All posts by Anthony
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Good news for Freesat? Astra 2E satellite launched | Free sateTuesday 12 August 2014 11:45AM
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m.mokhtary, you CANNOT receive ANY of the Astra 2 satellites over the middle east. Astra 2E/2F/2G are designed purely for viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland ONLY;all UK national broadcasters use the UK only spotbeam which covers the whole of the United Kingdom with only a very limited overspill to North Western Europe, several free-to-air commercial broadcasters on those satellites where programme rights issues are not a concern (and some exclusively UK only subscription services in the BSkyB digital bouquets as well) use the pan-european widebeams which cover not only the United Kingdom but also a good part of mainland Europe as well. It is extremely unlikely that you will EVER receive Astra 2E/2F/2G over the middle east;the satellite footprints are so tight several european countries to the south and east of Europe have lost a lot of UK television channels from the UK spotbeams, but have managed to receive at least some from the pan-european beams-the main limit of the pan-european footpirnts is NW Greece which isn't ideal.
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Terry Heard, UK national channels (which are subject to geographical restrictions and programme rights issues) on Astra 2E/2F/2G at 28.2degE transmit on a tight UK spotbeam which covers the United Kingdom with a very limited overspill to NW Europe, while commercial free to air channels on those same satellites with no programme rights issues use a Pan European widebeam which covers much of Mainland Europe as well as the United Kingdom.
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Good news for Freesat? Astra 2E satellite launched | Free sateMonday 25 August 2014 12:00AM
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Peter, you CAN receive Freesat in Switzerland and France but the signal strengths DO vary to receive the Astra 2 UK Spotbeam channels-for touring purposes with a caravan you'll need a 90cm dish antennae at the very least and a 100cm dish antennae at the very most-this is because the UK Spotbeam has a very tight footprint that only really spreads through France and ends further north of the mediterranean than the old Astra 2D did, also bear in mind, that signal strengths on the Astra 2 UK Spotbeam channels can vary widely across Europe from as short as a few miles between towns villages provinces and cities to as far away as several thousands of miles across the continent. As a result several locations in Southern and Eastern Europe have lost their access to UK TV channels on the Astra 2 UK Spotbeams-such is the tightness of the beam and the restricted spread.
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CBS Action channel 90 from Winter Hill has appeared on my Technika Freeview HD box yesterday morning and I've done a retune of my Samsung 32" LED Freeview TV to get it too, it's on Winter Hill channel 55. Technika Freeview HD Box Quality 98% Strength 82%, Samsung TV Signal Strength 97%.
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CBS Action is just an orange info screen at the moment-does anyone know when it will start?
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Sutton Coldfield (Birmingham, England) Full Freeview transmitteFriday 29 August 2014 11:39AM
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richard: It's transmitted at a woeful 24kW power along with 8 other channels on channel 31, it could be your aerial or cabling if you are problems receiving it, get it checked out. Old aerials or knackered cables can often make all the difference between getting it, or poorly, or even not at all.
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If you have a 5.1 dolby digital capable bluray/home cinema system connected by digital optical lead or digital coaxial lead to a SkyHD box or Dolby Digital capable Freeview HD box which translates the transmitted 5.1 Freeview HE-AAC 5.1 surround component to Dolby Digital output, make sure your speakers set at full on all the channels.
Some bluray/dvd home cinema units automatically translate the non 5.1 output to Dolby Pro-Logic II movie or music mode selectable by remote control (MOVIE is best as it centralises the dialogue better) which centralises the dialogue spreads the stereo output across the two front stereo channels and feeds the extraneous sounds to the rear surround speakers.
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Monday 11 August 2014 11:54AM
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I am getting winter hill from 2 church street accrington BB5 2EH despite the prediction saying I cannot.