OVERVIEW of the High Definition Free German TV Kit
This Kit contains everything you need to be able to receive all the Free Standard & High Definition German Satellite channels. All you need is a TV set !
The Kit consists of:
- Xoro HD Satellite Receiver
- 1m HDMI lead
- 80cm Satellilte Dish, LNB & Wall Bracket
- Satellite Installation Kit
Possible Add Ons
- 250GB External Hard Drive
- This will allow you to utilise the PVR functions on the Xoro HD Receiver allowing you to pause and record Live TV. Storage of up to 200 hours of TV programming is possible.
DESCRIPTION of Xoro 8520 HD Satellite Receiver
- Xoro 8520 HD satellite receiver
- Box Contains:
- Satellite Receiver
- Remote Control & Batteries
- Inputs/Outputs
- Scart TV
- HDMI
- Phono plug
- RS232
- USB port
- LNB IN/OUT
- S/PDIF
- Colour: Black
- Definition: High & Standard
- MPEG2 / MPEG4
- EPG: Has Electronic Program guide
- Up to 5000 TV and Radio Channels
USES of the High Definition Free German TV Kit
- To receive the Free to air channels in both Standard and High Definition (HD)
- Pre-programmed box channels include:
- Das Erste, ZDF, RBB Berlin, RTL Television,
- Vox, Pro Sieben, Arte, Das Vietie, Kabel 1
- When used with a 250GB External HardDrive you can pause & record live TV
ADVANTAGES of the High Definition Free UK TV Kit
- The Receiver:
- is a reliable model from German Market Leader - Xoro
- It comes fully pre-programmed
- The Channels are listed sequentially i.e. 1-100 and the order can be changed
- Supports both Standard and High Definition transmissions
- Future proof - High Definition is already becoming the industry standard
- PVR Ready - USB port allows an external hard drive to be added on - remote control contains rewind, record etc functions
- This a complete kit
- It is very competitively Priced
- it contains everything to do the job
- the dish is ideally sized and designed to receive German TV in ireland
DISADVANTAGES of the High Definition Free German TV Kit
- More expensive than a Standard Definition Satellite Receiver
- If an additional channel becomes available it must be manually tuned in
- It does not have an RF output to allow channels to be viewed in a second room
HOW TO INSTALL A GERMAN SATELLITE SYSTEM
Key Information
| Satellite |
Angle of Dish |
Direction of Dish |
| Astra 1 H/KR/LM |
20°E |
140° |
* Angles valid for the centre of Ireland. Angle and Direction may vary by 1-2 degrees across the country.
LIST OF FREE GERMAN CHANNELS
Note: below are listed the main Free German channels. There is in the region of 500 free channels being broadcast from Astra 1 covering a huge range of languages such as Polish, French, Italian etc.
| # |
Channel list |
| 1 |
DAS Erste |
| 2 |
ZDF |
| 3 |
RBB Berlin |
| 4 |
RTL Television |
| 5 |
SAT.1 |
| 6 |
VOX |
| 7 |
Pro Sieben |
| 8 |
Arte |
| 9 |
DAS Vierie |
| 10 |
Kabel.1 |
| 11 |
RTL.2 |
| 12 |
3 SAT |
| 13 |
MTV Germany |
| 14 |
VIVA |
| 15 |
Nick / Comedy |
| 16 |
KIKA |
| 17 |
Servus TV |
| 18 |
QVC deutschland |
| 19 |
Super RTL |
| 20 |
N-TV |
| 21 |
Channel 21 |
| 22 |
N.24 |
| 23 |
Euro News |
| 24 |
HSE 24 |
| 25 |
Yuwelo TV |
| 26 |
Sonnenkar tv |
| 27 |
Phoenix |
| 28 |
BBC World |
| 29 |
CNN |
| 30 |
SKY News |
| 31 |
CNBC Europe |
| 32 |
France 24 |
| 33 |
Russia Today |
| 34 |
Euro Sport ect |
A. How the HD German Satellite Kit works
The kit is essentially made up of 3 Parts
- The satellite dish - which is mounted on south facing wall or chimney and picks up a signal from the Astra 1 H/KR/LM satellite at 19.2° East
- The Installation Kit - which consists of 20m of satellite cable, bolts and connectors which is use in both mounting the dish and running a cable from the satellite dish to the satellite receiver
- HD Satellite Receiver - which is a pre-programmed (see channel list tab) with all the main German channels and uses a scart output to connect to the TV
B. But I Already have a satellite Dish
Often customers customers considering buying this system will already have some of the equipment in place so a few guidelines would be if you already have:
- A satellite dish - you can drop the
- 80cm Satellilte Dish & LNB
- Satellite Installation Kit
- A Satellite dish but would like to add this to another room, drop the
- A universal Twin (for 2 boxes) or Quad (4 boxes) LNB
C. Why is it Free ?
Lots of TV channels broadcast their signal for free or unencrypted and this means that you don't need a subscription or have a card to receive those channels. For Example Das Erste, ZDF, RBB Berlin, RTL Television are all free channels
D. But I want More Channels
If you want to get more than the basic free channels you have must subscribe to a pay per view service.
- One choice is DIGITAL+ which offers a subscription service via a viewing card.
TVTrade.ie do not stock either of these services.
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