tv in cyprus

[ericdemetriou]

Originally Posted by AnnieG

Hi,

Wonder if someone can confirm this situation with me? I was thinking that I could bring across a sky box and hook it up to the dish already at the house in Cyprus and just keep the subscription going here in UK with it registered at our friends address? Is anyone else doing this and is it working?

Cheers

Annie

Hi Annie,

Other people are doing what your thinking of but as stated in the other posts the size of the dish needed is quite large (aprox 3m-4m depending on where you live), is the dish at the house this size?

If you cancel your subscription with sky you will still get the free channels i.e. BBC, ITV etc providing the dish is big enough.

Eric

[AnnieG]

Originally Posted by ericdemetriou

Hi Annie,

Other people are doing what your thinking of but as stated in the other posts the size of the dish needed is quite large (aprox 3m-4m depending on where you live), is the dish at the house this size?

If you cancel your subscription with sky you will still get the free channels i.e. BBC, ITV etc providing the dish is big enough.

Eric

Thanks for your response. The dish used to be around 2m but we got extenders put on it a couple of years ago and its now HUGE!!! There is a basic sky box there just now with the usual basic channels (BBC etc) but sometimes the picture freezes and can sometimes get no reception at all, do you know if this may improve if we bring over our HD Sky box? or is there maybe something wrong with the positioning of the dish or anything else?

Thanks for your time

Annie

[joe1990]

Originally Posted by AnnieG

Thanks for your response. The dish used to be around 2m but we got extenders put on it a couple of years ago and its now HUGE!!! There is a basic sky box there just now with the usual basic channels (BBC etc) but sometimes the picture freezes and can sometimes get no reception at all, do you know if this may improve if we bring over our HD Sky box? or is there maybe something wrong with the positioning of the dish or anything else?

Thanks for your time

Annie

Hi Annie

Yes your dish maybe just out of Sync with the satellites which could explain the freezing and lose of viewing but your Dish's LNB might simply need alittle clean if it has been gathering dust?? A HD box helps with picture quality and wouldn't help in getting a stronger signal

Cheers

[ericdemetriou]

Originally Posted by AnnieG

Thanks for your response. The dish used to be around 2m but we got extenders put on it a couple of years ago and its now HUGE!!! There is a basic sky box there just now with the usual basic channels (BBC etc) but sometimes the picture freezes and can sometimes get no reception at all, do you know if this may improve if we bring over our HD Sky box? or is there maybe something wrong with the positioning of the dish or anything else?

Thanks for your time

Annie

Hi Annie,

The only dish I know of that you can attach extensions to is a 2.8m which makes it a 3.2m so it should be ok.
I would look at the lnb (it's amazing how many spiders make their homes there) give it a squirt of insecticide inside the feed and if you still have problems then call a tech to check lnb and dish position.
I don't think the HD Sky box will improve the situation.

Eric

[AnnieG]

Originally Posted by ericdemetriou

Hi Annie,

The only dish I know of that you can attach extensions to is a 2.8m which makes it a 3.2m so it should be ok.
I would look at the lnb (it's amazing how many spiders make their homes there) give it a squirt of insecticide inside the feed and if you still have problems then call a tech to check lnb and dish position.
I don't think the HD Sky box will improve the situation.

Eric

Thanks for the advice Eric, will check it out as soon as we get there!! I take it that we shouldn't really get much interference on a regular basis??

Annie

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by ericdemetriou

Hi Annie,

Other people are doing what your thinking of but as stated in the other posts the size of the dish needed is quite large (aprox 3m-4m depending on where you live), is the dish at the house this size?

If you cancel your subscription with sky you will still get the free channels i.e. BBC, ITV etc providing the dish is big enough.

Eric

Hi

The dish has to be a minimum of 2.7 mtr for sky and you can bring your box and card with you even without subscription you can still get all the freeview chanels

Cherie

[ericdemetriou]

Originally Posted by AnnieG

Thanks for the advice Eric, will check it out as soon as we get there!! I take it that we shouldn't really get much interference on a regular basis??

Annie

When you write interference If you mean i.e. freezing, pixalation, low signal etc this will depend on the size of the dish, weather conditions and the channels you are watching.

Just to give you an example I live in Limassol and have a 3m dish with a quad lnb & Sky+ box.
I get all the BBC's, ITV, ITV2+1, FIVE, SKY3, FIVER etc, but ITV2, CH4 and a some others breakup while quite a few just say no signal.


Eric

[robwyatt]

why not just use a VPN and hook your pc to your tv? pm me if you don't know how