Replace sat dish? (1 Viewer)

[Gollom]

Hetty has a pop-up satellite dish which in my un-informed opinion is probably old-hat nowadays and does not get many FreeView type channels without a subscription? How easy would it be to replace with an aerial? Or should I keep the dish?

If replace can I simply take off the dish and slot an aerial in it's place? Where do I start to look for one?

Many thanks

 

[pappajohn]

You should be getting more freeview type (free to air) programs with a dish than with an aerial with freeview tv.
Your reciever probably needs undating or renewing.

Its a simple job to replace the dish with an aerial, depending what type, once you get the dish mounting plate unstuck from the roof.
That is the hard, time consuming part.

 

[Wildman]

If you do decide to remove the dish I would be interested in it.

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[Gollom]

You should be getting more freeview type (free to air) programs with a dish than with an aerial with freeview tv.
Your reciever probably needs undating or renewing.

Its a simple job to replace the dish with an aerial, depending what type, once you get the dish mounting plate unstuck from the roof.
That is the hard, time consuming part.

I have a Sky minibox with just a SCART connection. Guessing this is dated - what should I have? Not interested in a Sky subscription or anything plus cost is an issue at the moment. There is also an electronic sat finder gizmo

 

[pappajohn]

Have a look on ebay.
Any new free to air 12v sat reciever should have all the parameters set and recieve all the free channels plus the encrypted (but not viewable without a card) channels.

Something like this would do the job and not too expensive, plus it has "magic eye" remote so can be permanantly fitted in a cupboard/locker etc.

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[Gollom]

Would this do the job:

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(Just messaged the seller to double check it is 12V. I think the majority are but best check!)

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[scotjimland]

I recently bought an Alden AS4 auto sat dish with this Free-To-Air decoder from Eddie at @eddievanbitz
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can't fault it .. excellent GUI and program guide with a lot of features you won't get with a cheaper Freesat decoder ..

PS.. forgot to mention, you will be eligible for a funster discount from Vanbitz

 

[Speve]

I have a Sky minibox with just a SCART connection. Guessing this is dated - what should I have? Not interested in a Sky subscription or anything plus cost is an issue at the moment. There is also an electronic sat finder gizmo

That's a pace box they are really good for getting signals on the extremes of satellite footprint, they are highly sought after we have one that we use down in Spain and can usually get most channels we need.

 

[walburga]

That 12v pace box will be as good as any new ones.
And I'll bet that once you get used to using the 'pop-up' sat dish you'll be ok.

regards
Allen

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[Gollom]

Sorry, duplicate post