Freesat installation

[Tracy1]

Hi Mat was that to install or purchase from Uk?

[anon92567933]

Installing a satellite dish yourself

This was originally posted by @Mat_Davies in another topic, Required:a Dummies Guide to Accessing UK TV in France. I ordered this complete kit from UK : Link. The kit took about a week to arrive despite being told it would take 2 days and cost approx £105 ncluding shipping. The kit includes everything you need except tools. The satellite dish was very easy to mount on the wall and not a problem from a short ladder. It required 5 holes to be drilled, 4 to mount the dish and 1 to run the cable. I used Link to establish the alignment for the dish which can show you the alignment overlaying a aerial view of your house. Using the included signal receiver plugged into the dish it was simple to achieve the alignment. All was going well up to this point and this is where the fun started… I had correctly aligned the dish to the satellite using the signal tester, but I could not get a signal at the TV, the receiver showed absolutely zero signal. So I tried again, and again, and again but st…

Have a read of this Tracy.

[graham]

I have to say @anon92567933 I really like the idea of resurrecting old threads as opposed to starting new ones.
Could it be my way of saving the planet

[Tracy1]

Thank you very interesting, much appreciated

[anon88169868]

ISTR someone (Mat?) having problems because they’d bought a kit with very low quality cable - which reduced the signal so much that there was nothing left at the decoder end.

So make sure you get good quality cable.

[graham]

@anon88169868

ISTR someone (Mat?) having problems because they’d bought a kit with very low quality cable

Quite right @anon88169868

Installing a satellite dish yourself

This was originally posted by @Mat_Davies in another topic, Required:a Dummies Guide to Accessing UK TV in France. I ordered this complete kit from UK : Link. The kit took about a week to arrive despite being told it would take 2 days and cost approx £105 ncluding shipping. The kit includes everything you need except tools. The satellite dish was very easy to mount on the wall and not a problem from a short ladder. It required 5 holes to be drilled, 4 to mount the dish and 1 to run the cable. I used Link to establish the alignment for the dish which can show you the alignment overlaying a aerial view of your house. Using the included signal receiver plugged into the dish it was simple to achieve the alignment. All was going well up to this point and this is where the fun started… I had correctly aligned the dish to the satellite using the signal tester, but I could not get a signal at the TV, the receiver showed absolutely zero signal. So I tried again, and again, and again but st…

[anon92567933]

I agree. Re-hashing stuff that has been explained elsewhere seems pointless. It also gives newbies an idea of who knows about particular subjects.

[lago]

I’ve been here 20 years, tried all solutions.
The best is I/Net, try TVMUCHO.

[Anglozone]

@anon92567933

Re-hashing stuff that has been explained elsewhere seems pointless

Re-posting old threads that are relevant is indeed very useful, but bear in mind some categories and topics such as Technology change rapidly and necessitate up to date information and links.

@anon92567933

It also gives newbies an idea of who knows about particular subjects.

True, but some will have since stopped posting, hopefully there will be new members who may have many years of experience and advice to offer as well.

[Tracy1]

Thanks for that tip, just looked at it, do you need good internet? I’m sure where we’ve bought internet is not very good

[anon92567933]

This is something posted just 3 months ago not 5 years ago. I know this forum pretty well so know those who are current posters and re-posting useful information doesn’t prevent newbies from posting too.

[lago]

I’m watching BBC2 at the mo.

I have a terrible 790 kbps with Orange sometimes a bit more, try and avoid. Get another provider if poss.

Mike Aitken

[Mat_Davies]

Speed is more to do with the cabling between your house and the exchange, switching provider wouldn’t change this.

Have you considered 4G service by Bouygues Tel?

[graham]

Before switching to 4G with Bouygues, we had TV through our Orange internet account and can verify what @Mat_Davies and @lago suggest.
Orange “tweaked” our réseau to balance performance between internet and TV but we did notice that when the Orange TV was in use, the réseau dropped considerably - suggesting that the Orange TV box wasn’t particularly efficient. From about ±4 Go down to less than 1 Go!
Using our Samsung Smart TV with an RJ45 cat5e cable from the router (through a switch) to access the TV app provided by Bouygues (molotov.tv), we noted no perceptible drop in speed of internet access using fast.com so seems to be more efficient.

[Kimberly]

I live in France and we have our tv set to talk in french but read in English.Or you could do it vice versa. It would save money on any extra instsllations…just a thought.

[Gill21]

Hi if you buy a humax box you only have to put an English postcode into it to pick up English tv. Voilà. No fees or contacts.

[Tracy1]

Thankyou I guess this is like the freesat box you need satellite dish?

[ChrisK]

Yes, you still need a dish, all free after installation though,

Humax

[Gill21]

Yes any dish you could put it in your loft or anywhere really

[Mark]

Only if you cut a big hole in your roof