on a TV aerial and can receive about 10 French TV channels which is useful to improve my language skills. What more do I need? I have everything.
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Monday, 19 November 2012
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julie3:57 PM
We have a basic sky box, dish and a freeview card in our apartment in fuerteventura, we turn off the electric when we are not there, we have just returned after 2 months and now we have a no signal message, we only get a few channels on the sky box 501, but we like to listen to radio 2 through it. will your 3 reset methods work over here. we had more channels last year but apparently a satellite has been replaced and we lost those, do you know if the another satellite been removed or is the no signal message because it has been turned off for 2 months.
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012
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Anita Ozola10:57 AM
Dear UK we now live in Latvia and miss English tv. I have a freeview skybox with card. We moved out of UK 5 monthes since and have a one metre satalite dish and connections but still are unable to recieve a signal. Please help.
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Anita Ozola: I think you will have a difficulty in receiving UK TV with a 1 metre dish. Maybe with a 1.5 or 1.8, but suggest you check this with a local installer before proceeding.
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Sunday, 9 December 2012
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Simon Cantrill1:51 PM
My father in law would like to take an english free view box back to poland. Will it work?
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Friday, 8 February 2013
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Sam10:04 PM
I'm going to be moving overseas, and was wondering if my freesat box would connect to the tvs over there, not to watch channels but to watch my recorded stuff on there? If anyone knows the answer I would really appreciate it, thanks
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Sam10:09 PM
I should have said my free view box, it's a bush bu11FVRSD series hardware - main board v1.1 software version a30-1b-0107. Al of that means nothing to me by the way, I have no idea about these things, all I was hoping to find out is if I take the box abroad to Africa or to the Caribbean whether I would be able to access the hard drive bit where I've recorded lots of films, if this can still be used in another country. I hope all that makes sense, thanks for listening and hopefully responding, regards,
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Tuesday, 12 February 2013
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Jane1:10 PM
I need a new free to air box as mine does not retune itself and I am a pensioner with little knowledge we run on a satellite 2D Astra can I buy a box here in England and use it in the south of France. Which box would you recommend I would like HD and record.
Thankyou for your held
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Friday, 15 February 2013
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brian11:16 AM
I have a thompson sky box - no sky card - our community ariels/dish pick up spanish tv stations - could I retune the sky box to pick up the spanish channels - I live in Tenerife ?
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013
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Buccy12:51 PM
This summer I am moving to Prague from the UK. Can anyone tell me if I will be able to get UK TV out there and what I will need to receive it.
Many thanks in advance
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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beth11:40 AM
Dear Brian. I have a bt vision essential box. if I take it to Italy will it work? otherwise what do I need to do to get bbc and itv and be ableto record them from Italy. thanks beth
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Friday, 12 July 2013
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SallyAnn Urry8:36 AM
I am in Northern Italy and have a satellite dish which receives Astra and Hotbird therefore Sky news and BBC world. I brought my Sky box and card from Uk but the message on TV says no telephone landline. How can I connect and receive signals from my dish without a landline
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Friday, 26 July 2013
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Geoff Chadwick7:06 PM
We have our own place in Italy (The Tuscia bordering Tuscany)and we get freeview and even our local Yorkshire news, you must take your UK Freeview box with you, we purchased a TV in Italy and a metre diameter dish. All is ok exept when a storm comes or there is bad weather inbetween the signal and our dish, but usually crystal clear. However I have been told that soon the Freeview channels will be switching to another Satellite This is set to happen we think in 2014, as channel 5 has done already, maybe we can retune the Dish, we don't know yet.
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Thursday, 26 December 2013
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steve10:29 AM
Hi there, my humax freesat box has stopped working, l live in the Czech Republic and Im wondering if I buy a new freesat box from here will I still be able to get English tv? Any advice will be much appreciated.
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Saturday, 28 December 2013
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Arminas5:31 PM
Hello, i have a tv from USA, if i buy freeview box will it work in uk?
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Arminas:
The first question is whether it is capable of running with a 230 Volt mains input as the US uses 110 Volts and connecting it to a 230 V supply could be dangerous and might cause irreparable damage.
The voltage rating should be on a label on the back or bottom of the TV set. If it does not state it can be used with a 200-240 Volt supply do NOT connect it to your mains supply
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MikeB11:46 PM
Arminas: MikeP is quite right - US voltage is totally different, as is potentially the tuner, etc (NTSC v PAL, etc). There is generally a good reason for people to buy such items 'in country' - its designed for the locale. I do get customers from the USAF, etc, who have shipped TV's over, but generally, the best thing to do is to go local.
You can buy something like this -
Maplin 230V to 110V 300W Voltage Converter | Maplin - but its simply another complication. Its true that buying a Samsung 32in 32F5500 is $399.99 at BestBuy (£243), whereas the best high street price here is £339 at the moment, but if you add shipping costs, no warrenty, the need for a transformer, and a tuner which is not UK standard, its not that great a deal.
However, if you do manage to get it working, then yes, a UK freeview box, etc should simply attach via RCA phono/HDMI.
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Thursday, 23 January 2014
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Ramesh7:50 PM
I have brought home a Goodmans GFSAT101SD Freesat Digital Set Top Box to Malaysia. Plugged into the Malaysian ASTRO (KU band) satellite dish aligned to MEASAT satellites, tuned to bypass UK postcodes and i cant receive any Free-To-Air signal in Malaysia.
Is this GFSAT101SD set-top box made to receive FTA channels from other satellites in Southeast Asia region please ?
I do know that Southeast Asia is out of reach from all European FTA satellites.
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Sunday, 11 May 2014
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sue purves9:45 PM
We have enjoyed UK Freeview channels in the Algarve, Portugal. Earlier in the year the load on the Astra satellites was redistributed and now we cannot get any UK radio and few UK channels. I was told that if I purchased a Sky card for the Sky machine slot which I use as the freeview messenger that I would again get Freeview. Is this correct please? Regards,
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sue purves: a sky card won't make the slightest bit of difference.
If you have reset your sky box already then the most likely answer is to get a larger satellite dish.
From what I recall - I used to live in Cascaise - three are plenty of local installer companies who can help.
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Monday, 12 May 2014
Les Nicol
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Ramesh - The Goodmans receiver you've taken out to Malaysia was solely designed to receive and work with "Freesat" here in the UK ( with the exception of some fringe European coverage) and will not give any output in your area. You might have had some success with an FTA generic Satellite receiver dependent on the output format from MEASAT and the receivers build features.
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Monday, 30 June 2014
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sudeshbunger2:04 PM
I am living in Brussels now and would like to know which satellite dish I would need to buy in order to watch all Uk channels, bbc/itv/ch4/5...via freesat box, where would I get freesat box?
Is the dish an ASTRA, and would you know which size please.
thank you
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Anthony4:03 PM
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sudeshbunger: in brussels you'll need a 60-70cm satellite dishantenna aligned with the astra 2 satellites/eutelsat 28a satellites @ 28.2degE hooked up to a uk freesat receiver, secondhand sky hd receiver or generic free to air satellite receiver. Sky + recording and playback only via subscription in the UK only. A freesat box or freesat+ recorder or generic free to air satellite box with pvr facility would be best for you. Astra2 and eutelsat28a carry english language uk channels.
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Anthony4:06 PM
Accrington
Freesat boxes can be bought in the uk or online ie ebay. Generic free to air satellite receivers can be bought quite generally from most satellite dealers.
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MikeP
8:16 PM
8:16 PM
sudeshbunger:
Your dish should be installed professionally to get the best results.
It should be aligned to 'see' the satelites that are immediately above the 28 degrees longitude over the Equator. That means the diesh will need to be aimed at and angle greater than 28 degrees east of due south - the actual angle and elevation has to be calculated for the precise location. There are website that offer this serfvice for you.
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Sunday, 20 July 2014
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English in Swiss 12:17 AM
Hi, what would be in your view the dish size required for Geneva?
Thank you!
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Sunday, 10 August 2014
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Anthony5:25 PM
Accrington
Anthony: I would suggest a 90cm-100cm dish for Freesat in Geneva the signal strength tends to weaken the further south you go and the reception results can vary enormously across Europe even as short as a few miles in the next town village region or country-go for a 90cm dish bare minimum at 28degrees East but if you want total rainfade free reception I'd suggest 100cm diameter dish at maximum.
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MikeP
8:50 PM
8:50 PM
English In Swiss. The dish needs to be aimed at where the satellites are positioned in orbit. They are geostationary above a point 28.2 degrees east of due south and directly above the Equator. That means they are somewhere above equatorial East Africa. The actual aim, the azimuth and elevation plus the LNB skew, needs to be determined for your specific location. There are on-line systems that can help with the rather complex calculations, such as that at Calculate Azimuth And Elevation Angles which can give you the required aiming information. You may need to check whether there are any legal requirements about erecting a dish of the size needed. In the UK there are restrictions on the maximum size and its location on a building. Your local planning regulations may have some advice, else speak to the governing authorities for the locality to ensure you are not contravening any requirements with such a large dish.
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Sunday, 7 September 2014
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C. Kennedy12:34 PM
I have lost all my British tv channels in Innsbruck Austria. Can get some during
the day strangely enough. Nothing in the evening. I have a sat dish.
If I bring a British Freeview receiver would that help? Or how do I simply
restore all the channels without having to resort to internet services as I
simply want anyone to be able to sit down and switch on in an uncomplicated
way. If I bring a British Skybox for example. Will that still work??
Thanks.
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Mike Davison1:50 PM
C. Kennedy: Most services on the Astra satellite at 28.2 degrees east now use a tighter beam to serve the UK only with small dishes. This mainly affects the BBC, ITV, Ch4, Ch5 channels and you will now need a large dish to get these. Difficult to estimate exactly what size as the data from SES-Astra is sketchy but you could need 1.5 to 2 metres diameter. It will not matter what make of satellite receiver you use, it's all to do with the dish size. Some of the lesser important channels still use beams that cover Innsbruck and if you are having problems with them then you must be using a dish that is too small. A Freeview receiver using an ordinary UHF antenna will only find the local Austrian channels from the ORF Patscherkofel transmitter near Innsbruck. http://de.wikipedia.org/w…fel.
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Anthony6:08 PM
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C Kennedy-you'll need at least a 2m dish to get as many services as you can;signal strengths will vary on the Astra 2 UK spotbeam channels but you will get a lot of the Astra 2 pan-european beam free to air services down there in Innsbruck on a 2mtr dish antenna aligned with 28.2degE.
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MikeP
9:10 PM
9:10 PM
C Kennedy
A British Freeview receiver will not be able to get any British Freeview programmes in Innsbruck. That is just far too far away from the UK for any of the transmissions to get that far.
You may get some British programmes on FreeSat using your dish, but it needs to be pretty large as Innsbruck is some way outside the targetted area so the signals will be pretty weak.
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Monday, 8 September 2014
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C Kennedy7:42 AM
Thanks Anthony. But my building will not allow a larger dish. I already have
a 120 dish. Would paying for Sky Europe service work? I read that sometimes
it doesn't. I really only want BBC1,2 ITV Ch4 Ch5 and free view. With that
I would be happy.
If I bring a UK free box instead of my current one, would that help.? Or
subscription only with Sky?
Cheers.
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C Kennedy7:44 AM
Oh just saw your comments Mike. Thank you.
So does that mean a Sky Europe subscription? I would be happy to do
that now as less complicated but does it actually work getting the
primary British stations in Innsbruck??
Thanks,
Christine
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MikeP
10:26 AM
10:26 AM
Anthony:
The alignment is not to set the azimuth to 28.2 degrees east but to set it at the correct angle for you particular location so it points at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees east.
For a fuller explanation see Azimuth, elevation and skew There are several websites that offer to calculathe the correct azimuth, elevation and skew for the location.
Where I live, Wiltshire, the azimuth is around 35 degrees east!
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Mike Davison12:53 PM
C Kennedy: I put out a reply for you but it seems to have got lost. Satellite is the ONLY way you will see the channels you want in Innsbruck and now they are on a very tight beam for the UK you will need a dish maybe as big as 2m as the detail for this is lacking on SES-Astra's specifications. A Freeview receiver will only pick up the local ORF channels from the Patscherkofel UHF transmitter near Innsbruck. A Sky europe subscription will not get you your wanted channels. They are free so any satellite receiver will do. It's all in the dish. Is there not a cable service that 'pirates' the UK signals.
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Thursday, 11 September 2014
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Sally six3:59 PM
I'm in Burgundy in France and have recently moved house and wanted to install english tv in the new house. We have been using our old sky box and dish from the uk at our previous french address for 10 years without a problem. The new house is in a town and the roof height was too high for my so a local fitter came out his morning, put up a new dish and now the box won't work. On his receiver thingy he is able to connect to dozens of channels but the skybox won't. The box was working an hour before at the old address but now says 'no signal' I have tried unplugging and resetting but nothing is working. Any help is appreciated
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Mike Davison6:50 PM
Sally six: Assuming your dish is 60cm or larger. Burgundy appears to have adequate coverage by the new tight beams from the satellites at 28.2deg.east so I should get him back to prove he has pointed the dish at those satellites and no others. If the dish is correctly setup then depending on the channels you want, you'll have to get the receiver replaced. If you need/want the Sky UK pay channels, that may be a problem.
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Friday, 12 September 2014
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Sally six4:22 PM
Thank you so much. My son is now happily watching cbbc after the technician came back out to check which satelite he was connected to. He was coonected to an arabic satelite. Thanks again Sally
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Monday, 27 October 2014
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mr vlad2:45 PM
Do my tv will work in latvia with built frewiew channels in tv.do ill see latvian channels
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MikeP
9:11 PM
9:11 PM
Mr Vlad
You will not get UK Freeview services in Latvia, it's far too far away from the UK transmitters.
If Latvia has a Digital Terrestrial TV broadcasting service using the DVB-T or DVB-T2 systems then you may get some local Latvian programmes, but they will not be Freeview as that is UK only.
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Wednesday, 5 November 2014
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P&P9:16 AM
Hi, we have a house in Bavaria, Germany and also in the UK. We have a UK Sky subscription but when we are in Germany we really miss UK TV. Our TV in Bavaria has Freesat installed. My question is, ideally we would like to receive Sky TV but any UK TV would be most welcome. Is there any way to do this
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