Comments on: Freesat on Sky Dish

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:02:35 +0000

If you are only BBC World News, and lots of other country channels, then you are on Astra 1 at 19 east and not Astra 2.

By: ian

ian — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:53:20 +0000

just bought a ross satelite with freeview. pointing to astra 2 and hundreds of channels but only english channel is world news. no other english channels whatsoever. Please help, Never had satelite before

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:20:16 +0000

I supoose it depends which satellites the other dishes are pointing at!
use dishpointer to get the general direction, then a portable TV, sat finder meter, and a receiver to locate the correct satellite – even a small eoor in direction can mean you are pointing tot he wrong group of satellites…

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:11:57 +0000

yes

By: chris wood

chris wood — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:06:39 +0000

iv moved into a new house iv got sky + and i took the dish off my old house if i put the dish up pointing the same way as the others on other houses will it work

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:59:48 +0000

IF oyu cancel you sky subscription properly – it 1 month notice, with Sky, then your card should “become” a freesatfromsky card, and will allow access to the “free to view” channels.

You do not need a viewing card for the “free to air” channels – like BBC – Freesat boxes only allow access to free to air channels and require no card.

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:57:18 +0000

Hi I am an existing Sky customer and want to cancel my subsciption to them.

Will I lose out on any channels by not requesting a freesat viewing card from Sky?

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:25:41 +0000

IF you get these readings without anything connected then check all cables and connection, look for shorts, and make sure the LNB is working.

When algning try and use a frequency that you know what channels are on that frequency – ie use 12207, when you geta signal, do a scan, if you get Sky News, then you are on the correct satellite – align and tighten screw, and do a full rescan.

Many satellites use similar frequencies,os you may htinky you are on Astra2, but you may be on another satellite.

By: Richard Jones

Richard Jones — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:20:54 +0000

Thank you for responding to me.

I am trying to get Eurobird 1 / Astra 2A/2B/2D at 28.2E. I have set the receiver for this satellite and it is giving the 30% and 5% readings. However, it even gives these readings without being connected to the satellite dish. I have tried dishpointer.com and followed it’s advice and detailed setting advice to no avail.

Am I understanding this correctly, if you set your receiver for a particular satellite, e.g. Eurobird1 / Astra 2 will it only show a signal strength reading if it is receiving a signal from that particular satellite as opposed to a signal reading for any satellite, i.e. will it know that however weak / poor it is that the signal it is receiving is from a given satellite? For example if you have set a receiver to look for Hotbird 1 / Astra 2 and it actually receives a signal from Hotbird, it shouldn’t read any signal strength at all on the display because it hasn’t received a signal from the satellite it has been told to look for?

Secondly, how can my receiver ‘think’ it has got a signal and provide a reading for it when the dish isn’t even connected – is the receiver likely to be faulty?

By: satandpcguy

satandpcguy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:29:15 +0000

what satellite are you trying to get?
A basic meter will only tell you that you are on A satellite, not necessarily the satellite you want. And the signal strength showing on the receiver will depend on which frequency you are looking for – so which frequency / satellite is the receiver set to that is giving you the 30 and 5% readings?
try dishpointer.com for a more accurate estimation as to the direction you need to point.