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Sandra

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Location: Northampton or Norfolk, East Anglia the place to be

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Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:10pm

Help - satellite TV - how can I get German channels?

I could do with some advice please.

When I had ordinary, good old analogue Sky TV I could get a good selection of German channels, then some time ago we changed to Sky Digital (before I was such a big Scooter fan).

I really want those German Channels back now - what do I need - do I need to go back to Sky Analogue and Astra?, and if so can you even still buy analogue decoders?

Any advice / ideas welcome.......please

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Sandra

I Wish I was a raver with neon coloured hair!

Posts: 20,963

Location: Northampton or Norfolk, East Anglia the place to be

Occupation: Work, work, work :))

Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:11pm

hmmm.... I see a-n-a-l-o-g-u-e has been censored

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pjad_uk

Master

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Location: Bristol, UK

Occupation: Student @ The University of Bristol, UK

Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:22pm

My dad kept our old sky box connected without the card in and it picks up a selected number of overseas channels including viva and viva plus for free. You should still be able to buy a-n-a-l-o-g-u-e

boxes.

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A silent voice in the congregation, I refuse to live a lie"
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Sandra

I Wish I was a raver with neon coloured hair!

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Location: Northampton or Norfolk, East Anglia the place to be

Occupation: Work, work, work :))

Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:26pm

Do you just use one dish?

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pjad_uk

Master

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Location: Bristol, UK

Occupation: Student @ The University of Bristol, UK

Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:37pm

Quoted from ""Sandra""

Do you just use one dish?

Good question .... I think we left our old dish on the roof to pick up the old sky.

"In the pressure of the situation, I won't let my tongue get tied
A silent voice in the congregation, I refuse to live a lie"
Angelic - Can't Keep Me Silent

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Dave From Sheffield

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Location: Finland

Saturday, September 18th 2004, 9:38pm

Hm... i need so german channels as well. Maybe i get them at some point...

http://www.freewebs.com/scooterdave
-the only and official finnish Scooter fansite incl. the biggest Scooter-collection in Finland-

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UK Dave

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Location: London

Sunday, September 19th 2004, 1:09am

You need to buy a new digital receiver (not a Sky receiver though and costing about £100) and have the old Sky dish pointing towards the old satellite that used to pick up Sky. It will probably need a new LNB now though, so that it can receive digital TV, but they're only about £30 or so I think.

So simple, even I have done it, although you'll need to find a specialist satellite dealer - let me know Sandra, if you're going to "take the plunge"!

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UK Dave

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Location: London

Sunday, September 19th 2004, 11:58am

About a n a l o g u e, I don't think you can buy new a n a l o g u e receivers anymore, unless you can find one second hand from somewhere if you don't have your old one.