jacko
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:21 PM |
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Sky in a caravan
Hi All for my sin's i have a c/van and with analog tv going i have been thinking of getting a old sky box and dish + use my card out of the
house
Can anyone see a problem doing this,
+ Some time ago in aldi [i think ] they had a set up for sky anyone got this is it any good ?
Graham
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prawnabie
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:22 PM |
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http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=48737
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ashg
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:25 PM |
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i have got a dish and a spare box if you want to offer me a couple of pennies.
all you have to do is mount the dish on a pole/tripod and move it round until you get a signal
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dogwood
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:26 PM |
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Absolutely no problem at all.
I always take my Sky box on my holls to the south of France to watch my fav programs
I do use a slightly larger dish that far South though
David
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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billy
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:36 PM |
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Cheapest way to get SKY into your caravan is get a tin opener and cut a big hole in the roof! bingo free sky 
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
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lsdweb
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:43 PM |
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I took a dish and freesat receiver to the west coast of France this year and it was excellent! The easiest way of setting it up is to copy the
alignment of somebody who has theirs working already!
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Benzine
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:43 PM |
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Go to Skye in a caravan and take books
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amalyos
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:48 PM |
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if you have a second box without multiroom, you'll only get the basic Sky packages (Sky1, Discovery etc) if you swap the card over, as the card
is coded to the box.
i.e. you won't get Sky movies and Sports.
Only way to get everything is to take the matched Box and Card together.
The Aldi set up isn't Sky, it just gets you the basic freeview channels (or loads of German channels if thats what your into), although with
better reception than an aerial.
[Edited on 28/11/09 by amalyos]
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jacko
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ashg
i have got a dish and a spare box if you want to offer me a couple of pennies.
all you have to do is mount the dish on a pole/tripod and move it round until you get a signal
Hi Mate thankyou for the offer but you live a bit to far away to get it
I will have a look around the Hull area for one Graham
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rayward
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:54 PM |
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be careful,
the new card are paired to the sky box, so won;t work with any other box ,
we have a main sky and multiroom, and can;t even swap cards between boxes
hth
ray
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dogwood
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 07:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rayward
be careful,
the new card are paired to the sky box, so won;t work with any other box ,
we have a main sky and multiroom, and can;t even swap cards between boxes
hth
ray
Not exactly sure if that is correct.
I don't have sky films or sport.
but got all the other channels.
the card works in both my boxes
David
FREE THE ROADSTER ONE…!!
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 08:11 PM |
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Most people use seem to use free stat in there vans
Dan
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fazerruss
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 08:17 PM |
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I used to take my sky+ system in the caravan. Just use the on board signal level meter on the box to find a good signal. It would be worth you getting
a compass with directions marked on for the satalites, makes it a lot easier to set up when you know roughly which direction to point the dish.
"if assholes could fly this place would be an airport"
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iank
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 09:08 PM |
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Lots of (English) vans had sky on the site in France I was at. Those without motorised dishes seemed to spend a good 30mins on average getting a
picture each night.
Waste of good red-wine drinking time IMO.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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owelly
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| posted on 28/11/09 at 11:22 PM |
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I bought a 12v Freeview box off Ebay and it works OK in the house but I havn't tried it in the Bongo Bus yet. It came with a little stumpy mag
mount aerial. Would this be ok for use in a caravan? It only cost £20 IIRC so if it can get all the freeview stuff, like it sdoes indoors, then it may
be a cheaper easier way to watch telly....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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splitrivet
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 12:17 AM |
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Get a freesat box they aint much nowadays, sky boxes and cards are paired.
You'll get less channels than Freeview or freesat if you just use a Sky box without a card.
There used to be a free to air card for a skybox they were about a tenner but I dont know if they are still supplied, they need the number under your
Skybox to pair the card.
Cheers,
Bob
Edit. Free to air cards are still available £20 by the time you factor in a s/h skybox you might as well have a new freesat box for £40 odd squids.
[Edited on 29/11/09 by splitrivet]
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/11/09 at 11:32 AM |
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Freesat and Freeview satellite are not the same thing I found out. Freesat has an 8 day programme guide and freeview satellite only shows now and
next. I recently put a freeview box in at home and found dishpointer and a compass to be the easiest way to
locate a satellite. Put your location and choose which sats you want. I am on Astra 2D and Eurobird 1 and it picks them both up as they are very close
together. A terrestrial box will only work if you have a clear line of sight to the transmitter, any hills, trees or buildings will cut your signal.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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