French TV

Gkrose
Gkrose Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited June 2017 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hello hope you can help. When we are on holiday in France we are thinking of buying a Fransat box so that we can watch French TV. Do you know if  the standard aerial fitted to the caravan work with the Fransat box?  We have an HD ready television so that should be compatible. 

Thanks

Mary

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  • commeyras
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    edited June 2017 #2

    If you have a reasonably modern TV it should be able to be tuned to French TV. The status aerial on my caravan can pick up local TV anywhere in Europe so no need to get any extra kit.  Just make sure the aerial is pointing in the right direction by looking at other ones!

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2017 #3

    On our recent trip to France the Satellite dome packed up. So had a look at what we could get on our freeview HDD box, it's a Humax. French channels tuned in fine, although a lot we encripted, but you can at least get the news and weather. Interestingly the box must be reasonably intelligent. As when we were in Brittany it could see the Channel Islands transmitter and tuned in BBC channels in preference to the French ones.

  • Gkrose
    Gkrose Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited June 2017 #4

    Thank you both for taking the time to reply. When we were in France last year it was just after the switch over and we couldn't get anything on our tv, hence the questions about a sat box. 

    Cheers

    Mary

  • PR1
    PR1 Forum Participant Posts: 96
    edited June 2017 #5

    We are in the very south of France. Just turned the aerial to point in the direction of those on the local houses. Hit retune on our Aldi Tv, and immeadiatly got loads of French channels. Very few encrypted! Excellent picture and sound quality.

  • chasncath
    chasncath Forum Participant Posts: 1,659
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    edited June 2017 #6

    SSpeaking from a lot of personal experience, we can tell you that French TV is awful! The 'pub' (adverts) are constant and it's difficult to find any sort of a programme worth watching even presuming you can speak French!

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2017 #7

    It's true, the Eurovision Song Contest was just as bad in French as it is in English.😇

  • mickysf
    mickysf Forum Participant Posts: 6,474 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2017 #8

    Hi Mary, you talk of Fransat and aerials. I think it is a satelite System and these don't work through aerials, you will need a satelite dish. Hope this helps.

  • young thomas
    young thomas Club Member Posts: 11,357 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2017 #9

    agreed, Micky, i posted exactly this a few days ago in the 'duplicate' thats running...these are really a pain at the moment....frown

    edit.....duplicate (and therefore my useful post) now seems to have disappeared, what a waste of time and effort this shambles is becoming.....

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,867 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2017 #10

    BB

    It's still there but on page two of the listing. Unfortunately until we get these duplicate threads sorted it will remain an issue. I had thought of adding a link but then thought it would probably link to this threadundecided

    David

  • EJB986
    EJB986 Forum Participant Posts: 1,153
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    edited June 2017 #11

    We've just traversed France  both ways to and from Switzerland and as usual couldn't find any French channels on a normal directional aerial and standard Avtex TV.

    Around the borders it's possible to find various other channels. 

  • young thomas
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    edited July 2017 #12

    david, just spotted your post....thanks for that.

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