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  1. Many Tv' s now include Freesat EPG in the software (most UHD TV's come with a standard satellite tuner). To get this choice you may need to select UK as its home location. Sometimes you have to get into a secret 'service menu' to change the country depending on the TV brand.
  2. [quote user="AnOther"]Might not be the cheapest option but using top quality coax will potentially out perform an increase in dish size whilst avoiding the pitfalls mentioned. Reducing cable loss by 3dB is roughly equivalent to going from an 80 cm dish to 120cm ![/quote] No, it does not. Cable loss is quite irrelevant as both the signal and the noise are dampened by the length of the cable. Unless the cable length is very long and the signal strength gets below a threshold level where the tuners amp can no longer compensate. The only thing relevant is the signal to noise ratio. A bigger dish makes the signal stronger without adding more noise. And that is what you need if the signal is too weak.
  3. In 23160 Bazelat a good 60 cm dish will be fine. You are still inside Sky zone 2 . An 120 cm dish is too big, the signal strength too strong and probably overloading your receiver resulting in a bad signal...
  4. A 6 year old Siemens is not even half way it's lifecycle. You can simply order a Siemens technician online here: http://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/fr/nos-services/reserver-une-intervention
  5. I have the same feeling about both SFR and Orange. Despite being already the most expensive provider Orange send me an email explaining their 19% price raise because of investments in 4G and fiber, both not available to me. Why should I want to pay for someone else's infrastructure? SFR has a bad reputation, but apparantly they are now prepared to buy market share with very low prices. I can live with that for just €15,- /month 'sans engagement', which saves me around €30,- /month compared to Orange. And I can leave at any time if I don't like their offer anymore.
  6. Yes, 6.5 km's from the exchange is on the edge of what is possible. The SFR box seems to perform a bit better though. I've found the SFR 3G and 4G predictions to be very optimistic. In my house SFR claims 3G reception is available, but it is not. Orange claims their 3G is only just about possible, but I get 4 bars, perfect.
  7. So they raised prices, it has been €9.99 +€5,- extra for no dégroupage for months. You can use your own box, but then you have no phone and you get the SFR box for free with no monthly charge like Orange. Plus you get free phonecalls to landlines in over 100 destinations. They do charge €20,- shipping costs if you want the box shipped to your home address, Shipment to a 'point relais' is free. As you say, €25/month is still a lot cheaper than découverte+landline. My internet speed went up from 8Mbps to 18 Mbps...
  8. @Martin963: I had the same 'Découverte" and immediately changed to RED SFR 'BOX' after they raised the price . I now only pay €15,-/month for ADSL internet+landline and free calls to landlines in 100 destinations. I have no dégroupage. Check their website for the current offer because the discount may vary. The switchover was perfect: never without internet or phone. The downside: customer service is only available by chat. But for saving around €30,-/month I can do without a customer servce by phone.
  9. I ordered them in June and received them the end of August.
  10. The UK is not even a WTO member, the EU is. The WTO had warned before the referendum that a new UK application will not be copy-paste: FT.com
  11. There is an easier way to make this calculation. A 1.2 meter dish has an aperture of 1.5 degrees, that is the -3dB point. As the aperture works both ways (left and right) we need half the aperture for the calculation, 1.5/2=0.75 The current positions of the Astra2 fleet is: Astra 2E: 28.52 degrees east Astra 2F: 28.20 degrees east Astra 2G: 29.19 degrees east The Astra2E satellite has been placed quite far from the original 28.2 position, probably to occupy the former Eutelsat slot at 28.5 degrees. The difference between Astra2F and Astra2E is 0.32 degrees. So when you point your 1.2 meter dish at Astra2F at 28.20 degrees the signal for Astra 2E will be 0.32/0.75*3=1.28 dB lower. That is not much, but it might be enough to notice.
  12. As with any referendum there is the problem of misusing the referendum for a different purpose. Want to get rid of Cameron-vote 'leave'. Want Scottish independence-vote 'leave'. The EU reaction to a Brexit  apparently is to focus on divorcing the UK before any new relationship by July 1, 2018. (click) That might just be scaremongering, but it makes sense to me. It is difficult enough to entangle EU institutions from the UK and vice versa without the distraction of negotiating new treaties.
  13. Routers do run on an operating system, usually Linux. Even the Orange Livebox is running on Linux. If anyone is able to get 'root' access to a router he or she can do whatever they want with it, even control your local network and every device attached. Hackers are keen on router access to run their exploits as routers are always turned on.
  14. The 'old' birds appear to have moved a bit, probably to create space for the new bird. The result is that footprints from Astra2E/F have also changed a bit and that is also impacting southern France.
  15. You can still use outlook, just check the box secure layer to connect to the orange server, you do not need to do that when in France as you will connect from within the Orange network. However, using SSL will always work and provides better protection. Orange uses the standard port 995 for pop3 ssl connections, so all you need to do is check the box.
  16. Nothing, a Sky viewing card is obviously only relevant for pay TV, but I don't know what sat box the TS is using. A simple Open Linux box goes for as low as €130,- (Vu+ zero, xtrend ET4000, max digital xp1000) and they can all record HD content to a NAS or copy content from a local attached HDD to a NAS. A separate 'gismo' to convert analogue to digital and then to IP will probably cost more, if it exists. More expensive Linux boxes even have a HDMI-IN connector to record or stream HD content from an external device like a Sky box, as long as HDCP content protection is not active in the signal and there are even 'black boxes' on the market to remove HDCP from the signal.
  17. Any Open Linux satbox can do this, recording straight from the box to a NAS. The only problem is that they do not (yet) support the new sky viewing cards, but if it does not have to be Sky the easiest option is to replace your current satbox for an Open Linux satbox.
  18. It appears that the Astra2G satellite will first be used to occupy a military orbital slot for three months before moving to the Astra2 position at 28.2 degrees east. source: Spacenews
  19. You can create Windows 8.1 installation media from microsoft here and that should run with a Windows 8 product key. You can use belarc to read the product key from your current installation if you don not have it on paper.
  20. Astra2G ,the last of the three new generation satellites, is on track to be launched on November 27 at 22:24:33 hours CET from the Baikonur  Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. As usual it will take several months before is is operational at 28.2 east.   What we do not know is what services will be transferred to the UK narrow beam. There is speculation that some Sky services might move under pressure from rights holders in Europe.
  21. Expats who rent out their homes in Britain will be stripped of the right to use the personal allowance, under a tax raid prepared by George Osborne. Britons could be forced to return from retirements overseas if the Chancellor presses ahead with plans to force non-residents to pay tax on all their UK income, accountants warned. Retirees drawing a Government pension are also likely to be hit by the proposals, which could cut a couple’s income by up to £4,000 a year. At present, EU nationals and British expats are entitled to offset income earned in the UK against the £10,000 personal allowance. Mr Osborne first indicated his desire to curtail the allowance in the March budget. Under Treasury proposals released for consultation, the allowance would be restricted to people with a “strong economic connection” to Britain, bringing the tax regime into line with the US, Canada and much of the EU. The move could affect up to 400,000 people and raise the exchequer an extra £400 million a year. It would include 175,000 people who live abroad and earn an income from property in Britain. Many of the 1.2 million British retirees living overseas will not pay extra tax on their pension because they are either UK residents for tax purposes, as they spend half the year in Britain, or because most state or private pensioners are only taxable in the country of residence. However, UK government pensions are only taxable in Britain, meaning that unless the Treasury introduces exceptions, former civil servants, NHS workers and council officials living overseas will pay more tax. British diplomats and missionaries who are currently entitled to the personal allowance may also be hit by the tax changes, the Treasury consultation says. While some expats will be able to claim tax relief from their country of residence, those living in low-tax jurisdictions - such as Hong Kong and Dubai - will pay more tax overall. Jackie Hall, a tax partner at accountants Baker Tilly, said expatriates should consider selling their UK rental properties and reinvesting the money in shares or property abroad. Some Britons may be forced to abandon a carefully-planned retirement overseas and return to Britain if the tax changes mean they no longer have enough to live on, she warned. “Our pensioners who’ve gone abroad are going to suffer the biggest impact,” she said. “If you have already jumped ship and are reasonably comfortable, this could turn the tide against you. Those people may begin to struggle because they haven’t got the income in retirement that they thought they had.” The Treasury said no decision has yet been made. A spokesman said: “The increases the government has made to the personal allowance support hardworking people by helping them to keep more of the money they earn and, as a result, is one of the most generous in the world. "At the same time, we believe that it is reasonable to consider whether non-residents who receive income from the UK are paying a fair share of tax on that income, in this country.” Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/expat-money/11027075/Expats-face-400-million-tax-raid.html --- The article looks ok in the preview, but parts are missing.
  22. Watching UK TV from abroad using a proxy- or VPN server can easily be blocked by the provider of the service e.g. BBC, ITV etc. The filter they use just needs to look a bit closer into the traffic to find the original IP and block it if outside the UK. Blocking complete websites like the UK does (Censorship) is against EU law Net neutrality if approved, as is already the case in the Netherlands.
  23. If you do not use other services from Orange like phone over the internet (voip) or TV, as is the case with the 'Découverte 8 mega' subscription, than you can use any annex-A modem you want. I use a second-hand FritzBox that I bought online for €30,- . One can even register  a UK voip number on that thing. At the going rate of €3/month I started to make money after 10 months and that is five years ago.(5*12*3=already €180 saved)
  24. Yeah, but I like confirmation, because many people think they have a different solution than they have in reality. When the phone is connected to the livebox there is no need for an adsl filter as the analogue POTS signal is absent. If the phone is connected to the filter try it without filter and  when that works the filter is malfunctioning. When no dialtone without filter call FT. If the phone is connected to the livebox: livebox is malfunctioning.
  25. Is your phone connected to the livebox or to the adsl adapter?
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