What equipment is needed
If a decision is made to install satellite television without a dish, then the operator providing such services, as a rule, provides or recommends the necessary equipment. Depending on which connection option is selected, you will need:
- Receiver.
- Tuner for satellite television (with support for DVB-S2).
- Software.
Buying a receiver is a responsible and difficult task, although not very expensive. The price of different devices ranges from cheap (less than $20) to expensive ($200). It all depends on their functionality:
- presence or absence of a card reader;
- ability to record programs on flash drives;
- video viewing capabilities;
- functions for pausing broadcast broadcasts;
- digital standard;
- number of other functions (connectors for connecting a keyboard and mouse, the ability to view files and photos, viewing content from other external devices, built-in media player)
An almost modern receiver is a complex radio-electronic “computer” with an operating system.
Internet outside the city or 3G/4G antenna
Nowadays, good and fast Internet is much more important than a TV, so we’ll talk about antennas for the Internet separately.
The photo shows a 3G/4G Proflink antenna. Why is it needed? What's good about it? Before answering these questions, it’s worth delving a little deeper into the problems of the mobile Internet.
If the mobile Internet on your modern smartphone works quickly, and for a computer a regular USB modem is quite enough and the speed suits you, then you don’t need such an antenna, you don’t need to read further. But if everything works very slowly, even with a good signal, the antenna can already help.
The principle of operation of 3G/4G Internet is quite simple. In your or a neighboring village, a telecom operator (Megafon, MTS, etc.) installs a base station. It's like a big antenna that your devices, like your phone or modem, connect to. Your phone, the phone of the neighbor on the left, the neighbor on the right, the neighbor behind, across the street. They all need the Internet and they all share it with you. The fact is that the base station has a limited resource, bandwidth or “pipe” and it is divided approximately equally between everyone. Equally, but not quite. There is a so-called “radio resource” concept, which is also limited. And the more of this resource is needed, the worse the received signal on the subscriber device. Simply put, if your modem or phone has “bad reception”, there are only “one or two sticks”, the base station needs to spend more “force” to provide you with good Internet access speed. If your signal is good or excellent, you need less strength = resources. These resources are also divided approximately equally, and all this is very crude and simplified.
The bottom line is that those devices that have a better signal get better speeds. And this is only one side of the coin. Any mobile device, phone or modem is quite “weak”. If the operator's base station is a huge antenna on a mast or on the roof of a tall building, it emits a powerful signal, then the transmitter in your phone or modem is extremely small and it is difficult for the base station to “hear” a response signal from it. This is why your mail may be sent slowly, and uploading a video to YouTube can be a real problem.
What's the use of an antenna?
Well, now let's compare, what do you think receives the signal better - your phone or tablet in your hands, or the antenna on the roof of the house? What emits better? Obviously, a large antenna pointed towards the operator's base station will be in better radio conditions and will provide you with better Internet performance.
In addition to better reception, and therefore higher network access speed, the antenna in the photo above boasts built-in WiFi. Those two small antennas on top are just wireless communications in the house and on the property. You can connect any device with WiFi to such an antenna, and in addition to it there is also a regular Ethernet cable (by the way, it also carries power, this is POE technology).
Therefore, if the Internet in your home is not working well, it makes sense to think about an antenna. This is not a panacea; in case of severe overload of the operator’s network, it will not help much, but even then the Internet will work better, because the signal will be better.
At the request of customers, I install Proflink antennas, which are produced in Krasnodar. These antennas are built on high-quality components and differ from analogues in their more reliable “filling”.
What's free and how to use it
Satellite television operators always offer free channels in packages. In addition, they are guaranteed for the population by the state. For the operator, this is at the same time an advertising ploy to attract customers. By not encoding some channels, operators are motivating people to install satellite television and pay to watch many pay-per-view satellite television channels.
Support
If this does not help, then you need to call the contact center and find out why the broadcast disappeared. You can write to chat, make a call or contact social networks.
- Technical support phone: 8 800-500-01-23.
- Company address: St. Petersburg, 197022, post office box 170.
Employees provide the following assistance:
These and many other questions can be asked to technical support.
We looked at whether it is necessary to transfer and configure equipment when switching to digital. All issues related to the transition to digital broadcasting should not bother subscribers. The provider will take care of everything. Also, users don't have to think about how to do it. According to Russian legislation, all operators must abandon analogue broadcasting. The only thing subscribers will need to do is purchase a TV that will receive a digital signal.
In the set of satellite equipment, the Tricolor TV receiver is a digital receiver for viewing a package of operator television channels. Thanks to the latest developments by specialists, it has become possible to watch Tricolor TV without a receiver. The household appliances market offers a wide selection of television receivers with a built-in tuner that supports a slot for the CI CAM module and all the necessary standards. Having secured the antenna and configured it, it is not necessary to use a receiving device from Tricolor TV to receive the signal.
Dishless TV options
However, today it is quite possible to watch television channels without parabolic antennas. Modern technologies offer several ways to install satellite television:
- Connecting cable television is still a fairly widespread, popular and economical way. A lot of people still use it. Entire houses are connected. This requires laying a cable to the receiving TV.
- Receiving a signal to the antenna using the DVB-T2 digital standard. In other words, the signal is transmitted to the receiver indirectly through repeaters that are located on the ground. The quality of the resulting image and sound with this method of signal reception is excellent. You will need the simplest decimeter antenna.
- Modern technologies and methods of transmitting information via WIFI make it possible to connect television receivers to the Internet.
- In addition, many Internet users can do without a dish to watch channels directly from their computer screens.
Satellite pay TV card registration process
After concluding a subscription agreement, it is necessary to activate the access card to the services of the satellite operator Tricolor TV. All required actions are performed online on the main website of the satellite provider. The user needs to indicate the desired channel package, enter the subscriber agreement number and ID card. In the line called “Terminal model” you should put CI+.
The completed form is sent for further processing by Tricolor TV specialists and subsequent registration. Until the connection has occurred, it is important not to turn off the TV. It must be included on any of the encrypted channels from the package indicated in the application. After a couple of hours, an automatic connection will occur, and the user will have access to his favorite TV channels.
What to do if the broadcast goes down?
Users don't have to think about how to convert TV to digital. If the receivers suddenly stop receiving a signal, you must first identify the cause:
- Lack of money in the account.
- There was a malfunction in the operation of the set-top box.
- There is no activation for the smart card.
- Preventative work is being carried out.
- Outdated receiver software.
Even with an imperceptible transition from analogue broadcasting to digital television, Tricolor subscribers experience various malfunctions (for example, channels disappear). If this ailment was noticeable, then you need to configure the channel list. This procedure does not take much time.
- Using the remote control, go to the receiver menu.
- Find the “settings” section and go there.
- Then you need to select the search type: manual or automatic. Manual tuning is better. With its help you can find all channels.
- After all television channels have been found, you need to save them. If this is not done, the list will be lost.
- The whole procedure takes a little time. During setup, the receiver must not be disconnected from the network.
How does satellite broadcasting work without installing a dish?
We must admit that installing a so-called dish and maintaining such satellite television is a troublesome task. In addition, almost all operators offer a simpler option for installing satellite television - without a dish, via the Internet. To do this, you need to purchase special equipment; a cable connects the home Internet router and the operator’s input receiver. Such a connection is quite affordable for the majority of the population.
Competition in this service market is very high. And there are already operators offering options for connecting to satellite television without a dish, which do not include the use of a receiver. Simply downloading special operator programs and connecting the service through your personal account is enough.
What kind of TV is needed to receive the DVB-T2 standard
You can also watch television without any dishes or operators, and for free. At the end of last year, the Government announced its full readiness to switch to a digital network. Today, two free packages are operating throughout Russia, broadcasting 20 federal channels. It is important to understand that viewing them is possible only if you have a TV with certain parameters.
In a word, you need a device with a tuner and support for the DVB-T2 standard. If you plan to buy a new TV for your home or office, then it makes sense to consult with sellers and purchase a device that will allow you to watch two multiplex digital television packages for free, in cases where there is no cable television, dish or Internet.
As a rule, all TVs that were released after 2016 support the DVB-T2 standard. Many of these TVs were purchased before this date. There are a lot of them, both among the range of well-known brands and less popular brands. If buying a new TV is not yet in sight, then you will have to buy a receiver. You can find out which satellite TV tuner is right for you in specialized stores. To do this, you only need to know the model and brand of your TV.
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