10-03-2010, 09:35
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tv satellite
 hi,
i have a tv with freeview/freesat which i have turned in to.
i have allso turned into freesat europe, can i allso turn into the hotbrid satellite?
thanks tex
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10-03-2010, 10:00
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Re: tv satellite
My Freesat set-top box has options to add non-Freesat channels (that is, satellite channels that are free to air but are not marketed under the Freesat brand). I assume a TV with integrated Freesat would also have similar options. Exactly how you do that will be detailed in the TV manufacturer's instruction booklet.
What model is the TV?
---------- Post added at 10:00 ---------- Previous post was at 09:59 ----------
Moved to the Freesat & Freeview forum
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10-03-2010, 10:12
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Re: tv satellite
hi,
my tv is a 50in panasonic.
just now had a look at the operating insructions it just say go to set up select a satellite & set search mode like free channels and start auto setup.
anyway thanks for your replay.
tex
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10-03-2010, 10:39
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Re: tv satellite
Yes, that sounds like the procedure on my box. Have fun!
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10-03-2010, 10:56
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Re: tv satellite
Remember though for each new sat you need to repoint the dish...
Chris can your freesat box do any DiseqC switching/controlling?
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10-03-2010, 11:02
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Re: tv satellite
It's a cheap-as-chips Goodmans SD box, and it's down at the holiday flat so I can't check. But I doubt it can do anything very clever. 
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10-03-2010, 11:10
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Re: tv satellite
Oh, OK.. I only asked as I didn;t even know that the freesat boxes would allow channel scanning, if you coupled that with an ability to at very least DiseqC switching it would make a good multiheaded unit controller 
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10-03-2010, 13:27
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Re: tv satellite
.. and in English, for those of us who don't speak nerd? 
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10-03-2010, 13:35
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Re: tv satellite
Dat bit can do dis bit and goes on dis other bit then it work good
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10-03-2010, 13:43
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Re: tv satellite
Freesat boxes as a general rule of thumb aren't DiSEqC. Free-to-air satellite boxes usually are, I picked one up for about £25 that's DiSEqC 1.2.
DiSEqC: Digital Satellite Equipment Control. Framework that controls motorised dishes to point in the right place when you select a channel.
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10-03-2010, 14:57
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Re: tv satellite
I was thinking more about a simple DiseqC switch so a multi head could be used for more than one position instead of going to whole hog with the motor..
My sats does full DiseqC and USALS, nice little system though a bit outdated, must grab a HD linux based box
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