Satelite receiver for Spain?

[Tigertom]

Please help with where to get a satellite receiver / decoder for getting intelsat 901/907 in Spain.

I’ve contacted a couple of suppliers and they can’t or won’t supply me with one ( only comes as part of a package ! ).

Or maybe you’re selling one ?

Tom,

 

[Neil S]

Please help with where to get a satellite receiver / decoder for getting intelsat 901/907 in Spain.

I’ve contacted a couple of suppliers and they can’t or won’t supply me with one ( only comes as part of a package ! ).

Or maybe you’re selling one ?

Tom,

Try here www.satgear.co.uk
Ask for Martin
I bought my comag HD receiver which configured for Intelsat 901 from them
About £100 as I remember

 

[TM59]

Occasionally eBay

 

[Emmit]

Please explain reason for us hard of thinking/understanding.

 

[Tigertom]

Not sure what you mean , explain what ?

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[Emmit]

Why does a receiver decoder that picks up an Intel sat 901/ 907 in Spain get you.
I'm not pulling your anatomy.
I'm a genuine dodo when it comes tech.

 

[TM59]

Our home TV channels. BBC ITV CH 4 and 5 I believe

 

[Ditcha]

Why does a receiver decoder that picks up an Intel sat 901/ 907 in Spain get you.
I'm not pulling your anatomy.
I'm a genuine dodo when it comes tech.

You get all the 5 main channels plus about 10 others in HD.

 

[Kups]

Here's the list: https://www.isatdb.com/en/satellite/intelsat-907

Used to have an Icecrypt receiver but for the price of a new one you can buy two Amazon Firesticks! and get ten times as many channels in Spain with a UK SIM.

 

[Neil S]

Why does a receiver decoder that picks up an Intel sat 901/ 907 in Spain get you.
I'm not pulling your anatomy.
I'm a genuine dodo when it comes tech.

The mainstream
BBC channels
ITV 1
Channel 4
More 4
Channel 5
BBC red button
CBBC
and the all important Radio 2 plus other BBC radio stations

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[RM_Marine]

Just but a 4k HD firestick and pay for a year's subscription of IPTV, max £100

 

[stevewagner]

See if you can locate an Icecrypt box

 

[bigtwin]

Used to have an Icecrypt receiver but for the price of a new one you can buy two Amazon Firesticks! and get ten times as many channels in Spain with a UK SIM.

But we now face much reduced data allowances when overseas.

Ian

 

[Tigertom]

Thanks for the responses but I’m after a receiver box not a fire stick as it looks as though the cost of data in Europe is only going to get more expensive.

 

[bluemh]

I have a GTMedia V7 S2X satellite receiver that does the job. It is about £36 from Amazon. It runs off 12V and is very small. It was simple to set up. There is a support web site at https://www.freesat.cn/forum/

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[Kups]

But we now face much reduced data allowances when overseas.

Ian

Not if you have a SKY account sim or a superdrug sim, at the moment.

 

[Tasape]

you can use an Hello Box 8 which decodes as well its DVB-s2 s2x t2 C £40 ebay or ali express

 

[Speve]

I have a GTMedia V7 S2X satellite receiver that does the job. It is about £36 from Amazon. It runs off 12V and is very small. It was simple to set up. There is a support web site at https://www.freesat.cn/forum/

you can use an Hello Box 8 which decodes as well its DVB-s2 s2x t2 C £40 ebay or ali express

But do these work in Spain to connect to English channels?

 

[bigtwin]

Not if you have a SKY account sim or a superdrug sim, at the moment.

As it happens, I do have a Sky SIM. Do you know if the data that rolls over each month is available for use in the EU?

Ian

 

[bluemh]

But do these work in Spain to connect to English channels?

The GTMedia box will work in Spain - you will need to enter the BISS keys which are entered in a hidden menu. The web site I referenced tells you how to get into the hidden menu. Also, make sure you have the latest firmware (also available from that web site).

I recommend you set it up and test it in the UK first.

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[Speve]

As it happens, I do have a Sky SIM. Do you know if the data that rolls over each month is available for use in the EU?

Ian

I was told only a few weeks back whilst enquiring about sky sims that your data is not restricted even in EU and whatever you have including rolled over you can use where and when you want

 

[Kups]

As it happens, I do have a Sky SIM. Do you know if the data that rolls over each month is available for use in the EU?

Ian

Yes it does and I used my sky sim in France recently with no problems at all. By January I'll have 120 gb in my piggybank so enough for our Spanish trip. You can of course always buy more through your account if you use all your data. Simple process using the my sky app.

 

[bigtwin]

I was told only a few weeks back whilst enquiring about sky sims that your data is not restricted even in EU and whatever you have including rolled over you can use where and when you want

Yes it does and I used my sky sim in France recently with no problems at all. By January I'll have 120 gb in my piggybank so enough for our Spanish trip. You can of course always buy more through your account if you use all your data. Simple process using the my sky app.

That’s good news. I’ve recently reviewed/updated our various plans and I’ve gone for a couple of 10Gb(ish) plans (different providers) that rollover unused data on the basis that they’ll build up and be available for when we travel.

Ian

 

[sbbots]

I have a 85cms dish and a Cello 12v tv with built in receiver. I can get every UK channel on the Astra 2 sattelite in France and Spain. This set up works for me on or off grid.

 

[ChrisL]

I have a 85cms dish and a Cello 12v tv with built in receiver. I can get every UK channel on the Astra 2 sattelite in France and Spain. This set up works for me on or off grid.

Do you have auto skew on your dish?

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[2657]

That’s good news. I’ve recently reviewed/updated our various plans and I’ve gone for a couple of 10Gb(ish) plans (different providers) that rollover unused data on the basis that they’ll build up and be available for when we travel.

Ian

Vodafone will only roll over one month's allowance so if not used, 10Gb plan, you will get 20Gb the next month. If then not used for a further month it sticks at 20 GB

 

[sbbots]

It's a manual system, I've used it in the Catalan region without adjusting the LNB skew. I suppose the further South that you travel it may become more of an issue.

 

[Emmit]

Vodafone tell me that, as part of a Christmas giveaway, because we are NOT on an unlimited tariff we have been upped to an UNLIMITED tariff for the next 30 days.
Whether that will be strangled down to 25 watsits (which I would have had anyway) is buried in their T's and C's and I don't fancy losing the will to live to try and find them.

 

[Kups]

I have a 85cms dish and a Cello 12v tv with built in receiver. I can get every UK channel on the Astra 2 sattelite in France and Spain. This set up works for me on or off grid.

Well all I can say is that you must have experienced an unusual atmospheric event as the Astra 2 UK spot beam for an 85cm dish doesn't include Spain. We always lost signal just after Bordeaux. This is the latest Sat footprint.

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[Speve]

It's a manual system, I've used it in the Catalan region without adjusting the LNB skew. I suppose the further South that you travel it may become more of an issue.

I think you would struggle if you move any further South although surprised you can get all UK channels on a Cello sat reciever at all

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