Sky - Italian TV channels?

travel_freak

Hi,

Please does anyone know whether it is possible to watch Italian TV channels on Sky? My friend is interested in the main national TV stations like Rai Uno etc.

If not on Sky, then is there any other way to receive them here (here being England!).

Many thx in advance.

456789

http://www.ukfree.tv/helpme.php?faqid=44603

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/forums/21616-i-want-to-watch-italian-channels.html

travel_freak

Hi,

Many thanks for these helpful links - quite a bit too techie for me though but I'm ploughing through all the advice...

They talk about "pointing dish to Hot Bird 6/7A/8 at 13.0°E satellite" -

The Sky dish is on the wall outside (high up), excuse my utter dimness but does this mean you have to swivel the dish about and if so how do you know where to swivel it to? What if it needs to be swivelled in completely the opposite direction which I can't do as it's attached to the wall?

Finally, if it can be swivelled does that mean it will lose all the UK channels and only pick up the Italian ones?

As I say, please excuse my dimness as I'm not remotely technical. I don't currently subscribe to Sky either, just have an old dish which was left up by the people who used to own the house.

Many thanks in advance.

456789

I am not very clued up on sky either but sky dishes point to 28°E I think - so yes you need to point it at a different satellite

I guess there are devices available which tell you which way to point it - I think sky installers use one

Your options are to either a) get another dish to point the other way b) get a motorised dish which basically swivels itself

you will only receive the channels that are available from the satellite you are pointing at

System

travel_freak wrote: »

Hi,

Many thanks for these helpful links - quite a bit too techie for me though but I'm ploughing through all the advice...

They talk about "pointing dish to Hot Bird 6/7A/8 at 13.0°E satellite" -

The Sky dish is on the wall outside (high up), excuse my utter dimness but does this mean you have to swivel the dish about and if so how do you know where to swivel it to? What if it needs to be swivelled in completely the opposite direction which I can't do as it's attached to the wall?

Finally, if it can be swivelled does that mean it will lose all the UK channels and only pick up the Italian ones?

As I say, please excuse my dimness as I'm not remotely technical. I don't currently subscribe to Sky either, just have an old dish which was left up by the people who used to own the house.

Many thanks in advance.

You need to move your dish to 13'e. This is not a big job, As you look at the front of the dish move it slightly to the left and move elevation up a bit as hotbird is higher in the sky than Astra 2 (Where the dish is at now)

You will get RAI Uno, Due etc etc, however they are free most of the time but scramble when sports etc are shown.