Annual question...... German Eurosport

[Rs2oo]

Just read a couple of old threads and wondered if anything has changed and your thoughts please on what's best.

We have an 80cm x 60cm oval dish and LMB
A Sky box WITHOUT a card
A Freesat box
A freeview box

We would like to use the Sky box but not sure if it will work without a card. What's the verdict ?

Edited by Rs2oo on Wednesday 25th May 09:47

[gman2207]

Copied from Beermountain:

"The German channels are at 19.2 E. A uk sky box will not work for these, as sky boxes software is locked down pretty tight. A generic none sky box should, and some freesat boxes. Eurosport is available here in German for free."

We use one of these, worked great last year: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Openbox-V8S-Digital-TV-S...

[Rs2oo]

gman2207 said:

Copied from Beermountain:

"The German channels are at 19.2 E. A uk sky box will not work for these, as sky boxes software is locked down pretty tight. A generic none sky box should, and some freesat boxes. Eurosport is available here in German for free."

We use one of these, worked great last year: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Openbox-V8S-Digital-TV-S...

So this should be compatible with our 18cm dish and LMB ?

[DeanoX]

Do you mean 18cm for the dish....thats very small ?

[ukcobra]

I would suggest a 60cm to 80 cm dish. Pointed to 19.2E, German Eurosport is still Free to View. I was watching it yesterday as part of my pre-Le Mans testing.
I have not tried it with a Sky Receiver, but have tested it on a regular Satellite receiver and my TV that also can receive tune in directly from Astra 1L

[ClockworkDog]

First year for our group using satellite - I'm no expert but that does seem a bit small for a dish. We're taking a sky dish (about 600mm wide?) to plug into a sky box. I figured that's the set up at home, so would work in a (not too) foreign field. We have a card with sky sports so should be able to get English Eurosport on't tellybox no problem. Fingers crossed...

[JamesBryan88]

We used a freesat box last year and had a bit of a mare trying to find the satellite.

Eventually we found it using a Sky box to find the Sky satellite, then switched over to the freesat box and moved the dish right a bit then up a bit.

[ukcobra]

Elevation was the key problem I had last year, clearing the trees was the challenge.

[Rs2oo]

DeanoX said:

Do you mean 18cm for the dish....thats very small ?

Ha ! yes sorry.... 80cm dish

[gman2207]

Rs2oo said:

So this should be compatible with our 18cm dish and LMB ?

Yeah its a standard coax connection, it will plug straight it.

[morfmedia]

We normally use a small briefcase sized dish. Best bet is to see where everyone else is pointing then have a few beers whilst you get it aligned

[Rs2oo]

gman2207 said:

Copied from Beermountain:

"The German channels are at 19.2 E. A uk sky box will not work for these, as sky boxes software is locked down pretty tight. A generic none sky box should, and some freesat boxes. Eurosport is available here in German for free."

We use one of these, worked great last year: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Openbox-V8S-Digital-TV-S...

This does look good but I just rang the shop who sell this and he reckons the dish I have is not compatible !!! oval dish 80cm x 60cm. Looks like ive bought the wrong friggin dish !

[gman2207]

Rs2oo said:

This does look good but I just rang the shop who sell this and he reckons the dish I have is not compatible !!! oval dish 80cm x 60cm. Looks like ive bought the wrong friggin dish !

wtf! a dish is a dish. If it has a connector like this it'll work: http://nicab.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/coax...

This is the dish i have: http://www.techdna.co.uk/ross-sd-satellite-kit.htm...

Edited by gman2207 on Tuesday 24th May 17:50

[lescombes]

the footprint for Astra 19.2 is 60cm and that covers most of EU and all of UK & Ireland... I have a 60cm dish...with double LNB for Astra 19.2 & 29 on the one dish.... running through an SF118 Octagon receiver... I get all the EU motorsport on various channels here in Blighty....so you'll have no issues in France

[Rs2oo]

gman2207 said:

wtf! a dish is a dish. If it has a connector like this it'll work: http://nicab.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/coax...

This is the dish i have: http://www.techdna.co.uk/ross-sd-satellite-kit.htm...

Edited by gman2207 on Tuesday 24th May 17:50

Rang another company selling the Openbox and they only work with a Sky Dish and cable.

[gman2207]

Rs2oo said:

Rang another company selling the Openbox and they only work with a Sky Dish and cable.

I'm living proof they don't, unless i imagined watching German Eurosport outside my tent last year ;-)

[JamesBryan88]

The Openbox works with any dish and LNB.

I was with gman last year when we set it up.

[Rs2oo]

gman2207 said:

I'm living proof they don't, unless i imagined watching German Eurosport outside my tent last year ;-)

I don't understand the difference TBH. Both companies told me the Openbox will only work with a SKY Dish. The one I have is oval like the photo here. What type / shape / size dish did you use please ?

[gman2207]

We have this exact dish, it works fine: http://www.techdna.co.uk/ross-sd-satellite-kit.htm...

[lescombes]

OpenBox used to be sold as SKYbox until Murdoch forced them to name change them....and they adopted OpenBox (who also make satellite kit)..... they work with any dish not just Sky oval's..... if you are taking a Sky oval and an OpenBox... then you will be fine...when you are "locked" on to 19.2