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joecroft2

06/7/2009 at 10:57pm
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i used the standard sky dish in the Dordogne last august , and it works perfect , in fact my wifes cousin who lives in Carlucet in the dordogne region uses the same set up supplied by sky in the UK with no problems

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huw warrington

07/7/2009 at 1:07pm
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Silly question time, why would you want to watch UK weather forecasts when in France, wouldn't it be better to tune into a local tv station and watch "Regardez Nord" or whatever?

Unless its to cheer you up if its sunny in France and raining at home?

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Got it so we can watch t.v if we want to its there, have a 4 yr old and some times t.v a god send, must admit we dont usually even take a tv camping, but running out of stuff to buy,lol

Thanks guys will show OH this tomorrow, need to have another tat with it, think OH has read up a bit on it so might have more success, been a funny week this week, both working odd hours so not seen each other much!

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I recently used my 60cm dish for the first time and had no problem setting it up with a sky (older box). just pointed it in the genral direction of other satellite dishes on the site. However question is.

We had good signal strength and signal quality with readings being 0002 and 07d4 so correct on that front. But the TV guide showed differences to our home system i.e. BBC1 Northwest, ITV Yorkshire, whereas our home system says BBC1 england and ITV england. any thoughts, would be welcomed.

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Huh got it working out in our garden but then we carted the thing all the way to Dordogne t.v and sky box, baring in mind we dont even take the telly most the time, and it DIDN'T work, lol

we were camping at the foot of a huge rock (moulin du roch) so OH reconed that stopped the signal!!!

Wish we'd never brought the thing! Be up for sale soon!

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30/8/2009 at 11:37am
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Can't think of anywhere in France that needs a 60cm (zone 2) dish. A 43cm (zone 1) should work perfectly !

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Quote: Originally posted by huw warrington on 07/7/2009
Silly question time, why would you want to watch UK weather forecasts when in France, wouldn't it be better to tune into a local tv station and watch "Regardez Nord" or whatever? Unless its to cheer you up if its sunny in France and raining at home?

this is just what i was going to ask. why would you go to france and then watch tv??we just listen to the radio "nostalgie" and enjoy the lovely place and sun..

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I would be ok without TV, but OH loves his football and Coronation Street so Sky is essential. That said, our upcoming holiday in France will be the first time with Sky so hope it works ok, otherwise I will have Victor Meldrew on my hands!

We have tried the satellite dish outside here and got it to work, so fingers crossed!

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