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Just a quick video we made the other day showing the set up involved in using a single 80cm satellite dish and 2 Way LNB Holder in combination with a standard LNB for the UK Freesat channels and a KA Band LNB for the Irish Saorsat channels. This is all fed down into a 2 Way Diseqc Switch inside the workshop and in turn a single output from the diseqc switch runs to our DVB-S2 HD Satellite Receiver. The set up of the diseqc switch and the receiver can be seen in other videos in our Saorsat series.
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March 14, 2012************************************************************************************** March 5, 2012Portarlington 2012 Tidy Towns Spring Clean Up on RTE’s Dirty Old TownsTvTrade.ie is committed to growing its business in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner. As part of the policy we sponsor and help organise the annual “Spring Clean” of Portarlington – which is the largest single clean event organised in Ireland each year. (See photos below) TvTrade’s sister company, TheGardenShop.ie supplied gloves, bags etc and helped cover other costs involved with running the event.  Portarlington Spring Clean 2012 This year’s event, was timed to coincide with RTE’s “Dirty Old Town” TV programme, which this year featured Portarlington. It involved the effort of over 250 local volunteers, who came out and gave 2 hours each of their time to clean their local road, housing estate and such public amenities such as Corrig Wood. The presence of Diarmuid Gavin at this year’s event was a great boost to local morale and added a little glamour to all our litter picking. The event is now the largest clean up of its type held in Ireland and is a great example of how local businesses, schools, the Local Authourities and wider community can come together to make a real difference.
TvTrade.ie feel the same pride in being part of community and protecting the local environment as we do in trying to deliver a world class website, product and services to our customers. ************************************************************************************** February 27, 2012Get a First Look at the Triax TSC 114 Saorview ComboFind out more on the Triax TSC114 Saorview Combo product page ************************************************************************************** The Triax TSC114 Saorview Combo – Now in Stock Triax TSC114 Saorview Combo We are pleased to announce the arrival of Ireland’s first Saorview Approved Combo Receiver. The Triax TSC114 is the 1st officially approved Saorview Combo. It is yet another step forward in the Free TV industry and adds to an already impressive list of Free TV options that viewers can avail of here in Ireland. Check out the Triax TSC114 Saorview Combo We will be doing up all the usual video guides and reviews for the Triax TS114 in the coming days and you can check them out at the links above. ************************************************************************************** February 23, 2012Take the Free TV in Ireland Survey & Win a Combo Receiver The Free TV in Ireland Survey As we go forward, we would like our customer’s input as we design and source our future product range. Our customers input and feedback is very important to us and so we have created this survey to see what features that people like and need in receivers of all formats. We have also added in a few questions realted to the new saorview and saorsat services, just to see how people’s knowledge of the said services is coming along. Click here to take the survey and win a chance to win a Free Combo Receiver. ************************************************************************************** February 15, 2012How to Combine Saorsat & Freesat Channels on a HD Satellite ReceiverIn this tutorial, we show how you can easily combine the best of Irish and UK channels by using a piece of equipment called a Diseqc Switch. This magic little box enables the user to take the feed from two seperate satellite feeds and combine them into one cable which is then fed to a Diesqc Enabled HD Satellite Receiver. The video above shows how you can combine both the new Saorsat (Free Irish TV on Satellite) Service and the Freesat Channels (BBCs, ITVs etc) into the one receiver using this Diseqc Switch. Check it out and see how it works. ************************************************************************************** Saorsat Overview & How to Tune in SaorsatToday we present the first in a series of video tutorials on the new Saorsat TV service here in Ireland. In the video above we give a brief outline of the equipment needed to receive this new free satellite Tv service for the reception of the Irish channels. Saorsat (Satellite Based) is basically being run in conjunction with Saorview (Terrestrial Based) to cover areas of Ireland that are unreachable by the existing Saorview. Saorsat will be receivable in all parts of Ireland. As I write this (15th Feb 2012) there is currently only RTE1, RTE2, RTE News Now, RTEjr and RTE One + 1 on the Saorsat Service. TG4 is due to be added shortly and negotiations are underway to get TV3 and 3e added to the service. To receive the new Saorsat service, you’ll basically need the following (not including cabling, connectors etc)… Saorsat is broadcasting froma satellite called Eutelsat which is located at 9 degrees East. You may see it written as 9e in some places. Have a look at the video above and see it in action for yourself. The settings for Saorsat are below.
You may need to add a new satellite to the satellite list in your HD receiver and this is shown in the above video aswell. Please note that a standard Sky dish will be very unlikely to receive saorsat for two main reasons;
You need an 80cm dish, pointed at Eutelsat at 9e to get this. ************************************************************************************** February 6, 2012The new Digital Aertel Teletext Service in Ireland using Mheg5Some customers have asked us about this thing they heard of called Mheg5 and what is it’s significance for the new Saorview Digital Tv service here in Ireland. We and other websites have a range of boxes for sale and as aprt of the specification you might see something like Mheg5 Engine, Mheg5 Middleware or Supports Digital Teletext. What this basically means is that if a box has Mheg5 on it, you can receive Ireland’s new Digital Aertel Teletext service. Currently it on is only on RTE2 HD but is expected to be rolled out to all the channels at some stage in the future. The new Digital Teletext service is much quicker & far more relaible than the old traditional teletext service you may be familiar with. It is far more versatile also. Check it out in the video above and see one of the new cool feature of the Digital TV service in Ireland ************************************************************************************** January 21, 2012How to Watch your TV Recordings on a PC or Laptop ComputerThis video was requested by a number of customers. It basically shows how you can transfer your TV show recordings from your external hard drive onto you PC or Laptop Computer and watch them using a program called VLC Media Player from a company called Videolan. ************************************************************************************** Tips & Tricks for Getting the Best from your External Hard Drive when used with a PVR Ready ReceiverWatch the video above for a best practice guide for using external hard drives in conjunction with PVR Ready Receivers. By following some sinple tips and tricks, you can extend the life of your hard drive and ensure the integrity of the file system on the said external hard drive. ************************************************************************************** « Newer Posts — Older Posts » |
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