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All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Lisa: You will need both a "quad LNB" fitted to the dish, and the addition of a second cable. You will probably need to contact a local installation company to provide this for you.
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Kieran: You are in an excellent reception area, so I would check your aerial point is still connected to a rooftop aerial.
Indoor areas are unsuitable for reliable Freeview reception.
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Trevor Harris: As rebutted at Lies, statistics, and anti-DAB campaigners - James Cridland .
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P Howarth: Yes, + and - denote a 166kHz ofset.
As it says above "Wednesday 7th September 2011
ITV-1 swaps to C51. BBC TWO C47 closes. BBCA starts on C47. "
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Bill: They shouldn't be using C36 for that, as C36 is a DDR non-TV frequency after switchover it should be avoided.
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nice: Yes, if you take the box and card with you it will work in Spain with a 3 meter dish. The dish must be aligned to the "Astra 2" satellite cluster, which is not the standard in Spain.
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John: Using the SETTINGS/PICTURE menu on the Sky box, set the appropriate screen aspect ratio 16:9 or 4:3 for the "Secondary" output.
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Matt: OK, but with every transmitter around you changing their transmission modes and frequencies every week once we get into September I suspect you will have a lot fiddling to do.
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Monday 8 August 2011 8:57AM
Chris: You have to pay Virgin Media for a second box, contact their customer services for them to provide and install this.