TV, moto gp

[Bernard]

Hi all. A quick question, recently moved to France and have 5 tvs to connect to a satellite dish. Whatever I do I must be able to watch motogp and web. All advice extremely welcome. Thank you in advance.

Bernard

[Stella]

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[Bernard]

Bernard Daly. Sorry.

[anon88169868]

The moto GP will probably need a VPN as far as I can see on a quick check.

What’s your broadband speed?

As for satellite, feeding 5 TVs will require a multi-way LNB from one dish, or multiple dishes or a combination of the two. They do 8-way LNB’s so it is certainly possible though it will be a lot of wiring

Where in France are you?

[Bernard]

Oradour Fanais near confolens. 16500

[anon88169868]

@Bernard

confolens

So, for Astra 28.2° E (Freesat) you’ll probably be OK with a 60cm dish - I think you’re just  within the official UK spot beam footprint.

Broadband speed?

This has been discussed a lot on the forum previously - look through the older threads for much information on the subject.

eg:

TV and Broadband in France

Hello All, I live in France and would like to get TV and broadband. I have a TV but no channels as I’m not connected to the internet. Who is the best provider and/or is it possible to get UK TV? In best I also mean cheapest.

Freesat installation

Any advice would be greatful, we have purchased a holiday home and sad I know but I want English TV, I googled all options and have decided to go with freesat with satellite dish. I asked for quote from large company that sub contract work out and they have quoted €560 to install including equipment. Seems rather steep to me. Property is on Mauprévoir (Vivienne) any ideas how to find cheaper options.

Receiving the bbc in france

Freesat? Whereabouts in France are you?

Required: a Dummies Guide to Accessing UK TV in France

Evening all. I know this question has various replies here, and I have spent hours and hours - probably totalling days - online, but since I am not in any way a tech savvy person, I find the terms and advice confusing to say the least. We would like to be able to view UK tv here in the Gers easily and hassle-free when we wish. We don’t mind paying for whatever is required within reason, but it must be reasonably simple to set up. I have successfully installed Kodi onto my laptop, have a Fire Stick that my son brought from USA with Kodi on it too, and recently tried Unlocator for a week on the laptop only. We don’t yet have a smart TV but will be buying one in the next few weeks. We also inherited a sat dish when we bought this house though I’m not exactly sure what benefit it has. We have french channels via aerial and an Orange internet subscription which is reasonably quick I believe. We have never really watched a lot of tv or done box sets, soaps, US drama stuff - it would ma…

Satellite TV

Bought a Stat Top Box in UK will this work in France?

[Bernard]

Broadband speed is 20mbps and 10 for uploads

[Bernard]

What exactly is a von and how do I set one up.

[Bernard]

That should be Vpn. Bloody autospell.

[anon88169868]

@Bernard

Broadband speed is 20mbps and 10 for uploads

That’s fast enough for Internet TV then.

@Bernard

What exactly is a von and how do I set one up.

VPN - Virtual Private Network, basically a way of “fooling” (eg) TV providers to think your internet connection originates from somewhere other than it’s actual locaton - so that (eg) the BBC will think it is in the UK and allow you access to iPlayer etc.

Look through the old threads on the forum or google “UK IP TV France”.

We’ve had some recent recommendations for PureVPN

You can also Google (and search the forum for) “Smart DNS” which might be easier to set up if you are not particularly au-fait with computers, again lots of discussion on the forum.

[Bernard]

Thank you for that. Most helpful.

[Rocam]

Morning Bernard, the only way you will get to follow MotoGP is by internet and then its debatable. I gave up trying to get MGP some years ago, at least on the UK Tv. I watch it on the German channels and live at that not as highlights. % TV’s, jeez i have problems trying to watch 1 set nevermind 5 of the bloody things.

[Terry_Keep]

Bernard,

May I suggest using a miltiswitch for your satellite/TV issue. I have had one for years and works really well. You need a quad LNB to feed into the switch and then you can have multiple TV’s connected - my unit has 12 outputs, not that I have 12 TV’s but you can get smaller/larger ones.

In addition to satellite connections, you could also feed an external antenna for free to air reception (if you want French TV) and this will also be distributed to all TV’s.

My particular on is an older version of this : EMP-Centauri - Multiswitch MS5/12PIU-5 (P.146-UP)

As for internet, may I suggest you look at degrouptest and put in your details to see what is reportedly the best coverage for you. If you do not have a phone line at present and you don’t know the previous owners number, then use someone close by : https://www.degrouptest.com/