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Contact Us		How do I watch Formula One racing without a subscription? Watch F1 for free Watch German channels including Eurosport. Almost all modern Digital receivers require a "universal LNB" (the Irish Saorsat is an exception) so, if you have an old analogue installation, you'll have to swap the LNB and the receiver. If the dish is already aligned on Astra-1 (19.2°E) you'll get German channels, including "RTL" for "Formula 1". Watch English and German Channels with one dish The satellite used by Sky and Freesat to broadcast English language programmes is "Astra-2", which is actually a cluster of satellites located at 28.2° east of the Greenwich meridian, over the African equator. This is the point on which your dish will normally be aligned for Sky or Freesat. However, there are other satellite clusters nearby, whose signals can be received by adding one or more LNBs to the dish, offset from the normal focal point. One of these satellite clusters is Astra-1, mentioned above. The favourite solution is to set up your dish with a second LNB aligned on Astra-1 (19.2°E) and use any FTA digital receiver to get German RTL. The free to air version of RTL broadcasting F1 is only SD. The commentary is in German (obviously) so, for the linguistically-challenged, you can listen to the Radio 5 Live commentary via your computer or radio. A second LNB can be added to a Sky minidish, as shown on our Sky minidish extra LNB page. If you don't fancy trying a bodge like that, SatCure offers dishes with LNB bracket included, so that you can have two or more LNBs on the dish to receive signals from up to four different satellites. You can order a kit, below. The Astra-1 LNB (19.2°E) must be to the EAST or RIGHT of the Astra-2 (for Sky 28.2°E) LNB when you are looking at the front of the dish. It is possible to tune in RTL using "Add Channels" on a Sky Digibox but you would need an LNB switch to select the Astra-1 LNB whenever you want RTL. This method is feasible but usually "upsets" the Digibox so it often requires a reboot. Likewise, it should be possible to tune in RTL with a Freesat receiver but, again, it could cause problems. The parameters to tune RTL manually (not usually necessary with a FTA receiver) are 12188 - H - 27500 - 3/4 You also get German Eurosport FTA (Free To Air on any ordinary digital receiver) which provides various programmes, including tennis in summer, with German commentary. The English sound on the encrypted Eurosport Biava (Hotbird satellite 13°E) is FTA and often matches the Astra-1 (19.2°E) transmission. Obviously, you'd need two receivers or a specially modified receiver to handle video from Astra and audio from Hot Bird. If you don't have or want to use a Sky Digibox AND a FTA receiver for F1, you can use a Humax HD or HDR receiver by itself. In Freesat mode it will provide all Freesat programmes from the Astra-2 LNB. In non-Freesat mode it can control a DiSEqC switch to select the Astra-1 LNB. That's all I know but feel free to send me information if you have already done this. Note: Please don't ask "will your bracket fit my dish?" Our LNB bracket works with our dish. If you have any other dish then you are probably going to have to "bodge" something. Click on the link, above, to "our Sky minidish extra LNB page" for ideas. Dave M. adds: There are several other FTA German channels on 19.2 that also show sport (including boxing, German football, Champion League football, FA Cup matches ,winter sports and others. These channels include ZDF, Sat 1, Eurosport, Das Erste and Sport1. Lists of interesting FTA events can be seen here http://robssatellitetv.webs.com/liveftasports.htm football and other sports can be found here although it does list encrypted and FTA channels http://liveonsat.com/2_day.php Chris R. adds: I have done this exactly as you suggested, except that I have separate dishes for 19.2E and 28.2E, not two LNBs on one dish. My comment is that my attempts to receive Radio 5 Live over the internet have been doomed to failure. As soon as the qualifying or race commentary is due to start, there is an announcement that, due to rights issues, the F1 coverage cannot be received via the internet, and the programme switches to a discussion on football or similar. However Radio 5 Live via a second set-top box works just fine, and is little over a second ahead of RTL and French TF1 in synch. Drawbacks No report is complete without a discussion of the pros and cons. 1. If you already have a Sky HD subscription, you can watch F1 at no extra cost. 2. If you already have a Sky subscription (not HD) it may be more cost effective, at least in the short term, to pay the extra for F1. 3. Setting up Radio 5 Live is an additional problem and you may find that the audio is not synchronised with the picture. 4. Radio 5 live might lose the right to broadcast F1 commentary. 5. RTL may lose the right to broadcast F1 racing. 60cm grey perforated dish kit for F1 with 40mm LNB holder and wall mount (DISH10) UK mainland delivery only (due to carriage and insurance cost). LNB bracket included showing original LNB holder on dish arm (right) with LNB holder supplied with bracket and extra LNB holder. Bracket is reversible. This dish is slightly larger than a zone-1 Sky minidish and performs well with a standard (not Sky) OCTO or a QUATTRO LNB. Click - MORE INFO This dish kit includes a rear bracket with elevation adjustment that will fit onto a pole or mount up to 2" (50mm) diameter. F1 Kit includes: 60cm perforated dish Rear tilt bracket 4- or 8- output LNB Single output LNB for F1 LNB bracket with additional LNB holder Optional wall mount F1 kit with 4 standard outputs for Sky: With Quad-output LNB £67.84 Include wall mount £6.95 (see photo) F1 kit with 8 standard outputs for Sky: With OCTO LNB £89.84 Include wall mount £6.95 (see photo) Don't forget to order cable, connectors & clips! and a Freesat or FTA digital receiver You might also be able to watch RTL via this web page: http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/rtl-live-stream Send this page address - CLICK HERE - to a friend !   Return to SatCure index page Copyright ©1997-2012 Martin Pickering Version 1.0 updated on March 22, 2012 This file may be downloaded for private and personal use but NO part of it may be published in any form without the prior permission of the author.  Send this page address - CLICK HERE - to a friend !