B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
12-06-2010, 08:06
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
I bought a HD sat kit from B&Q the other day and could not get it to work. Then on here I see there's been a few people in this thread having problems with the same things. So here's my ten penny worth. Tried setting up without a sat finder, using the settings from dishpointer.com and a compass - waste of time! Did notice that I got a "tingle" from the aerial though and thought that was odd. Also noticed that the receiver box had a misaligned or badly fixed panel so took it back to B&Q who changed everything except the wall brackets. Tried to set up again, this time with a borrowed satellite finder. Got power up to 99% but 0 on quality. Called in a knowledgeable neighbour who first discovered that the aerial provided had not had the ends put on properly. (had still been getting a "tingle") He set up the dish with the finder and still no joy. However on touching the switch on the receiver box you got a "tingle" again. (Why is that?) Eventually realised the switch on the box was dicky as it worked when you gave it a sharp tap (sometimes) In the end we connected the neighbours receiver box to our set up and got a perfect picture. So back to B&Q again for the third box - wish I had bought one somewhere else now!
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13-06-2010, 19:59
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
Yippee - third time lucky! Plugged in the new box and it all worked OK. The good folks at B&Q said they'd not had any others back. Hmmmmm.
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20-06-2010, 04:28
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#108
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B&Q Satellite - And hiya to kymmy
kymmy,
I am in the process of buying a HD box(b&Q) 20% discount as my beloved works there, anyway love the advice that has been given to others on the forum, but do you think that it is good buy? ( i know that you cannot say the obvious? but some points will do, and will this pick up the German Channels as these televise our premier teame (backdoor method)
Thanks
Trev4521
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20-06-2010, 08:49
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
Yes they do televise the premier games but they are still encrypted so backdoor method not work unless you have a card...
This sat will do for any of the sats within range of the UK using a 80cm dish. So yes you can pick up Intelsat, Eutelsat, hotbird, Astra 1 & 2..etc.. The one you're looking at also does HD so it's an added bonus with more and more HD channels arriving in every country.. BUT it is cheap and hence won;t have as many feautures as some recievers, but in the end it does what it says on the box and if you get it set up correctly will perform just as well as £200 recievers just without the bells and whistles
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21-06-2010, 19:06
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
thanks for that info, what is the difference between the Freesat & Freeview as my LCD/DVD/Tv has got freeview inbuilt, will these channels be lost when hooking up to a another satellite dish,(i already have one not used) waht was supplied by Sky years ago, will have to take that one down or can i re-use it with the Ross receiver?
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21-06-2010, 19:44
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
Freeview uses a traditional rooftop aerial and relies on traditional terrestrial broadcast signals, except the channels carried on those signals are encoded in a digital rather than in an analogue fashion. Freeview is what you will be left with after 'digital switchover' is complete in your area. Almost all TVs now sold in the UK have a Freeview tuner alongside the old-fashioned analogue tuner.
Freesat is the BBC and ITV's solution to the problem that Freeview digital terrestrial TV will never reach 100% of UK households (in fact it will never reach as many households as the analogue service it is replacing). It broadcasts via satellite and requires a satellite dish. An old Sky dish will do just fine. Very few TVs have a Freesat tuner built in, and so will require a DVB-S set-top box. If you use a Freesat-branded set-top box, you get the Freesat EPG (electronic programme guide) and additional services such as the BBC iPlayer (on some set-top boxes, but not all of them at present). If you use a non-Freesat, free-to-air satellite set-top-box, such as the Ross equipment sold by B&Q, then you will have access to the same channels as Freesat but not the bells and whistles. The Ross box should work just fine with your old Sky dish.
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21-06-2010, 19:57
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
Thank you for that information.
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21-06-2010, 21:32
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
hey guys, just bought a ross hd satalit kit from b&q gonna fit it together 2morro but was wunderin if i can play films from a usb stick and if so what format do i have to use, e.g .avi .mp4 etc?
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22-06-2010, 15:03
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
How did you get on with it?
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22-06-2010, 15:18
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
still not had chance get it up yet but found out i got to convert video files to .ts mpeg2 b4 it will play from a usb memory stick
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25-06-2010, 16:34
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
Hi,
I have purchased a Ross Satellite baox from B&Q today, (batteries 2xaaa NOT included) and hooked it up to my Sky Sat Dish (not been used for years) and switched the box on Hey presto everything came up no configuring. i have not noticed what channels are not installed yet!
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13-07-2010, 20:25
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
hello everyone!
sorry to drag up an old thread but i got one of these kits sunday, dish was built and fixed on the day but the father in law had to get off with his ladders so had no time to position correctly. had him round for an hour tonight, i was on the roof and with the aid of a signal meter i got 66% on the quality, so tightened every thing up, got back into the house and the only channels i can get are german! i assume i'm on the wrong satellite, but so as i know which way to start moving could some one let me know if im close and which way to start moving???
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13-07-2010, 20:31
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
You're probably on 19.2E you need to go about 2 (maybe three) sats to the left and maybe extremely slightly down (curvature of the earth)
Lyngsat.com should help you with identifying the sat you have via the freq/vid
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14-07-2010, 09:45
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
thanks, i'll be trying later
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14-07-2010, 19:37
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Re: B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish
a very minor adjustment and 5 mins later it works a treat, thanks very much for the help
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