Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7852785)

Hi all,

Can any of you satellite savvy people explain to me why when I unplug the existing perfectly working set top box from the dish and plug in my Sky+ box I get no signal?

I would have thought they would have been a straight swap! reason is for the Disney channel and CN for the kids!

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by The Guy (Post 7852850)

you may need to help the sky boxes boot up.

when they boot up they look at the frequency 11778...which carries al the main data and info the sky box needs to boot up.
however, depeniding on location and dish size and time of the day, this frequency can be hard to receive.

you therefore tell the box to look at another frequency to get the information it needs to boot up....

process here
http://www.satandpcguy.com/Site/sky_...anca_spain.htm


if you do this process and you still get nothing then check all you cables and connectors.

edit: Thanks thats a really good helpful site.

the cable from the dish needs to be connected to INPUT1...(generlaly) this is the main input the box uses for watching - it uses INPUT 2 for recording....generally.

also, are you sure the sky+ box is working OK - can you try it on another system?


you can use a sky+ box with one cable, but you will not be able to watch one channels and recexord another at the same time.

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7852907)

As a side question, where is the existing stb getting its signal from? Is it uk freesat?

Originally Posted by The Guy (Post 7852950)

what is the make and model of the exisiting STB? - you have not said so I dont know what you are currently getting!
are you sure is it a satellite receiver and not a terrestrial (TV aerial) receiver?
What channels are you getting on it? - wil determine which satellite your dish is pointing to!?

Freesat receivers, Sky receivers and generic receiver will receive the same signals if the dish is pointing tot he main UK TV satellites - Astra 2 at 28 .2 to 28.5 degrees.

There is no seperate Freesat or Sky satellites - they both use the same frequencies....

Infact a Sky box without a Sky card will get exactly the same channels as a Standard Freesat box...!

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7852984)

Hi, it's definitely satellite not terrestrial. Sorry I dont know the make of the stb right now. But yes, that is also my thinking that if its receiving tv from astra then there should be no reason why I cannot receive sky.

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7852984)

I was thinking that perhaps the LNB was geared towards the stb and that sky wouldn't like it, could this occur?

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7852984)

Excellent site you linked to btw, thanks :)

Originally Posted by The Guy (Post 7852990)

by knowing what channels you are getting on your current setup we can determine which satellite you are pointing to...be it Astra 2(UKTV),. Astra 1 or Hotbird or another..
for example if you are getting BBC World news you are not on the main UK TV satellite, as they have BBC News.
Or if you have Sky News but with no adverts then you are on Sky News International on Astra 1, not SKy News UK on Astra2


if you are getting UK TV signals on your current box then there should be no problems in getting them on your Sky box...if your dish is not on UKTV satellites then your LNB may need a tweek.

Ta. it is rather good isnt it!;)

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7853013)

Don't get BBC News 24 on the STB, think we do get Sky News though not sure about the adverts.?

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7853013)

If I wanted to change the LNB to a quad, is this expensive. I could fit the LNB and run the cables myself?

Originally Posted by leckytech (Post 7930506)

BUMP!

Hi Ive had a look and the STB is a Boshmann S1 DSR

Its pointing at Astra 2A-B-D

I plugged in Sky box and did your retune and picked up sone channels, however still not getting channel4 , ITV1 CH5 and Disney amongst others. Got BBC news 24 though.

any ideas

Thanks

Originally Posted by The Guy (Post 7931092)

Usng a TV aerial and a TDT receiver (built in or set top box) you can receive around 30 digital Spanish channels.

Including the Disney CHannel - for free.

And as most of the porgrammes on it are from the US, you can change the audio soundtrack into English!

And I noticed that the TVE childrens channels CLAN have strated to do origianl language programming also.

If you already have a TV Aerial (and amplifier kit) then try and use that. There are no such things as seperate analogue and digital TV aerials....one aerial can receive either analogue or digital, its just the orientation that needs to be different.

check tdt1.com or tdt.es for frequencies and your nearest transmitter.