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Can I stop paying Sky and use my satellite receiver to get FreeSunday 27 February 2011 8:20PM
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Thanks @Briantist !
Freesat here I come...
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... http://www.maplin.co.uk/m….pdf
Just found the manual for the freesat box - and it does mention making sure the dish is oriented to ASTRA 2 28.2 degrees east.
Is this the same as sky? I'm concerned that I won't get all the channels if the dish is oriented to Sky satellites? (WS28DE)
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Hi. I'm having difficulty with my Freeview TV. There are aerial sockets on the wall in the lounge and bedroom connected to a communal aerial (I live in a block of apartments). The TV find all the channels in the lounge, but when I try it in the bedroom it only finds 6 channels (all the BBC ones: BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC news, CBBC etc.) Those channels are crystal clear quality. The socket on the wall in the bedroom is a female connection, whereas the one in the lounge is a male connection... should this make a difference?
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Hi. I'm having difficulty with my Freeview TV. There are aerial sockets on the wall in the lounge and bedroom connected to a communal aerial (I live in a block of apartments). The TV find all the channels in the lounge, but when I try it in the bedroom it only finds 6 channels (all the BBC ones: BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 3, BBC news, CBBC etc.) Those channels are crystal clear quality. The socket on the wall in the bedroom is a female connection, whereas the one in the lounge is a male connection... should this make a difference?
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Thanks Penny for your reply (17.03.11) I'm not quite sure what you mean about the loop of aerial wire? I'm desperate to get a good signal from the aerial socket in the bedroom... Could you, or someone else, explain in a bit more detail? Maplins are useless! Thanks in advance
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Sunday 27 February 2011 5:18PM
I live in a new apartment block with shared sky dish and a twin sky connection behind the tv. I don't currently have sky, but was wondering if I bought a freesat HD+ box, would I be able to plug this into the existing sky dish that serves the apartment block? and would I receive all the channels through the sky dish. I asked at Maplin's for advice, and they said sky dish is positioned differently to an astra dish which they freesat box uses - so I might not receive all channels. Can anyone help before I buy a freesat box? Thanks