Skybox F3 total begginer !

[kle1d17]

Hello everyone !

I just got a skybof F3 today but it came with UK channels and no satellite list. I would like to know how can I install Hotbird.
Also it would be great If you can show me how to update the box, where to get the firmware etc... I have never use a skybox or similar satellite before so I am a total beginner. Any advices of how to use the skybox would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance !

[nibblitz]

Have you got a motorised dish or static dish aligned for Hotbird? If you've only got a Sky dish pointing at 28.2e then you'll only get the UK channels.. You dont really need to update firmware, it should work fine out of the box...

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[kle1d17]

Thank you for the quick response. I have a static dish aligned with hotbird and I want to see italian channels. When i open UK channels a message pops up saying 'no signal'.

[nibblitz]

Ok, so within your Box satellite list you need to manually add a satellite, call it Hotbird, and the position is 13.0e..... Then in antenna setup you need to set LNB to Universal 9750-10600... Motor settings off, diseqc off... Then do a blind scan for channels on Hotbird.

[kle1d17]

I tried a couple a times and finally it worked. Thank you very much.