Cycling on Eurosport

Willowbeauty

OK so I'm UK based and want to know what cycling Eurosport will be covering
in 2005- not much to go on on their website or newsletter- do any Eurosport
subscribers know what they are advertising for 2005 coverage?

Other than that, is there any way round paying £20 per month to Sky for the
privilege of receiving Eurosport?

All help greatfully received!!
Neil

Simon Mason

"MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Why oh why do the BBC put cycling on only from Manchester ? When some of
> us will be there. If we wanted to watch it do they think we didn't want
> to watch the Berlin or LA round ? I assume the coverage will be recorded
> since the meeting is over three days and at 13:00 on Saturday it is in
> fact the interval !!!
> </rant>

World Cup Cycling BBC2
Sat 8 Jan, 1:05 pm - 2:15 pm 70mins

Coverage of World Cup track cycling from the Manchester Velodrome. With
stars like Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy to the fore, Great Britain are
looking to build on their success at the Olympics. Interactive.

MSeries

Simon Mason wrote:
> "MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
>>Why oh why do the BBC put cycling on only from Manchester ? When some of
>>us will be there. If we wanted to watch it do they think we didn't want
>>to watch the Berlin or LA round ? I assume the coverage will be recorded
>>since the meeting is over three days and at 13:00 on Saturday it is in
>>fact the interval !!!
>></rant>
>
>
> World Cup Cycling BBC2
> Sat 8 Jan, 1:05 pm - 2:15 pm 70mins
>
> Coverage of World Cup track cycling from the Manchester Velodrome. With
> stars like Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy to the fore, Great Britain are
> looking to build on their success at the Olympics. Interactive.
>
>

Racing starts at 14:30 on Saturday afternoon so it'll be Fridays and
Saturday morning qualifiers. Is there anothe show on Sunday for Sundays
sessions ?

Simon Mason

"MSeries" <skankmartin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> Racing starts at 14:30 on Saturday afternoon so it'll be Fridays and
> Saturday morning qualifiers. Is there anothe show on Sunday for Sundays
> sessions ?

Yes

World Cup Cycling: Grandstand BBC2
Sun 9 Jan, 3:55 pm - 5:20 pm 85mins

Further coverage of track cycling's World Cup from the impressive Manchester
Velodrome.

Zog The Undeniable

Willowbeauty wrote:

> Simon, what is the most cost effective way of getting the free digital
> reception via the Astra satellite? I am happy to set up the dish myself or
> if its cheap get someone into do it, but is it a case of getting any
> specific type of receiver?

Sky don't really advertise the fact, but you can buy the kit from them
without a subscription. It's a solution for people who can't get
Freeview where they live. Be sure that the Sky digibox is tunable to
the German channel though - it has a limited range of Symbol Rates to
restrict what you can watch that isn't Murdoch-approved.

Jan

Zog The Undeniable wrote:
> Willowbeauty wrote:
>
>> Simon, what is the most cost effective way of getting the free
>> digital reception via the Astra satellite? I am happy to set up the
>> dish myself or if its cheap get someone into do it, but is it a case
>> of getting any specific type of receiver?
>
> Sky don't really advertise the fact, but you can buy the kit from them
> without a subscription. It's a solution for people who can't get
> Freeview where they live. Be sure that the Sky digibox is tunable to
> the German channel though - it has a limited range of Symbol Rates to
> restrict what you can watch that isn't Murdoch-approved.



According to the Tour de Langkawi wesite The Tour will be on Eurosport
every day during the race 28th-Jan 6th Feb.

Channel 4 usually show it a couple of months later at around 2am over
several nights.

Jan

MasonS@BP.com

Jan wrote:

>
> According to the Tour de Langkawi wesite The Tour will be on
Eurosport
> every day during the race 28th-Jan 6th Feb.
>
> Channel 4 usually show it a couple of months later at around 2am over
> several nights.
I thought Langkawi was affected by the Tsunami?
--
Simon M.

Jan

MasonS@BP.com wrote:
> Jan wrote:
>
>>
>> According to the Tour de Langkawi wesite The Tour will be on
>> Eurosport every day during the race 28th-Jan 6th Feb.
>>
>> Channel 4 usually show it a couple of months later at around 2am over
>> several nights.
> I thought Langkawi was affected by the Tsunami?


A couple of hotels along Cenang Beach had some slight damage.
According to my friends everything is cleared now.

There is a statement ( 4/1/05) from Simon Donnellan on the tour website
http://www.tdl.com.my/


Jan

MasonS@BP.com

Willowbeauty wrote:

> Simon, what is the most cost effective way of getting the free
digital
> reception via the Astra satellite? I am happy to set up the dish
myself or
> if its cheap get someone into do it, but is it a case of getting any
> specific type of receiver?

You need a minidish and Sky Digibox, plus the coax and SCART cables.
Aldi +Lidl sometimes sell them, or you can get them on ebay readily
enough.

Then you need to fix the dish to a south facing wall and download this
program:

http://www.smw.se/smwlink/smwlink.htm

You then input your data into the program which will show you the
azimuth (compass bearing) and dish elevation. The dish will have a
graduation on it so you can set the elevation on the scale.

Since you are using the ASTRA 19.2 E sat carrying continental
programmes rather than the UK 28.2 E sat, you need to input 19.2E into
the SMW program.

Once you have got the dish pointing roughly at the 19.2 E bird, you now
need to connect it to the TV. Once you have, use the Sky handset shown
here:

http://www.ddelec.com/digital/remote.htm

select "services" and then "system check" followed by "signal check" .
There should be a signal strength bar on the screen. Adjust the dish's
compass bearing to get the strongest signal.

Then you can tune the channels in.

Go to:

http://www.lyngsat.com/astra19.html

This will show you all the stations on that satellite.

German Eurosport is on 11954 H 27500 - 3/4.

To tune this in go to your handset, select "services" followed by
"other services". Enter the frequency 11954, the polarity H, the Symbol
Rate 27500 and the FEC 3/4. Select "find stations" and Eurosport will
come up on the menu. Follow the on screen instructions to select the
station and then store it.

To watch the channel select "services" then "other services" and
select Eurosport.

--
Simon M.

MasonS@BP.com

To tune this in go to your handset, select "services" followed by
"other services".

It's actually the "add channels" option.