Receiving freesat?

Question

already been to the website but theres no real info on how to recieve freesat.

i'm guessing an old sky digi box wont work but i have got a technosat reciever i used to use for hotbird. cant remember the model number but it was a pretty upmarket job about 4 years ago. is this likely to tune in the freesat epg?

is the signal sent from the same sats as sky astra 28.2E? or will i need another dish?

thanks

jack

Answer 1

Freesat was only released on Monday so it's unlikely that your old equipment can receive and decode it.

Answer 2

Hi Jack

Bad news I'm afraid

Yes FreeSat is broadcast from the SES Astra, Eutelsat cluster at 28E,

But it is broadcast using the DVB-S digital system. So you will need a DVB-S receiver and they are hard to get hold of at the moment.

However the good news is if you have a sky dish you will be able to get a FreeSat receiver for as little as £70

Answer 3

Hmm, not sure, sounds like you need to contact their support line.  You can probably receive it, but maybe not decode it.  Here's the Website: http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php