Does anyone know where I can get a freeview satelite box.....also,is there a photo booth thingy for driving licence photos anywhere  ???


Cheers

There is a photo booth outside Sabeco, you can get 8 passport type photo's if I remember rightly for 3 euros.

                                     Old Nelson.

ps. Get in touch if you don't get the box and I'll bring one out when I come next trip.
              E.

Thanks Eric.
Are the ones in the UK compatable over here.....



P.S. The river´s  up

wrote on Mar 6^th, 2010 at 10:06pm:

Does anyone know where I can get a freeview satelite box.....also,is there a photo booth thingy for driving licence photos anywhere  ??? Cheers

Why not contact our local nibs himself ..Nigel Morton. He sells, tunes them and sets them up for you all in one fixed cost.

Rotnob,
         looked on websites today and found that UK freeview boxes do not work properly in Spain. The only way to go is Freesat box and sat dish.

                                                         Old Nelson.

There seems to be a bit of confusion between Freeview and FreeSat.  In UK there is satellite TV (SKY) and Freeview.  For SKY you need a small dish and a receiver.  For Freeview, you need a set top box (or a TV with a built in tuner) and a normal antenna (either one sold as a digital antenna or an existing one turned through 90 deg).
Here, you can receive the Freesat channels (BBC, ITV and the like) either on a dish and a SKY box (no card required) or a generic receiver for example those that are on sale in Lidl or Aldi from time to time as a kit although the dishes (80cm) are a bit small for reliable reception here and at least 1m is better.
If you want the Spanish equivalent of Feeview (TDT) then you again either need a TDT tuner and a normal antenna or a TV with the tuner built in plus the antenna.
If it's the satellite receiver you need, I recently bought one in Hiper Europa in Amposta.  I bought the cheapest one they had in stock (not HD) for 58 euros.  It's Spanish built and to be honest, I'm not impressed with the quality of operation.  They also sell satellite receivers.
Whether or not I've got any of the above wrong, hopefully Nigel will jump in here to put me right.

You are correct.  The FREEVIEW boxes are for terrestrial channels - about 30 or so in the area see
http://www.tdt1.com/canales-television-tarragona.php?dem=tortosa
you need an indoor aerial (if you are in a strong signal area) or an external aerial if you want decent reception.

The UK FREEVIEW boxes do work here as the standard is universal across Europe (unlike the old TV standard). You can buy FREEVIEW (TDT) boxes here for around 35 euros for the cheapest or around 50 euros for a better quality unit.

FREESAT is received by satellite and from a dish and you can get UK channels. A 1.2M dish is recommended however you can get away with a 1M dish if you are prepared to suffer breakup of the signal on some channels during the winter and in bad weather. FREESAT boxes are available in some Electrodomesticos and Bauhaus have them.  I tried one of the cheap ones once but it suffered badly from locking up and eventually locked up and would not reset so best avoided!

I supply FREEVIEW (TDT) and FREESAT(Satellite)boxes and also install TV aerials and Satellite dishes. The FREESAT boxes I sell are usually 70 euros and are of decent quality.

Nigel