All posts by Neil Bell
Below are all of Neil Bell's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Gordon I would have thought that a bigger dish would be easier to align because the stronger signal would give you more margin for error. I have a fairly large 1.2 metre dish & I fitted a bracket with 3 extra LNBs to receive signals from other satellites and it surprised me how easy it was to position the LNBs to get a good signal from each. Peterpiano Just to add that my old free to air satellite receivers do require passwords to enter the menu system to do retunes, add or delete channels etc. so if that is the case with yours I can't see how the original suppliers could possibly justify withholding the passwords. As JB38 says try 0000 or 1234 to start with. Also just out of interest did they fit a quad LNB and run 3 separate cables - one to each receiver - or have they tried to use some form of splitter? Tony Riz If the box stopped working while changing channels it does sound like a fault with box or LNB. I live in Ilford if that is anywhere near your Mother & you want to try a swap but I'm not at home until Friday night if it can wait. I also don't know how to send a personal message on ukfree - can anyone advise? I have a motorised dish and can normally get quite a few Italian channels on Hotbird and have one older receiver that I use for aligning the dish. Tony Riz I don't think a Sky box would help because it would be tuned to transponders on Astra 2 etc at 28 degrees East. The Italian Programmes are on Hotbird at 13 degrees East so you need another expat Italian (or Pole or Bulgarian which are on Hotbird too). Their dishes would be pointing in the right direction. Diane C You did say you have very poor aerial reception so Freeview is probably not an option for you. If you want to continue receiving satellite transmissions but not via Sky you would need a Freesat set top box. This would also cost a lot more than £60 for one that records as well but you wouldn't then need to keep paying Sky subscriptions so would be cheaper in the longer term unless you want to subscribe to some pay to view programmes. Tony Riz Forget the Bulgarian reference (Senior moment - they broadcast on Astra 3A at 23.5 degrees East) but Polish channels certainly broadcast on Hotbird if you can't wait till Saturday when I'm home! Tony Riz I'm glad you got it sorted.
Neil 5USAWednesday 15 May 2013 11:22AM
B White 5USA is on Freeview, Freesat, Virgin and Sky so I don't know why you have difficulty watching it. This site is just a forum where people who are having problems can ask for help but if you don't say how you are trying to watch 5USA its difficult to focus on what your problem might be. You don't say how netflix pesters you - is it emails or pop up ads or what? Again if you don't say no one can help.
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