All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
mike blackett:
The Sky box works off your dish so is unaffected by anything relating to your aerial or the feeds from that via your passive splitter that then feeds UHF signals to your TV sets. I presume the TV upstairs gets the Sky programme from your Sky box? Is that via a UHF connection from the RF1 or RF2 output on the back of the box? I also presume that your splitter has all the outputs connected to a TV set or box?
I would suggest that you firstly check all the UHF (not the dish) cables and connections to make sure there are no loose or faulty connections. You should also check that the cables are undamaged and that there are no short circuits in the cabling.
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AllanJ:
If you do not have a steerable dish, most people don't, then the only satellites it can pick up are those located at the orbital position at which it is aimed, the Astra satellites at 28.2 and 28.5 degrees east for example. Most other satellites are not visible unless you are lucky enough to have a 'wide view' dish (which are rare due to the expense) or have multiple LNBs mounted side-by-side on the end ot the boom. If you do have those you may 'see' other satellites.
One solution might be a second dish, possibly steerable, but in the UK that will require planning permission and that is rarely given for a second dish on the same house. Having it on a ground mount would still require planning consent.
So if you have a fixed dish, there is little point in extending the listed satellites receivable.
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John
As you already have a dish, as was used for your previous Sky service, it may well be advisable to use that with a Freesat box. That will work perfectly well using the dish as the signals for Freesat come from the same group of satellites as the Sky signals.
I don't think that YouView works with satellite services though, but others may be able to confirm that or correct me if I'm wrong. My YouView box takes signals from my terrestrial aerial but, like you, signal reception of terrestrial (Freeview) services is not ideal.
If you like the idea of using your existing dish with a Freesat box, you may consider getting a Freesat PVR so you can record programmes as well - but that will need a dual output LNB at least. If you had Sky+ then you should already have at least a dual LNB (or maybe a quad, just as good) and at least 2 downleads that fed into your Sky+ box.
Food for thought?
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Chaz
As far as I can ascertain, Technisat boxes are abl;e to receive satellite signals only and cannot receive terrestrial (Freeview) signals at all. So the answer is no, you can't.
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strongproblems:
That's correct. When the entertainment providers finish for the day, the transmission channels are used for the shopping style of service.
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Simon
Please give the *full* URL as there is a serious risk with these 'shortened' form in that it is impossible to know in advance where you will be redirected to.
We have stated elsewhere on this site that the risks involved for little or no benefit are too great.
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James
Prior to that Sky was broadcasting amalogue services via the Astra satelites at 19.2 E, British Satellite Broadcasting were transmitting digital signals from their satellite and using the 'squarial', whilst BBC, ITV, Channel 4/S4C and Channel 5 were using terrestrial analogue brodcasts.
With my considerable experience in the TV industry, I wouldn't believe everything written on Wikipedia, it is well known that there are many misleading statements there and elsewhere.
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jay:
You will not get any Freeview terrestrial broadcasts in the Pyrenees, that part of France and Spain is far too far away fropm the UK transmitters! There are possibilities to explore though. You may be able to get Freesat using a dish aimed at the 28.2/28.5 East orbital position, look at What is Freesat? - over 200 digital TV and Radio channels, subscription-free for more information about what channels are available and how to receive them - they are free too!
There may also be some services available via internet *if* your location has a fast enough internet service - it really needs to be better than 4 Mbps and not be too variable. However, not all channels are available via on-line services. Ask around locally to your Pyrenees location to see what others can receive, if anything.
Remember that mountainous areas like the Pyrenees can have reception difficulties due to the high peaks if they are between the dish location and the satellite position. Remember also that to 'see' the satellite the dish will need top look directly at them and so needs to be aimed much further east that thier orbital position suggests (that is the actual longitude above which the satellites reside, it's above the Equator somewhere over East Africa!)
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AlanG & John Martin:
Without people having extensive knowledge of technical matters, such as the main contributors to this site, we would not have TV, cars, trains, mobile phones, etc, etc, etc.
It is worth listening to people who do really know rather than 'a bloke in the pub' and the making your own mind up with the benefit of some factual information. Some of the information on Wikipedia is indeed correct but some is woefully in error - the problem being deciding which is which. That's where 'expert knowledge and experience' comes in usefiul.
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Tuesday 17 February 2015 9:02PM
It could be that the LNB power is not turned on perhaps. You don't say what make and model equipment is being used. If you supply that then we may be able to check the user manuals.