can i use my freesat box in an Asian country with different Satellites Receiving different channels? (FTA channels ) ?

thanks in advance

[davemurgatroyd2]

Probably but there would be little point using your freesat box over a generic FTA receiver, You will not get any form of EPG there beyond "now and next" at the most and the box would only work in non freesat/manual tune mode.

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by davemurgatroyd2

Probably but there would be little point using your freesat box over a generic FTA receiver, You will not get any form of EPG there beyond "now and next" at the most and the box would only work in non freesat/manual tune mode.

This is true but if Humax get their act together and give us a non freesat mode timer setting facility it will give you a fta twin tuner pvr also capable of using multiple or motorised dishes. Without this you would have to manually record (up to two channels)

[son_t]

I would politely ask for problems to be fixed and other Freesat facilities to be implemented first, after all it is a Freesat box! I doubt Humax are working on the non-freesat side of the box, and phrases such as 'get their act together' are totally pointless!

There are many FTA satellite boxes on the market, and Humax even make some of them too, which does the 'non-freesat' side of things... Check out the IPBox, or Dreambox, etc.

[davemurgatroyd2]

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson

This is true but if Humax get their act together and give us a non freesat mode timer setting facility it will give you a fta twin tuner pvr also capable of using multiple or motorised dishes. Without this you would have to manually record (up to two channels)

But only if he downloads the updates from their site as he will not get them as over the air updates. Also does the area he is going to feature any HD channels as there are many twin tuner SD PVRs on the market over there at way below half the price of the PVR. There are many disadvantages of trying to use a platform specific receiver like the freesat ones in areas they are not marketed for. If you are moving there permanently you would be better off selling the box here and buying one locally over there.

[fuzzlewoof]

I think most of the freesat channels use Astra 2D which has a limited footprint mainly pointed at the UK. I think using a large dish in Europe you might get some channels but I doubt you would get anything in Asia.

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by davemurgatroyd2

But only if he downloads the updates from their site as he will not get them as over the air updates. Also does the area he is going to feature any HD channels as there are many twin tuner SD PVRs on the market over there at way below half the price of the PVR. There are many disadvantages of trying to use a platform specific receiver like the freesat ones in areas they are not marketed for. If you are moving there permanently you would be better off selling the box here and buying one locally over there.

I had assumed he wanted to use the box here and then eventually take it abroad, I may be wrong

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by son_t

I would politely ask for problems to be fixed and other Freesat facilities to be implemented first, after all it is a Freesat box! I doubt Humax are working on the non-freesat side of the box, and phrases such as 'get their act together' are totally pointless!

I disagree I have had no problems at all with my hdr. Many of us want a simple timer in non freesat mode if only to get over the HD programme archiving problems

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by fuzzlewoof

I think most of the freesat channels use Astra 2D which has a limited footprint mainly pointed at the UK. I think using a large dish in Europe you might get some channels but I doubt you would get anything in Asia.

I think the OP knows he has no chance of getting Astra/Eurobird in Asia (they will be way below his horizon) but simply wants to use the stb to tune to satellites visible from his location. As both the Foxsat stb's have diseqc switching and can control a motorised dish I can see no problem with this if he proposes to take a Humax freesat box (HD or HDR). The Alba boxes willl also work but don't have the multiple satellite capability

Hi

This is something similar to what I want to do. I'd like to set FreeSat up here and watch HD Tv for prolly about 18 months or so. Then I'll (if all goes according to plan) be moving to Slovakia. My very limited understanding of this is that all I'll have to do is put up my dish, point it the right way and everything will work there, the same as it did in the UK.

naturally this is important to me, as some TV in my own language would be a very comforting thing!

Thanks in advance

Jim

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by LameDuck

Hi

This is something similar to what I want to do. I'd like to set FreeSat up here and watch HD Tv for prolly about 18 months or so. Then I'll (if all goes according to plan) be moving to Slovakia. My very limited understanding of this is that all I'll have to do is put up my dish, point it the right way and everything will work there, the same as it did in the UK.

naturally this is important to me, as some TV in my own language would be a very comforting thing!

Thanks in advance

Jim

If you look here

http://www.flysat.com/tv-sk.php

You can get the slovak channels on Astra 3A here in the UK. The Thor channel in Slovakia

Basically when you move you will not be able to use Freesat mode at all. But switch to Non freesat mode it will work, as here on any satellite you care to point it at. The only difference is that the Satellite choice will be different in Slovakia to the UK (obviously offering you a choice of slovak channels). If you can find out what satellittes footprints cover slovakia LyngSat - Lyngemark Satellite will tell you what's available. (look for channels without encryption).

But I lived in the Canaries a few years ago and all the expats had Sky boxes and they showed all the UK channels. Slovakia is much closer in line of sight terms than the Canaries! Why would it not work in FreeSat mode?

Clearly my knowledge is very poor on this subject :-(

Perhaps somebody could point me at some suitable reading material?

[grahamlthompson]

Originally Posted by LameDuck

But I lived in the Canaries a few years ago and all the expats had Sky boxes and they showed all the UK channels. Slovakia is much closer in line of sight terms than the Canaries! Why would it not work in FreeSat mode?

Clearly my knowledge is very poor on this subject :-(

Perhaps somebody could point me at some suitable reading material?

Astra 2D footprint here

http://www.digitalsat.co.uk/astra2dfootprint.html

You would need a gargantuan dish for Slovakia - see this posting

Astra 2D Reception Reports for Slovakia

Such a large dish would have such a tight focus that you will not get 28.2 and 28.5E at the same time, this is required by Freesat as both Eurobird 1 and Astra satellites are used (The epg comes from Eurobird 1 at 28.5E)

Ah, right, I see. A bigger dish would not be an issue, I guess I'll just have to play around when I get there and see what I can get.

Thanks for such prompt answers.

Bloody great forum this, never had a forum anywhere answer as quickly as this one! Brilliant.

Jim

[davemurgatroyd2]

But you would not meet the same problems with a Sky digibox in Slovakia as the EPG for Sky is broadcast from Astra 2 as are most of the UK FTA channels so the large dish required over there would not give the same problems.

I really appreciate all the responses and comments which was truly helpful .

I’m planning to buy a humax freesat for 2 reasons :

1-It is alot cheaper than a decent HD FTA receiver
2-the up scaling capability for an SD channel to 1080i or 720p ( improving the picture quality )

& I don’t care about losing the EPG

[son_t]

Originally Posted by m!ps

1-It is alot cheaper than a decent HD FTA receiver

It is certainly this, if you say 'twin tuner, HD recorder with 320GB HDD'. But it is pretty less useful in the non-freesat mode... and chances that Humax might take the non-freesat further is small (at the moment...)

You will be better off purchasing the twin HD recorder made for Asia in Asia...

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Freesat DiSEqC Setup - Multi Satellite Setup - DiSEqC with the FOXSAT-HD Receiver