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Watching sky tv

Watching sky tv

Postby frenchie » Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:28 pm

Hi all help appreciated

Have had my own sky dish 1.9 metre and had many years of trouble free viewing

Have recently upgraded to new smart tv but couldn't connect my old sky box as it had scart socket

My brother gave me his old sky box which is HD. Connected up ok but seems to be very limited what channels i can get. No ITV... but can get ITV plus1...

Cant get any HD channels. No cards in the box my brother kept them

Only looking for the free to air channels, nothing premium. Am i missing something or is it impossible to get hd channels without having a subscription card.?

The tv has got built in freeview but we prefer the sky epg set up and love sky news


Any advice appreciated.
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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby satandpcguy » Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:02 am

On a Sky HD box, perhaps you have been allocated ITV1 HD on 103. ITV HD requires your dish and LNB to be perfectly aligned.
Same goes for other HD channels...from BBC...

IF you try channel 803, you may find you can get the SD version of ITV..

Dont need any viewing cards for BBC ITV C4 or Five for many years now, so that is not the issue

"The tv has got built in freeview but we prefer the sky epg set up and love sky news" - will not make a difference, as Freeview is UK TV via a TV aerial, not available in Spain (signals from the transmitter mast barely cover the UK, let lone reach Spain!), and not available via a satellite dish (different transmission types)
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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby frenchie » Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:24 am

Hi thanks for reply
Perhaps freeview is the wrong word, if i attach ny lead from the dish direct to the tv i get the english channels but not keen on the operating system epg etc.

Will try 803 thanks

Would a new lnb get me the hd channels do you think, the one we are using is a few years old now. Plus the actuall dish is around 70 mtres from the tv would this be an issue. Even though we've always had good reception for all these years
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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby A.N.Other » Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:12 am

70m is a LOT of cable, what are you using?

If your new TV was bought in Spain then it's extremely unlikely to have a Freesat tuner, if there is no Freesat logo then it hasn't so while it will still receive the Freesat channels it won't have the Freesat EPG.

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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby Floreus » Sat Aug 08, 2020 9:29 am

Channel 803 is unobtainable with with 1.9mtr dish in Quesada....
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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby David Stokes » Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:25 am

Floreus wrote:Channel 803 is unobtainable with with 1.9mtr dish in Quesada....



We are in Quesada and have a 1.4 meter dish. We get 103 and 803 with no problem on a sky hd box with card.

But we have a second box without card and we don't get 103, but do get a perfect picture on 103.
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Re: Watching sky tv

Postby frenchie » Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:39 am

[quote="A.N.Other"]70m is a LOT of cable, what are you using?


Yes when it was installed the guys said it was one of the longest that they had ever done lol. We have replaced the cable a couple of times over the years but not sure what make it is

Can get itv on 803 lovely thanks
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