We have just given Foxtel, the boot. Was paying $130 a month for Fox.
We use to take our Foxtel box with us and therefore we had TV where ever we camped.
So for us to now get T.V what do we have to do??
We have the Satellite dish which has 2 wires running from the Dish to the van. I am guessing that one was for Foxtel and the other .... well I do no know what it was for etc.
We have taken on Stan, netflexn and Utube etc for our home viewing.
Can and how do we access these channels when on the road???
I am a bit of a dummy when it comes to this type of modern Teck stuff.
Thanks for replies
Jay&Dee
Bush walker said
06:37 PM Mar 7, 2019
We have free to air Sat King satellite TV as with your foxtel you just need a clear line of sight to the satellite as you already have your dish you will only need to buy the box there are no charges at all. You just need to renew your subscription every 6 months on line
Yuglamron said
06:49 PM Mar 7, 2019
As Bushwalker says you will probably only need the Decoder Box. V.A.S.T. system
The following link is to a respected dealer that lots of grey nomads have and do use.
All the info you should need will be on their website.
I bought my Decoder box from them and paid a little bit more for express post which was well worth it.
https://www.satplus.com.au/
PeterD said
11:47 PM Mar 7, 2019
JayDee wrote: We have taken on Stan, netflexn and Utube etc for our home viewing.
Can and how do we access these channels when on the road???
Any video service you receive via your NBN internet connection can be accessed via wireless broadband.
For Telstra services see Post paid wireless broadband - or - Prepaid wireless broadband. The rates are near the bottom of each page. You will be paying a lot more for internet connection on the move compared with home internet.
MikeL said
02:59 PM Mar 12, 2019
If you have mobile broadband, look at getting an Android based Kodi box as well. Allows you to (not entirely legally) watch most films and TV series and also supports Netflix etc. Costs run around $60
bruceg said
02:21 PM Mar 19, 2019
Satellite TV uses 2 antennas, 2 amplifiers, 2 down-mixers, 2 more amplifiers and a 2 output multiswitch. All of these are in the little plastic pickup found at the focal point of a dish.
For Horizontal/Vertical signals (as used in Australia) a decoder box sends 12V along an antenna cable to have the multiswitch select and return the output from the default antenna; it sends 18V to select the other antenna's output.
For Left Polarization/Right Polarization signals (as used in USA) a decoder box sends just 12V along an antenna cable to have the multiswitch select and return the output from the default antenna; it modulates the 12V into a low frequency buzz to select the other antenna's output.
A 4 outlet dish just has more multiswitch connections. (Except for some specialty systems that are not commonly used in Australia.)
In multi-decoder setups it is common to run just 2 cables from the dish to a central point where a 2, 4, 8 or 16 output multiswitch supplies each decoder with the signals it requests. (External Multiswitches amplify each output signal by ~1/3 to handle ~100m of cable.)
We have just given Foxtel, the boot. Was paying $130 a month for Fox.
We use to take our Foxtel box with us and therefore we had TV where ever we camped.
So for us to now get T.V what do we have to do??
We have the Satellite dish which has 2 wires running from the Dish to the van. I am guessing that one was for Foxtel and the other .... well I do no know what it was for etc.
We have taken on Stan, netflexn and Utube etc for our home viewing.
Can and how do we access these channels when on the road???
I am a bit of a dummy when it comes to this type of modern Teck stuff.
Thanks for replies
Jay&Dee
We have free to air Sat King satellite TV as with your foxtel you just need a clear line of sight to the satellite as you already have your dish you will only need to buy the box there are no charges at all. You just need to renew your subscription every 6 months on line
As Bushwalker says you will probably only need the Decoder Box. V.A.S.T. system
The following link is to a respected dealer that lots of grey nomads have and do use.
All the info you should need will be on their website.
I bought my Decoder box from them and paid a little bit more for express post which was well worth it.
https://www.satplus.com.au/
Any video service you receive via your NBN internet connection can be accessed via wireless broadband.
For Telstra services see Post paid wireless broadband - or - Prepaid wireless broadband. The rates are near the bottom of each page. You will be paying a lot more for internet connection on the move compared with home internet.
Satellite TV uses 2 antennas, 2 amplifiers, 2 down-mixers, 2 more amplifiers and a 2 output multiswitch. All of these are in the little plastic pickup found at the focal point of a dish.
For Horizontal/Vertical signals (as used in Australia) a decoder box sends 12V along an antenna cable to have the multiswitch select and return the output from the default antenna; it sends 18V to select the other antenna's output.
For Left Polarization/Right Polarization signals (as used in USA) a decoder box sends just 12V along an antenna cable to have the multiswitch select and return the output from the default antenna; it modulates the 12V into a low frequency buzz to select the other antenna's output.
A 4 outlet dish just has more multiswitch connections. (Except for some specialty systems that are not commonly used in Australia.)
In multi-decoder setups it is common to run just 2 cables from the dish to a central point where a 2, 4, 8 or 16 output multiswitch supplies each decoder with the signals it requests. (External Multiswitches amplify each output signal by ~1/3 to handle ~100m of cable.)
Hope this makes some sense of the '2 cables'
bye.
https://www.acma.gov.au/Citizen/TV-Radio/Television/Viewer-Access-Satellite-TV-VAST/faq-viewer-access-satellite-television
or just Google VAST. (Viewer Access Satellite Television)