Re: [OT] Freesat

["Ben Geach" <BenUKHA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Andy Laurence" <andy@a...> wrote:
> From: "Maccy" <maccy@m...>
> > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, Jim Noble wrote:
> >> > Following my rant about not getting Freeview I have now
discovered
> >> > that we
> >> > can get a broadly similar service via satellite.  Has
anyone got it?
> >> > Comments would be welcome.
> >
> > Checkout www.freesatfromsky.co.uk

We have it too, good for decent TV reception in our Non-Freeview area. I
bo=
ught a=20
=A325 Digibox off eBay plus a sub =A320 dish kit (cable and all included).
=
The card (=A320=20
from freesatfromsky.co.uk or on phone) give you ITV1 and Ch5 among
others..=
.

I did research at http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/
before buying. After=
a bit of=20
research I decided I would have a go at installing the dish myself (bit
wor=
ried that the=20
satellite is a damn small dot if a BIG sky (no pun intended)!!). After all
=
the SKY=20
"engineers" can't do anything that complex!

Took about 1 hr of alignment (locked on to wrong satellite 1st!) and
gazing=
at=20
neighbours dishes trying to match it with ours and I got it -  Sky data
str=
eam 07d4.=20
Then time to call sky freesat to get the card (warning - the Freesat card
n=
eeds=20
activating my phone call (if ur digibox isnt connected to phone line) and
c=
an take up=20
to 6 hrs.)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/de.sullivan/
is a good source of info!

Merry Christmas to all,
Ben