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hi,

i just bought the latest lidl digital portable satellite kit yesterday.
before i waste time opening it and trying it out and having to bring it back can anybody tell me what to expect.
its for a holiday house in co. clare ( but i,m looking forward to messing around with it in dublin as well )
now, correct me please ;

-its digital so i will never be able to watch any analog tv stations from any satellite no matter where i am located in the whole universe ??

-i have 3 choices of satellite realisticly to point at - astra1, astra2 and hotbird ?

-but astra1 is for analog channels only ?
-astra2 is where the digital channels are ?
-hotbird is only analog as well ?

-what english channels will i get (presumably on astra2) ? i tried looking for this info on google but some sites are confusing.

i bought the kit first expecting them to sell out before i got a chance to do my homework on the subject !!

however if i have bought the perverbial "pig in a poe" then ill return it more or less unopened (and maybe consider getting the mmds system - but for a holiday home perhaps its not worth the investment ?? )

could someone point me to a comprehensive list of digital channnels available please.

tonka seems to know a lot on the subject from other threads.

id be grateful for any help.
 
I'm afraid I can't help you on the technical side of things here but one thing you can expect is wall to wall porn. We bought one last year, it was tuned in in jig time and we had been misinformed that we would get channel 4 (the only reason we got it) but there was no channel 4 and due to there being kids in the house we very promptly got rid of it into a local skip! I suppose it depends on what you're looking for. There were few english speaking channels on it either.
 
you pointed it at astra 1 or possibly hotbird , had you pointed at astra2 you would have bbc lots and itv lots but no channel 4 without a sky box and a "yellow house card" as they are known on ebay.

astra2 is not wall to wall porn but you will never know that now :), Much of the porn on astra 2 IS channel 4 :p . Astra1 is digital but mainly german and dutch, hotbird is mainly south and east europe and tv5 from france , plenty of porn on astra1 and hotbird too.

you need an 80cm dish for astra2 (in bad weather) in west clare but the lidl one is not very weatherproof .

if you need more info ask the experts here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

channel linups and transponders if you need to add them, this site has every channel and every transponder and is definitive for astra 1 and 2 and hotbird

www.lyngsat.com
 
2Pack said:
you pointed it at astra 1 or possibly hotbird , had you pointed at astra2 you would have bbc lots and itv lots but no channel 4 without a sky box and a "yellow house card" as they are known on ebay.

astra2 is not wall to wall porn but you will never know that now :), Much of the porn on astra 2 IS channel 4 :p . Astra1 is digital but mainly german and dutch, hotbird is mainly south and east europe and tv5 from france , plenty of porn on astra1 and hotbird too.

you need an 80cm dish for astra2 (in bad weather) in west clare but the lidl one is not very weatherproof .

if you need more info ask the experts here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55
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Wow, that's an impressive come back. Our neighbour fitted it and to be honest, I think we spent 80 or 90 quid on it. When he did a channel search, I wasn't oo impressed with what I saw so I told him to disconnect it. There was no major loss, I like Sky and wouldn't be interested in changing but the idea of getting channel 4 is the only reason I got it. Haven't a clue where he pointed it but it pointed towards the skip later the same day and that, in my opinion is where it belonged!
 
-but astra1 is for analog channels only ?
No , has lots of digital channels , but most are in german...

-astra2 is where the digital channels are ?
BBC 1,2,3,4
ITV 1,2,3,4
Sky News
Poker Chanel,Travel Chanel, Reailty TV, some music....
and lots of other free crap...


-hotbird is only analog as well ?
No , has lots of digital channels , but most are in french...
 
The only thing about that camping satelite is that is is designed for temporary / mobile use. There may be no decent wall mountilng kit which is needed as accuracy of aim at the satellite is crucial and a good permanent fix to a wall.
Personally I would bring back the sat system and wait until they have a proper domestic system as it usually comes with a mounting bracket.

www.lyngsat.com will tell ypu what is available to view on any sat, I presume you want Astra 2, that is what most people have and is OK. No C4 or Sky1 or discovery, but for €100 all in good value.

It is quiet difficult to find the Astra 2 satellite, time is needed as you have to be precise with the location. If you can have a TV beside you with the Sat tuned to a channel e.g. Sky news while looking for satellite. It may be a good idea to set up decoder to dish at home if you have one and tune in the channels there.
If you have a neighbour with sat system it will give you an idea of the direaction and angle relative to horizon.
 
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I bought one of these lidl camping sat systems and when I went to the local tv guy he said I could not get it set up in the house. Was he just being lazy and picky as I didnt get a sat system from him? Should I try elsewhere?
 
This site has a lot of good info on portable sat TV. www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk

Sarah - THere should be no difficulty trying the set up at the house. You need a length of cable to reach from the dish to the box. Point the dish towards southsoutheast and angle at 28degrees or 28.5 degrees til you get a signal. Patience required. Refer to the website above.

Slim
 
For those who want to position their sat dish . If you have a compass face it
145°
towards the Astra and Eurobird
satellites from Dublin area.​
and set at
21° vertical elevation angle
this should give you a good starting point​
 
patspost said:
but for €100 all in good value
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Not sure I agree unless you are a caravanner perhaps. If you want an FTA system and you are prepared to shop around, for not too much more money you'll get a decent-sized dish (e.g. 80cm), a proper mounting bracket, and a well-recommended receiver as well as the coax, sat finder etc. There are kits advertised in Dublin from €120 upwards (and no I'm not associated with any of the suppliers!) and loads in the UK - which is where I got mine.

I also think it's an awful shame just to dump the LIDL kit in a skip! Give it away on Freecycle or even consider trying to sell on the receiver, coax, LNB, sat finder (is one included?).
 
jhegarty said:
-but astra1 is for analog channels only ?
No , has lots of digital channels , but most are in german...

-astra2 is where the digital channels are ?
BBC 1,2,3,4
ITV 1,2,3,4
Sky News
Poker Chanel,Travel Chanel, Reailty TV, some music....
and lots of other free crap...


-hotbird is only analog as well ?
No , has lots of digital channels , but most are in french...
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Unfortunately Poker Channel on SKY receiver station 843 is gone. Now you get is interactive roulette.
 
Murt10 said:
Unfortunately Poker Channel on SKY receiver station 843 is gone. Now you get is interactive roulette.
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It wasn't when I made the post a year ago :p

Its actually still about 25% poker now , 75% red button gaming....
 
Bluetonic said:
Bear in the mind the post was from 14 months ago.
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Point taken. As a matter of interest what has happened since? Is the system different or cheaper? I spotted a system in ALDI in Germany last month which had a 60cm solid dish, mounting kit etc, marked down from €79 to €55.
 
Hi Folks,
We bought one of those satellite systems in Lidl last month, and to date, nothing, absolutely nada, no matter which way we point it, all we get is NO SIGNAL. It is now sitting in a corner (in disgrace) and we really dont know what to do with it? We're wondering if we bought a dud? Any advice?
 
hi all i also have one of these lidl sat systems,i live in donegal and can get no channels on it,i have bought a satellite finder so hopefully this will resolve the finding signals problem,what do ye all think
 
Neither of you have 'bought a dudd'. You need a satfinder to install - and even then, those cheap satfinders dont always function accurately at times. Its not like throwing up an aerial. A mm out and you get nothing - its all or nothing.
 
There is at least one other recent thread dealing with how to tune a satellite dish/tuner that might be of interest to some readers here.
 
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