F1 on any free satellite TV channels ?

guinness


Joined: 10/03/2008
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 16:13

Yes, I know its an old topic, but if we were to have Astra then we could watch it on the German RTL channel free.



But unfortunately our 'plumbed-in' system is connected to Eutel, hotbird and turksat. We can get all the channels these satellites output but so far cannot find the GP qualifying broadcast without payment, so what chance of seeing the GP anyone ? At present it appears that we will have to get a card subscription and use the slot in our trusty Maplin box in future. TIA



Guin

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 16:50

TRT 1 or 2, can't remember.



Richard

Tootie


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Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 16:51

Hi Guinness, If you have LTV (movie channel) which is on hotbird then i think its showing on there.



I Have dopi tv and asked this question before. See link:





http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/17466.asp



Hope this helps



Tootie

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 18:41

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2009Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps

1 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:31.257 1:38.038 1:32.230 22

2 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.482 1:34.455 1:32.357 22

3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.568 1:39.032 1:32.473 23

4 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:31.430 1:39.504 1:32.480 20

5 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.473 1:39.149 1:32.616 19

6 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.881 1:40.826 1:33.859 21

7 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:32.015 1:36.740 1:34.316 20

8 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:31.600 1:41.708 1:34.574 22

9 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:31.869 1:41.730 1:34.710 23

10 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:32.128 1:35.737 1:34.803 24

11 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:31.771 1:42.310 14

12 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.302 1:42.318 15

13 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:31.884 1:42.500 17

14 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:31.760 1:42.771 17

15 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:31.59

guinness


Joined: 10/03/2008
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 20:05

Sideways, great thanks for giving the positions.



Brinsley, thanks I got TRT tuned-in to watch it but as soon as the programme started it cut to scrambled, so no hope there ! RAI (Italian) also runs it but again as soon as it started it went to scrambled. Old Bernie must charge so much that only the beeb can show it free in Europe.



Tootie, thanks, I will keep a close eye on it tomorrow as it gets nearere the time.



But we think we have an alternative in RTR from Russia, when we lived there it always ran the F1 races, so we live in hope there as an alternative.





But always interested in alternatives through the 3 satellites we are compulsorily connected to.



cheers



guin

Sideways



Joined: 21/01/2009
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 22:23

I watched it perfectly on TRT (channel 21) Digiturk.

The weights of the cars are:

1. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 661kg

2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 647

3. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 644

4. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 661

5. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 654.5

6. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 664.0

7. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 678.5

8. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 673.5

9. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 674

10. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 676

11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 681

12. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 668.2

13. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 683.6

14. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 683.7

15. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 689.6

16. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 673.5

17. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 674.5

18. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 662.5

19. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 689.5

20. Timo Glock, Toyota, 662.3

madouh


Joined: 10/04/2009
Posts: 8

Message Posted:
11/07/2009 23:18

There is RTL-Schweiz on Hotbird 11054 H maybe this works for you.

Best regards

guinness


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Posts: 224

Message Posted:
12/07/2009 10:10

Thanks Madouh.



Following your suggestion I have once again waded through the dross of 1700 odd channels and can only find one 'RTL 2 CH'. But as there is a family of hotbirds and ours is 13.0E then I think the channel to which you refer is possibly on another member of the hotbird family. Appreciate your kindness though.



cheers

guin

Tootie


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Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
12/07/2009 12:14

Guinness,



Its on LTV (hotbird 13.0E) at 15.00. Ive just checked.





Tootie

guinness


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Posts: 224

Message Posted:
12/07/2009 21:43

Well friends I failed miserably. Even LTV (thanks Tootie) switched to scramble when the programme started. My old faithful Russian channels also let me down, I have always watched them on terrestial before, so perhaps they have now also learned the value of switching to satellite and having power to charge. Even Radio 5 commentary on the net is censored by the time it gets here too. The best I could do was watch the lap summaries on the BBC sports web page. Such frustration.



Pleased Webber won, he lives nearby at home (Aston Clinton, Bucks). He cycled into a friend of a friend's farmyard the other day and asked his way home, he can only go round in circles it appears. But he was good enough to pose for a picture with him.



So it looks as if I had better buy a digiturk card to stick up the slot, big shame. Is nothing free in life any more except fresh air ?



Thanks all for your help

guin

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
13/07/2009 11:20

Dear Guinness



Get Iceman to put you up a good 1.8m offset dish and you can use your existing receiver to pickup the interactive (FREE) feeds from BBC



Practise, Qualifying, Race,etc.

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
13/07/2009 18:20

Guinness



A bit late I know, but I managed to watch the race on RTL (channel 200 on Hotbird). $ indicated that channel is normally scrambled but race was shown in clear albeit with German commentary. Don't know if they have done same with previous races, but I will try again for next race.



Regards



Paul

guinness


Joined: 10/03/2008
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
13/07/2009 21:12

RE: Msg 11. Please read my opening post again. I have no choice as to which satellite I choose to tune to. 3 are already piped down to me by our benevolent developer/management company. No other antennae are allowed, hence my query.



Paul, dammit I missed out, but which member of the hotbird family are you tuned to?, cos if channels were not scrambled then they were showing 'no signal'. Doh



We used to watch F1 on RTL for 7 years in Bosnia and German is no problem for us to watch as we handle several languages between us. Till next time then, thanks.



cheers



guin

Eng_channels


Joined: 13/07/2009
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
13/07/2009 21:32

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRİX - RACE 10 OF 17



HUNGARIAN grand prix Live : cyprus time 15:00



Ant 1

BBC Interactive

BBC ONE

bTV

Canvas

Fox tv (Ser)

HRT 2

K1 Ukraine

La Sexta

Lumiere TV

Meridiano TV

Nova TV (Cze)

NTV HAYAT BiH

ORF1

POLSAT Sport Extra

Polsat TV

Rai UNO

RTL 7

RTL Germany

RTL KLUB

Sky Sport 16:9 (Italy)

Sky Sport2 (Germany)

Sky Sport2 (Italy)

Sport5

Sport TV1

STV 2 Slovakia

Supersport 5 (ZA)

Telekanal Sport

TF1

Top Channel

TRT 1 (Turkey)

TV3 Estonia

TV3 Latvia

TV3 Lithuania

TV3 Puls

TV6 Sweden

TV7 Bulgaria

TVR 1

Viasat Motor

guinness


Joined: 10/03/2008
Posts: 224

Message Posted:
13/07/2009 22:11

RE: Msg 14 - all of those are scrambled and need a payment of some form or other for major programmes.



guin

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
14/07/2009 01:00

re 13

I'm sorry but you DIDN'T say you couldn't put up another dish !



It doesn't matter if you have three dishes plumbed in, already... IF you were allowed to put up a 1.8 it would come down the same cable as t'other three...

Eng_channels


Joined: 13/07/2009
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
14/07/2009 06:56

if you have Hotbird's dish or Turksat's dish or Astra's dish, you can watch free Formula1..



Can

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
14/07/2009 08:40

Please tell the members how !



Freqs, etc would be good !



Astra? Do you mean Astra 2 ( UK channels) or t'other Astra - carrying mainly German and Spanish channels ?



I'm guessing it's not in English ?



Thx in anticipation ...

Sylvia


Joined: 03/08/2009
Posts: 122

Message Posted:
05/02/2010 11:15

Can anyone tell me which connection I need to buy to enable me to get the UK channels downloaded from my computer to my TV, also any other information on how to do this. Thanx

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
05/02/2010 12:46

Hi Sylvia,

Follow this link, check distance from PC to TV,

to make sure cables are long enough ...

http://shopping.kelkoo.co.uk/ssc-100295523-pc-tv-cable.html

Navek