Comments on: Can you get Freesat?

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:19:03 +0000

A FTA receiver will pick up the free to air (FTA) ie not encrypted channels.

The only limitation on what FTA channels you can receive will which satellite you are pointing to be your dish size. I understand that in Northern Cyprus you need a “very big dish” to get the main UK FTA channels like BBC & ITV.

By: frank

frank — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:20:40 +0000

hi rich Ihave got a fta philex 28207rf can you tell me will it pick up any channels out in northern cyprus regards frank

By: rich

rich — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:50:10 +0000

thanks for your reply and help

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:12:20 +0000

rich: the answer is yes and no.
Freesat receivers tend to have two modes.
Freesat mode, where it has a certain number of FTA channels on its programme guide.
And non freesat mode, where you can scan all the FTA channels into a channel list.
So wheather or not a FTA receiver gets more channels than a FTA box, it all depends which mode you have a freesat box in.

And note that a Freesat box will have a 7 day EPG, a FTA box will just have now and next information.

By: rich

rich — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:10:11 +0000

hi can anybody tell me if i get free to air box will i get more channels than freesat

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:58:38 +0000

peter:
Freesat is via satellites, and coverage is excellent over the whole of the UK.

You just need a dish, and be able to install it on a wall that has line of sight to the satellites.

Now Freeview, the terrestrial TV service, does have coverage of the Uk, but in some areas this is still limited, hence why Freesat was born, to cover the areas that cannot receive Freeview. You can check your freeview reception on the freeview website.

By: petergifkins

petergifkins — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:07:35 +0000

could you please let me know if i can get freesat in my area in egremont cumbria postcode is ca22

By: Arine

Arine — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:28:55 +0000

Hi you all, I am from South Africa , the tv stations are very boring and if you want to have normal tv it costs you a fortune every month like 50 euro’s , originally we are from the Netherlands so its nice to receive BVN to see what’s going on there on the other site , BVN is a FTA channel but Multichoice always ask a subscription for it, now I want to point out my dish to another satelite Astra 4/ Sirius 4 , but if I want to give that satellitename in in my decoder ( also Multichoice ) it won’t give me an option for that satellite name
Hotbird, Astra 1 , Astra2 , Irdeto lab-E ,& W, Dstv W4/7, en IS7/10 can I also choose another name or do I have to buy another decoder ?
Also the dish allignment is a complicated job:-)
thanks a mill

Arine from the bush

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:53:30 +0000

hello,

I’m in the Netherlands and I’m using the satellite signal finder in the website you gave, but I cant work out which channel I am supposed to be selecting. When I do a standard search it says I have a clear line of site, but when I select one of the different signal channels it changes completely. Is there ever a ‘standard’ direction your dish should face, like south east etc..? Thanks!

By: satellite receiver

satellite receiver — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:02:40 +0000

princesssumari u can get all channels in sky u have to pay for these channels