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Subject Topic: satalite dish and recievers Post Reply Post New Topic
Personallyfinn
10/2/2009 at 8:56pm
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any experiance of the above gear?  in particular i am looking at a portable system with a 65cm dish and freesat box. the seller is satgear

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Personrustyfrog
10/2/2009 at 9:45pm
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We had a setup in a suitcase bought from Lidl last year.
It was a nice compact unit although a bit fiddly. The dish had to be spot on in the right direction to work. It didnt like anything in its path whether it was a tent, van or tree. It also didnt like rain or wind and I was forever tweaking it to keep it working.

It was carefully repacked up and returned to Lidl for a refund!

We now use a freeview box and a mini high gain aerial.

Works for us!

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PersonJTQU
10/2/2009 at 10:59pm
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Does this decoder actually "get" Freesat [Freesat UK Ltd ] as opposed to "freesat from Sky"?

I have Freesat at home via a Humax decoder and receive the BBC/ITV channels plus Channel 4 its derivatives and 5, all I need actually.
This suits me well and I want to get this in the van without forking out £150 for another Humax decoder.


Personallyfinn
11/2/2009 at 12:10am
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yep. the box describes the input as free to air.  i take that to be non sky .i dont want the hastle of a sky box.

the only bad comment i have seen so far is that the dish needs to be very still.



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PersonJTQU
11/2/2009 at 7:30am
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Ally,
I understand the "boxes" are quoted as FTA [free to air]. That I know embraces a whole lot of both different satellites and channels including Sky's encrypted and non encrypted ones. The Sky encrypted ones being free to receive but requiring a one off payment Sky card to de-encrypt and view. But not including the Sky premium ones.
The aspect I am struggling with is whether it can get true "Freesat" [ not to be confused with Sky's "freesat from Sky"], or does true Freesat require a unique decoder such as made under licence by Humax, Grunding, Foxsat, and Goodmans.
It is a very confusing situation at least to me. What I know is that if I get the true Freesat I will get all the UK channels I need.

Any better inform colleague able to clarify please?

Turning to the stability of the dish. The dish must be stable; the "satgears" tripod looks to have a far too small a foot print on the ground for this compared to the much more expensive Omnisat [Maxview] tripod. Again looking like it's "you get what you pay for".
Cheers John


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Personfatbloke28
11/2/2009 at 3:00pm
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no freesat is just an expression for free satellite channels .the humax boxes pick them up but there's more with a proper satellite receiver.
admittedly the humax boxes get the best of the bunch so your missing little, going the whole hog on a fixed dish is pointless.
sky freesat needs a card and you get all the free ones plus i think a couple of sky ones chucked in ,exactly the same channels though but you pay £20? for the privilage of using your sky box instead of investing in another box.
you will get all the "ordinary" tv channels plus more on any of the 3 systems you choose ,HD on HD boxes ofcourse if you have an HD telly and a dual port LNB (single versions for non HD)


Personjulzgeraghty
11/2/2009 at 3:50pm
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Screwfix have a "free to air" satalite kit for F40 at the moment.

Here



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Personjjim
13/2/2009 at 3:02pm
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 the wee Comag box picks up ALL channels free or pay the trickey bit is that SKY

encodes all their premium channels and unless your box has a sky decoder in it

when you tune into these channels the box says scrambled.Seriously dont pay SKY

 £20+ for the privledge of watching channels 4 + 5.



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Personfatbloke28
13/2/2009 at 6:41pm
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4 & 5 are in the clear as are more4 more4+1 film4 film4+1 e4 and e4+1 ,4 bbc channels and all the itv ones plus many more.
if it says channel 4 is scrambled then sky is up to its old analogue trick of encoding non encoded channels


Personwynthesurfer
13/2/2009 at 9:29pm
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I bought the Sat setup from Aldi last year,best bit of kit I`ve bought for camper.I use a sturdy camera tripod and if weather looks bad anchor it down with elastic straps.Never had a problem setting it up and now takes about 10 mins from start to finish,you can get all the terrestrial channels plus or course loads of other rubbish.As with all dishes you need a clear line of sight to satellite to get a signal so go and buy one you will not be dissapointed.Look at   www.freesat.co.uk   or satelliteforcaravans you will find out all you need to know.
Wyn.


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Personadrian06
14/2/2009 at 7:11pm
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try www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk This is the best site for all your queries on satellite dishes and tuners. Look it up!


Personallyfinn
15/2/2009 at 11:44pm
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thanks to all of you good people who took the time to reply.

my question was well answered and the gear arrives tomorrow.



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