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believe you need a larger dish for spain.see

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/dishsizes.htm

point compass dead south then work it east to 145/147 degs should pick up fine.have dish straight up to 20 degs downwards. LNB to its lowest setting.

 http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/bearings.htm

the left one is the one to get.turn dish in millimeters from south to east until you get the signal bars as shown.

This is important - one of the most frequent mistakes made by newcomers to satellite dish aligning is to aim the dish too high. The signal has to strike the dish at an angle so that it is reflected downwards to the LNB. [What's an LNB?] Direct focus dishes such as a Multimo, on the other hand, do have to be aimed directly at the satellite and you should refer to the elevation scale marked on the dish. Place the television where it can be seen while manipulating the dish, (or if this isn't possible, get someone else to watch the TV while you do the business with the dish), then point the dish to the South using a compass or even the position of the sun and time of day if you prefer, and a bit at a time turn it eastwards until the zeros change to 0002 (Network ID) and 07d4 (Transport Stream). The change will be quite sudden so go carefully to avoid swinging the dish too far. The Lock Indicator will also change from 'Not locked' to 'OK'. The value of 07d4 is the correct one in the UK but you might encounter others, particularly if you're trying to get a signal in southern Europe (of which more later). However the Network ID must be 0002, otherwise you're pointing at the wrong satellite system (see later). If you don't get 07d4 in the UK or or indeed anywhere in France or neighbouring areas, see the next section because you almost certainly have out-of-date software in your digibox.

Standard Sky digibox

It is illegal to take your British Sky viewing card to spain, get caught and it can cost you a grand in fines, from the license people in Britain and further fines in Spain, they all do it but I know people that have been fined because of it....Good luck.

By the way I used to work for Sky customer services, so i know before you all say " but they have them in the pubs abroad"