panther
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Just thought I would let you know that Lidl (the cheep supermarket) have a special offer for a portable satalite system for £69.99
Satalite system
I bought one yesturday - and I'm impressed with the kit. It contains
Satalite reciever (240V and 12V)
Folding Satalite dish
Variety of mounting kits from clamps, to suction mounts
Cables
Compass
So far I have just tested the reciever by plugging it into my home sat dish - picture is good and can recieve all the BBC channels. It will recieve any Free to Air channels that do not need a decoder card (as there is no slot) The free channels you can view on Astra are listed here
Astra 2 free channels
You can point at different sats to get other channels, but Astra 2 broadcasts the main UK channels.
Unfortunatly the reciever will not recieve ITV and C4 as these are encrypted and need a card to decode. To recieve these you would need a reciever with a card slot and a freesat card available from Sky for a one-off payment of £20
I will be testing the kit fully over the weekend arround the Bristol channel and will let you know how I get on!
Cheers
Jools
Satalite system
I bought one yesturday - and I'm impressed with the kit. It contains
Satalite reciever (240V and 12V)
Folding Satalite dish
Variety of mounting kits from clamps, to suction mounts
Cables
Compass
So far I have just tested the reciever by plugging it into my home sat dish - picture is good and can recieve all the BBC channels. It will recieve any Free to Air channels that do not need a decoder card (as there is no slot) The free channels you can view on Astra are listed here
Astra 2 free channels
You can point at different sats to get other channels, but Astra 2 broadcasts the main UK channels.
Unfortunatly the reciever will not recieve ITV and C4 as these are encrypted and need a card to decode. To recieve these you would need a reciever with a card slot and a freesat card available from Sky for a one-off payment of £20
I will be testing the kit fully over the weekend arround the Bristol channel and will let you know how I get on!
Cheers
Jools