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CarolinaKid · 12-05-08, 09:56 AM

In a few months my family will be moving to the US to live in North Carolina. I've just purchased a FTA satellite dish for the rental house and was told that I could use this to watch freeview broadcast when we get to the US.

The dish is a Forcetec Star from Maplins and i need to know if this is possible or if not with this dish what.. My wife is a big Coronation Street and Eastenders fan and if she got her infusion of soap, life would be just that much easier

All help is appreciated for this definate newby!

Yorks · 12-05-08, 10:27 AM

Hi CarolinaKid,

I'm afraid you'll only receive what is being broadcast in the US. You cannot physically see Astra 28 satellite (which transmits UK freesat), from America, as it is below the horizon.

You may be able to get USA satellite 'free to air' channels using your dish over there, but the chances of them airing the British soaps I would say is quite slim.

I would sell the dish - I don't think it's really worth taking it. Checkout the situation either on a US sat forum, or see what the options are when you get there.

Yorks

Analoguesat · 12-05-08, 10:33 AM

Leave all you sat kit here - its not worth shipping it out to yankland - many of the transmission standards are different.

The chances of getting Corrie in N Carolina are remote in the extreme.

You could investigate a UK based slingbox hosting company so you could placeshift UK channels via broadband. Not cheap, but viable if you have a decent bb connection at the far end and dont mind the cost.

robbo71 · 12-05-08, 10:35 AM

Hi welcome to the forum,

Firstly, you would not be able to pick-up any of the UK Free to air satellite channels in the US, the satellite (28E) simply cannot be seen from there.

This doesn't mean necessarily that you wouldn't be able to watch 'corrie' but you would have to get it from a US satellite or cable network if it was even available.

The dish would be OK for use in the US, but the LNB would probably need changing as circular polarisation is used instead of linear.
I suspect that the receiver wouldn't work either as they use NTSC over there rather than PAL.

If you wanted to see what was available in the states www.lyngsat.com is a good source of info.

Also one of the US satellite forums may be able to give you a better steer. There's one called 'satelliteguys' or something like that.

Robbo

raindancerob · 15-05-08, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarolinaKid

In a few months my family will be moving to the US to live in North Carolina. I've just purchased a FTA satellite dish for the rental house and was told that I could use this to watch freeview broadcast when we get to the US.

The dish is a Forcetec Star from Maplins and i need to know if this is possible or if not with this dish what.. My wife is a big Coronation Street and Eastenders fan and if she got her infusion of soap, life would be just that much easier

All help is appreciated for this definate newby!

i believe that BBC America air Eastenders but its encrypted & im not sure if anyone airs Corrie. if you were moving to New Zealand on the other hand you'd be able to watch both on UK.TV

CarolinaKid · 20-05-08, 01:57 PM

Thanks for the info and the time to answer

abbott · 23-05-08, 11:04 PM

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12-05-08, 09:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
CarolinaKid Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	leaving the UK In a few months my family will be moving to the US to live in North Carolina. I've just purchased a FTA satellite dish for the rental house and was told that I could use this to watch freeview broadcast when we get to the US. The dish is a Forcetec Star from Maplins and i need to know if this is possible or if not with this dish what.. My wife is a big Coronation Street and Eastenders fan and if she got her infusion of soap, life would be just that much easier All help is appreciated for this definate newby!

12-05-08, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yorks Just very slightly mad Join Date: May 2006 Location: S. Yorks Posts: 1,288 Thanks: 4 Thanked 29 Times in 29 Posts	Re: leaving the UK Hi CarolinaKid, I'm afraid you'll only receive what is being broadcast in the US. You cannot physically see Astra 28 satellite (which transmits UK freesat), from America, as it is below the horizon. You may be able to get USA satellite 'free to air' channels using your dish over there, but the chances of them airing the British soaps I would say is quite slim. I would sell the dish - I don't think it's really worth taking it. Checkout the situation either on a US sat forum, or see what the options are when you get there. Yorks __________________ They're coming to take me away haha TM1500CI, 53E to 61W

12-05-08, 10:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Analoguesat Site Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 7,301 Thanks: 7 Thanked 164 Times in 152 Posts	Re: leaving the UK Leave all you sat kit here - its not worth shipping it out to yankland - many of the transmission standards are different. The chances of getting Corrie in N Carolina are remote in the extreme. You could investigate a UK based slingbox hosting company so you could placeshift UK channels via broadband. Not cheap, but viable if you have a decent bb connection at the far end and dont mind the cost. __________________ Dreambox 7020 / Pace Sky Digibox / Amstrad Sky Italia box 5 dishes for 5E/9E/13E/16E/19E/23E/28E Please DO NOT pm the mods & admins for c&ble keys. You may get banned for it! Read the rules before you post - click here to read them

12-05-08, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
robbo71 Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 4,240 Thanks: 15 Thanked 343 Times in 332 Posts	Re: leaving the UK Hi welcome to the forum, Firstly, you would not be able to pick-up any of the UK Free to air satellite channels in the US, the satellite (28E) simply cannot be seen from there. This doesn't mean necessarily that you wouldn't be able to watch 'corrie' but you would have to get it from a US satellite or cable network if it was even available. The dish would be OK for use in the US, but the LNB would probably need changing as circular polarisation is used instead of linear. I suspect that the receiver wouldn't work either as they use NTSC over there rather than PAL. If you wanted to see what was available in the states www.lyngsat.com is a good source of info. Also one of the US satellite forums may be able to give you a better steer. There's one called 'satelliteguys' or something like that. Robbo __________________ كيبل اعضاء البلهاء TM1000D.Triax TD110.STABHH-90 motor. DigitAlb movie package. Virgin Media Cable TV, Phone & Broadband subs. Last edited by robbo71 : 12-05-08 at 10:37 AM.

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CarolinaKid Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: leaving the UK Thanks for the info and the time to answer


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abbott Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: leaving the UK use your pc and insatall and reg for itv.com 4 on demand sky anytime(ask a friend who doesnt use anytime but sub to sky,install bbci player and use a proxy ip address

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