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    Astra 2F Discussion Here Please!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    [quote user="Quillan"]This morning we have none of the Channel 5 programs, ITV, C4 and ITV are still there. I have checked any of the other channels like Film Four or CBS yet. I should point out that it is raining a lot at the moment.[/quote]

    just so it is clear, the channels which appear to have moved are:

    Transponder 57, 10964H, 22000, 5/6, Channel 5 (regions 1-5) 5 USA, 5 USA+1, 5*, 5*+1 and Channel 5 +1

    Transponder 59, 10994H, 22000, 5/6, Certain ITV1 regions and ITV Granada HD

    Transponder 63, 11053H, 22000, 5/6, Certain ITV1 regions and ITV1 London HD

    Transponder 68, 11126V, 22000, 5/6, Channel Four HD and 4Seven

    All the others on 1N like BBC regions, ITV regions, C4, Film Four, E4, etc have remained. http://en.kingofsat.net/sat-astra1n.php

    But they will probably follow in the Spring.

    You may need to get the bigger dish out Quillan [;-)]

    Danny

    Astra 2F Discussion Here Please!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    [quote user="Martin963"]So will it be just the transponders above 10.95 GHz or all of the 1N flock?.....

    ...So my money is on my previous post on the subject being correct,  ie that 1N will stay on at 28 deg E for the moment,  at least until 2E arrives,   and that the "big" BBC switch won't happen tonight,  it'll  just be a few ITV regions,  the channel 5 stable,   and Channel 4 HD....

    It's only a forum after all,   I'll be happy to eat my hat for breakfast tomorrow!

    [/quote]

    No need Martin, You can stick to your croissant [:)]

    I can report here in the Lot that the four frequencies have gone down significantly to the same approximate level as the first BBC frequency change last week (about 11.7 dB or 57%  on the Aston Simba compared to 14.5dB or 73% yesterday)

    All the other 1N frequencies have remained at the same (higher) level so obviously have not been transferred.

    This is still a reasonable signal though. No problems watching in most weather, I think.

    Danny

    Astra 2F Discussion Here Please!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    The BBC1 HD channels that Crabtree listed are not yet official. They are still labelled 8901 and 8911. They are two of the new national BBC1 HD channel variants either BBC1 HD Scotland, BBC1 HD Wales or BBC1 HD NI

    So the BBC1HD that you found on the Humax is the current BBC1 HD which will probably remain the same or may change to BBC1 HD England soon.

    That explains why you did a manual tune to find them. When they go live, the Humax freesat box will detect them and update automatically. In setup you enter a postcode and the BBC1 HD variant will be selected automatically like the current BBC1 SD is.

    Danny

    EDIT Martin beat me to it, Quillan

    Astra 2F Discussion Here Please!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    [quote user="g8vkv"]Location 60km north of St Tropez.

    Equipment : Humax Foxsat HD + 90cm (oval) dish

    Transponder at 11024H showing no discernible signal strength.

    It will find a channel on scanning, but picture very broken up.[/quote]

    Here in the Lot, on a Foxsat HDR,

    11023 H 23000 8PSK 2/3 DVB-S2 today gives

    strength 85%

    quality 90%

    finds 8901 and 8911 channels (soon to be BBC HD national variants)

    picture is good

    I will keep testing reception.

    Danny

    Astra 2F Discussion Here Please!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    I have been checking all the 1N frequencies for two days.

    There have been minor variations probably due to weather. But generally over all frequencies.

    Until just now. I have noticed a considerable drop in the new BBC HD transponder 11024H 23000

    I am measuring on my Aston Simba Fransat decoder and that frequency has dropped from 66-68% (normal reading over the last few days) to 52% since this morning.

    All the other frequencies have remained constant.

    Danny

    PS I am in the Lot

    Orange....Again !!!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    [quote user="AnOther"]My firmware is FAST3XXX_6814BC.

    I believe there may be a MK11 Livebox 2 though as someone reported having a sync speed parameter in System Information which I certainly don't have.

    Maybe my Livebox is due a lightening strike or something equally terminal [;-)]

    [/quote]

    There are two versions of the Livebox 2. The first was made by Sagem and the present version is made by ZTE.

    They have different firmwares. Each box also has two versions of firmware depending on the contract used (VOIP telephone or not)

    http://www.forum-orange.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=25376 details the latest versions.

    There is an update being deployed at the moment.

    The ZTE Livebox is no better or worse generally but has some problems for advanced users - gamers, etc

    There is a new livebox 3 coming sometime soon...ish. Probably early next year from what I can read.

    Danny

    Orange....Again !!!

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    This is the service,

    http://assistance.orange.fr/le-wifi-partage-954.php

    which is being rolled progressively by Orange. It is the same idea as Free and SFR have already.

    You choose to have the service active or not in the 'espace client'

    http://assistance.orange.fr/activer-desactiver-le-wifi-partage-de-la-livebox-1181.php

    you can request the service via this link

    http://assistance.orange.fr/demande-wifi-partage.php

    It may not be possible on your line though

    Danny

    Satellite dishes / UK freeview

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    [quote user="HoneySuckleDreams"]you can buy a special bracket to hold the LNB's pointing to the separate satellites[/quote]

    I have this bracket on one dish with good reception of both UK channels from Astra 2 satellite and French and German channels on Astra 1 satellite too.

    It is a little bit more fussy to set up but works well.

    [quote user="HoneySuckleDreams"]a Humax box will give you Freesat, and with a Diseqc switch you can tune both using the same box[/quote]

    Some difficulties with this suggestion...

    The present Orange satellite decoder does not handle Diseqc and the card will only work in the Orange box. So both boxes would need to be used with separate feeds.

    There is a new decoder out soon for Orange satellite TV but it is early days and its features/capabilties are not really known/developed yet.

    Danny

    Wanadoo.fr port settings

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    If you are having problems sending, it may be necessary to use port 587 for outgoing SMTP setting and make sure that you tick the authenticate box "my server requires authentication"(Mon serveur requiert une authentification) in Outlook express and similar in other email programs.

    http://assistance.orange.fr/envoyer-des-messages-avec-le-mail-orange-depuis-une-autre-connexion-avec-outlook-express-6-1354.php

    Danny

    2 dishes - 1 cable

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    Yes, but......it may be more complicated depending on your needs.

    The normal way to do it would to use a DiSEqC switch something like this one

    The cables go from the dish to the switch and one cable goes from the switch to the sat decoder. This would supply only one satellite decoder and it must be Disecq capable.

    The Diseqc function basically allows the box to decide which dish to use for each channel. So you can have more than one dish on one decoder.

    This may give you some limitations. For example, what you could watch and record at the same time etc.

    Anything more complcated would generally need more cables through the wall.

    Is there a possiblility to pull a new double cable through the wall using the present cable? There are some double cables called 'shotgun' cables which have a smaller diameter. Like this for example

    Danny

    Aspect Ratio setting on Orange Sat box

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    It seems that Mezzo live HD is part of one of their add on paying packs.

    http://assistance.orange.fr/pds/pdf/toutes_les_chaines_de_la_TV_dOrange_Satellite.pdf

    So if your friend has only taken the basic (free) channels then Mezzo and Mezzo live HD will disappear soon.

    They normally keep the paying channels open temporarily for new installations to tempt customers into signing up once the screen goes blank!

    Danny

    Info on Optimale Internet with France Telecom

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    No mistake, you have it right.

    You do not need to continue to rent the livebox either. You can use any compatible modem/router.

    I have been on this for about 6? months now and no problems at all.

    If you want to add on unlimited calls to French mobiles it is 5 euros extra p/m.

    The 38.90 does not include the livebox rental (3 euros p/m)

    You do need to call up to change. It is not available on line.

    Make sure that you are very clear about what you want and don't want as some of the sales staff can add on extras if you are not careful.

    Danny

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