Satellite signal wireless?

onomatopoeia99

Chrishazle wrote: »

£8 for a satellite finder

The cheap ones are worth about £8 less than you paid

I found that the best way to align the dish was to use the satellite image from google maps via a website (e.g. http://www.dishpointer.com/ was the one I used) to get an idea of exactly where it should be aimed relative to other houses etc nearby. Then I made sure that I could see the TV from where I was holding the dish, put the satellite box onto the page the showed signal strength and tweaked the alignment to give the best results.

I live in a bungalow, so the dish is only 8' above the ground and I can adjust it from a little step-up platform. My method would not work so well if you're up a 20' ladder!

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Chrishazle wrote: »

I'm trying the bigger dish to see if that will give me freesat as well as Sky, the 60cm does not quite do it)

Not only does Sky and Freesat operate from the same satellite, both services provide all the Free-to-Air channels as standard. So what do you hope to achieve by being able to receive both Sky and Freesat?
All a bigger dish will do in your situation is make your reception more robust in bad weather and possibly annoy your neighbours! You should be doing more research before wasting your money.

maas

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Not only does Sky and Freesat operate from the same satellite, both services provide all the Free-to-Air channels as standard. So what do you hope to achieve by being able to receive both Sky and Freesat?

You can pay for Sky in 1 room and have freesat in another room

maas

Update on the video sender which came today.

Rubbish!

Downstairs (next to transmitter) I get no picture but sound?
Upstairs I get okayish picture and no sound!

Im gonna play around with it for a bit before throwing it back in the box

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maas wrote: »

You can pay for Sky in 1 room and have freesat in another room

Ah, I see.

Instead of wasting money on a bigger dish (even 60cm is larger than needed), "Chrishazle" could get much the same result from a second-hand Sky decoder. Used without subscription, it will still provide all the free-to-air channels.

maas

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

Ah, I see.

Instead of wasting money on a bigger dish (even 60cm is larger than needed), "Chrishazle" could get much the same result from a second-hand Sky decoder. Used without subscription, it will still provide all the free-to-air channels.

Yeah. Im not sure what Chrishazle full setup is.

If he already had a Sky mini dish, all he should have needed was to upgrade the LNB to Twin and then run another lead to a second box. Maybe he will come back to clarify.

Back to my video sender.
Its actually OK now, I've got the picture on the 2nd TV upstairs respectable. I'd say like the old VHS (before DTV). Its clear, but not digital quality. Acceptable for in-bed TV.

Sadly, the remote doesnt work upstairs but it does work downstairs when plugged into a nearby TV (I ensured that remote control was not directly reaching the sat box of course!)).

So the signal must be too weak from upstairs for the infrared to convert?

Since I only paid £30 so I'll keep hold of it, I can watch Sky in bed (albeit 1 channel) and still have DTV from the TV aerial.

I wouldnt recommend them to anyone though :rotfl:

maas

Update 2:

I've now got the remote control to work upstairs by simply ignoring the instructions which advise using a IR cable and just facing the IR part of the transmitter straight at the sat box.

Dont even use the IR cable!

On that basis I probably would recommend it (£30) but make sure you get it from somewhere with easy returns in case it doesnt meet expectation.

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maas wrote: »

I wouldnt recommend them to anyone though :rotfl:

I agree. That's why Sky Multi-Room is in no danger of losing customers!

Personally, I can barely bring myself to watch TV in standard definition these days-let alone sub-standard definition!

maas

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I agree. That's why Sky Multi-Room is in no danger of losing customers!

Personally, I can barely bring myself to watch TV in standard definition these days-let alone sub-standard definition!

I think it will OK for just in-bed TV before I fall asleep. I'm happy I got the remote working.

I had to smile at the instructions claiming "clear crisp TV"

Chrishazle

I've recently bought a 50" plasma TV with freesat built in for our living room, have a standard Sky dish, single LNB and cable (installed by Sky when we moved here 7 years ago) and a Sky+ HD box. Tried freesat by connecting direct to the wall socket, worked OK, so got a splitter - that did not work, neither Sky nor freesat played when both were connected to the single wall socket via the splitter.

Also have TV's in dining room and bedroom (freeview sets), a spare Sky+ HD box and a spare standard Sky box, both with Sky cards. Plan is to run a second cable to the living room, plus cables to dining and bed rooms - thus getting FTA channels in those 2 rooms. second cable to living room might go to the TV for freesat or to the Sky+ box - or I may even run a 3rd cable to have both!

My old Sky dish LNB arm does not match the current LNB's, so I decided £28 for an 80cm Zone 2 dish, quad LNB and mounting kit was worthwhile - possibly overkill, but better satellite signal can't be all bad!

Not sure whether to try installing the new dish myself - but with the weather these days I'll wait a while!