All posts by Les Nicol
Below are all of Les Nicol's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Paul - If you site and install your dish securely, it really shouldn't move unless your situation is seeing you very exposed to extreme weather conditions.
As JB38 points out,if at all possible a ground or near to ground, installation often can be made to be less obtrusive and has the advantage of ease of maintannce.
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Jo, you cannot connect your Freeview TV to the Dish. You will require to have an aerial fitted to your property and this should be external rather than in the loft. Alternatively you could consider buying a Freesat receiver which can be connected to the existing dish and your TV. Probably a little more than having anearial fitted but less hassle for you.
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P>S> Jo you can get a reasonably priced "Freesat" receiver on the High Street from Radio and TV outlets and the likes of Tesco Curry's and Comet. See on this site "Upgrading from Sky to Freesat"
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Paul - I would have thought the 90cm dish is possibly to small for reception of UK TV in Valencia. When the dish was fitted did the installer give you any indication of it's suitabilty for reception at your locus?
The Amstrad receiver,may not be the best suited either for use in Spain. I would check if possible with an ex pat installer in your area.
The Humax "Freesat" HDR has one of the most sensitive tuners of the UK boxes,but again
it would be best to check out the most appropriate receiver through local knowledge in Valencia.
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Paul, The recommended dish size for Alicante and Torrevieja areas is 1.4 metre Prime Focus Dish and for an offset 1.5 to 1.8.
For Valenica, Murcia and Madrid the recommendation for an offset dish is 1.8 metre
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Vaughan - One option would be to purchase a "Freesat" HD receiver or PVR. You could then keep the Pace SKY box for another location for non subscription use and for the other location get a standard "Freesat" receiver - these are relatively inexpensive from most high street outlets. A replacement quad LNB for the dish - around £10 00 or so and some cabling to the receivers in other locations.
Alternatively you could get yourself a stand alone RF modulator - "Freesat" receivers don't have this option onboard - and distribute the signal in this manner. The first option has the advantage of allowing the reception of different channels in all three locations.
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Mike There can be several issues here.
A. The cable you are using from the dish - it should be of Top Spec eg:- WF100.
B. You don't specifiy if the LNB is a Quatro or Quad and whether the Konig is quatro only compatible or whether this a quatro/quad capable device.
C. If there is a long cable run from the dish the multiswitch may need to be pre-amped with a Konig matching amp.
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Mike - If you can come back with a little more info posed by A B and C then I can further direct you on this one.
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Jackey - Yes straight connection to his dish but you need to advise/discuss with SKY.
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Friday 11 May 2012 8:51PM
Brian BBC iplayer is now included in the latest Ubuntu 12.04 Linux release. Streaming is just fime and picture quality and operastion within this release is just fine.