Re: Using an old Sky dish for Freesat


"Kennedy McEwen" <rkm@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>I recently moved into a new house where the previous residents had Sky, as
>well as Virgin cable.  As I understand it, the satellite system was working
>fine up until the day they moved out and they left the dish and the
>cabling.  I have never really been interested in what Sky offers, but I
>would be interested in getting a Freesat HD box to receive HD broadcasts
>from time to time.
>
> From what I have read, both satellites appear at the same position: 28.2E
> so, assuming that the dish hasn't been disturbed in the wind or otherwise
> damaged by the recent weather, is it correct that all I need to do is plug
> the Freesat HD box into the satellite cable that comes into the house?
>
> If so, any recommendations on the best box to get or the ones to avoid?
> If not, what else do I need to do/get?

They are the same signals from the same satellites, there are actually
four Astra satellites at 28.2E but your receiver sees them as one
system.The thing that makes Freesat Freesat, is the EPG which
to complicate things is broadcast from a fifth bird called Eurobird 1
at 28.5E but a small dish cannot even resolve this a separate bird.
I understand that some program streams also come from Eurobord 1

--
Graham.

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