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Sky again! One for Chesters no doubt


Colin Brett

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Just found this!! http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/63056323.htm?ca=18_s How on earth does it work? Sorry for the lingo!

Chris Goddard


It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

If GOD had NOT meant us to go fishing, WHY did he give us arms then??


(If you can't help out someone in need then don't bother my old Dad always said! My grandma put it a LITTLE more, well different! It's like peeing yourself in a black pair of pants she said! It gives you a LOVELY warm feeling but no-one really notices!))

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its a dish nothing more ,you need a bigger one for good astra reception ,my boss had a 2.5 mtr dish when he lived in menerbes for sky ,probably he didnt need to go that big but in dishes bigger is better .

that one appears to have an arm that holds 3 lnb's which get a signal from 3 satellites an old trick but ofcourse 3 not very good signals as dishes are made to peak on the center lnb,the other two get an unfocused beam so only the high power transponders will get through (i did that on my big dish before i got a motor) you can get ofset LNB's as well they are no better

the best bet is a dish and motor and then you'd get decent reception.or just plump for astra if you want just stuff in english

mines a bit limited as its hidden behind bushes and small but it gets astra 28e ,19e and 13e (which is probably all you'll need) but with the big dish and a saw i could get a great deal more.

the DISECQ part in this case is probably a switch that lets you switch between LNBs as your not moving the dish itself DISECQ is also the signal that operates the motor via the cable but ofcourse you will need a receiver that provides the signal to use it

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

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Thanks Dave! I am at present searching for a motor etc. And saw that and wondered WHO knows something about this??? And of course you did!

Chris Goddard


It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

If GOD had NOT meant us to go fishing, WHY did he give us arms then??


(If you can't help out someone in need then don't bother my old Dad always said! My grandma put it a LITTLE more, well different! It's like peeing yourself in a black pair of pants she said! It gives you a LOVELY warm feeling but no-one really notices!))

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i bought mine from ebay not an expensive item and far better (but no quieter) than the old jack arms on older dishes.

just make sure your box has DISECQ 1.2 or USALs and youl be fine !a built in auto zoom(or peak) function (sadly lacking in my HD box) lets the box get the best picture it can by adjusting the dish minutely by itself.

if you want a big disk then probably youl need a bigger motor and seperate PSU as the receivers output down the cable to power the motor is pretty small a big dish may put both under a bit of strain.

Edited by chesters1

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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  • 4 weeks later...

OK i've bitten the bullet and gone sky hd+.

the engineer confirmed the box was faulty on the old unit.

So i have a new hd box and new dish for next 18 months by which time freeview hd should be viewable in my area.

i can now view shed [john wilson :rolleyes: ] without pixelation.

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but you wont get freeview on a sky box ,you may never get freeview at all !

it would be interesting to know if sky transmit hd AT ALL?

to get HD it must be filmed in HD (easy) captured without any form of compression then transmitted without compression (impossible i recon) and shown on your HD telly in the exact same form it was filmed in ,until then it isnt HD its interpolated or upscaled non HD stuff.

at the moment the HD rules are very shady anything over 720p are HD (old telly was 600ish so your not getting much improvement) but HD technology now is far above even "full" HD of 1080p so your not seeing HD even on that ,and ofcourse as the camera captures each pixel half are ignored for several frames so even if you saw it straight from the cameras memory it isnt HD ,another ten years yet at least before we brits get real HD i'm afraid even 1080p

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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