Pre-requisites, Technical Information, Prices and Conditions to watch the Filipino Channel
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To be able to receive TFC, the Filipino Channel, You will need a new satellite dish (the one you might have pointing to Astra is not good because the transmission is done from another satellite called: Atlantic Bird 3, and this one is located at a different position in the sky). In case that you are living in an apartment building please check with the owner or the house supervisor to find out how, where and if you can install a satellite dish before you sign any contract. Important information: when you are Filipino, you have the right according to the German law to watch the Filipino channels. But it is the right of the house administrator or owner to arrange how and where your satellite dish will be set up.

What do you need:

You can start to for the installation of a new satellite dish already now. Once the new antenna cable is available next to your TV, the connection to the receiver is very easy, just plug it in. The difficult story is to set up the new satellite dish on your roof or your balcony, adjust it to receive the correct satellite and get the cable down to your TV. When you need professional help, please contact me or try our favorite technician Axel directly!

Information for the satellite adjustment (Please show this to your installer)

The transmission Chart of Atlantic Bird 3

Some more background information:

The transmitting satellite is Atlantic Bird 3, you will need a digital receiver with a build in Irdeto decoder (IRD; integrated Receiver Decoder) plus the smart card of course. Both are available from your ABS-CBN dealer. Because the direction of Atlantic Bird 3 it different than ASTRA, you will for sure need a new satellite dish as well. The size should be at least 80 cm. Here you can find two website explaining about the satellite: www.lyngsat.com/ab3.shtml www.eutelsat.com/satellites/5wab3.html

Some technical information: The satellite is located at 5.0°West, frequency: 12711H, Symbol rate 30000, FEC 1/2. The signal strength in the center of Germany is 65-70, the signal quality is between 40 and 50. The picture quality is very good, no pixel error and no dropped images.

The adjustment of the satellite dish is not easy. The signal is coming down on a narrow beam, and it requires an exact position of the satellite dish. Depending on your location the above angles and elevation value  might be wrong. First you need to find your location, which you can do with the German Geo database. To find the data for your satellite dish transfer the found values into the satellite calculator from www.filipino-tv.de.

A few words about the IRD, The smart card and the IRD are only working together. They are basically "married". It is not possible to use any other irdeto module with the smart card. It is not even possible to use your smart card in the IRD of another ABS-CBN customer.

One of the features of the IRD is the support of DisEQ 1.2 system. This means you can control multiple satellites with this IRD. So via a DisEQ switch you will be able to hook your ASTRA satellite to the receiver as well. EPG (Electronic program guide) is supported as well, but is not transmitted by ABS-CBN.

How to program the IRD? Click here for a short explanation!

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