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Ian Malaga:
Nothing to do with Sky messing around, as the channels you mention are nothing to do with Sky at all.
I know that some people have been having problems with the C4s which may be due to a new satellite at 26east that is using some of the same frequencies as Astra 2d, perhaps this is the cause?
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Chris:
If you mean Astra 1 then a FTA receiver will get all the FTA channel on there - which are mainly european channels.
If you mean Astra 2, then it will get the UK FTA channels, depending on your exact location and dish size.
BBC1,2,3,4 ITV1,2,3,4,C4,e4,m4,five are all available free to air - with no sky card required, but reception may well depend on your dish size.
Even on a small 80cm dish, you shouyld be able to get SOME UK FTA channels, like SKy News, may be True Movies, BBC Sports streams for example
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Emma: if you are getting "No signal" messages, then doing the manual update by holding the button in will not do much, as it relies on a signal to try and update the system.
So perhaps a tuner has gone in your box? (borrow one from a friend to see if that works?) Maybe the dish has moved? Maybe the signal is being obstructed (snow?)? maybe the LNB (on the dish) is damaged? Maybe the cable from the LNB to the receiver is damaged?
If you cannot check these yourslef then call an engineer....
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ANTHONY:
If you have a satellite dish of the appropriate size, then MOST free to air digital satellite receivers will be able to receive the FTA BBC and ITV channels.
But you will need to be careful with which versions of receiver you have:
DVB-C are designed for cable TV
DVB-T are for terrestrial (ie aerials)
DVB-S for satellites.
I think the OR51 is a combiunit for C and T, so this will may work with a satellite dish system.
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Paul:
No signa could be down to dish moved, LNB issues, cable issue, or bad receiver. YOu could always try a freinds receiver on the sytsem to make sure it is not yours that is causing a problems.
If she has a sky card, then she should be able to get ITV1 - if not add it to the "other channels" using frequency 11973!
Otherwise, for the BBC and ITV then "bigger dish" is required.
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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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The UK TV channels available on Sky boxes and Freesat boxes all come from the same satellites, they do not use different satellites! If our dish is pointing at the UK satellites, then a sky or freesat box will work.
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natalie:
Loss of channels can be down to a number of things: dish has moved, LNB issues, cable / connection issues or box failure (Thomson HD boxes like blowing their capacitors!).
If you cannot findthe fault yourself, then get the installation company back out.
As you have not needed a sky card for the BBC channels atleast the last 7 years, buying a freesatfromsky (no such things as a sky freeview card, as sky and freeview are two differnet sysems) card will not change anything.
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colin: a programme called copy+ is available, which allows you to move programmes from one hard drive to another.
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Monday 3 January 2011 5:54PM
Peter:
To start with the dish size you have will be pertaing on the limits of the footprint, so it is is even slightly misaligned you will notice drops in reception, especially on the UK FTA channels, which are weaker during the night.
It is just on that ONE frequency (what about ITV3 for example?)
And this summers hot heat may have caused LNB issues?
And recently, some people have been experiencing issues on some frequencies on Astra 2d (especially those C4s), due to the new Badr satellite at 26 east using the same frequencies and knocking out some Astra 2d frequencies.
Perhaps check with neighbours who have the same sized dish as you to see if they are experiencing problems.
PS we are not all cowboys!