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Connection to Hotbird

Nika145 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:35:03 GMT

Does anyone know if I can connect a Polish tv box to Hotbird?

Re: Connection to Hotbird

daveNOS — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:04:06 GMT

@Nika145 wrote:
Does anyone know if I can connect a Polish tv box to Hotbird?

@Nika145 That is not a question for this forum, neither have anything to do with Sky TV.

Re: Connection to Hotbird

nigea99 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:14:36 GMT

@Nika145

As you may have gathered Hotbird is at a different postion to Astra 2 Satellites as used by SKY so the dish is not pointing correctly.

Also AFAIK the wideband LNB used for SKY Q (where you initially posted) would not work correctly with a Polish TV box which is likely to need a 'Universal' LNB

Re: Connection to Hotbird

Nika145 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:20:01 GMT

Thank you for your reply. You are very kind.

Re: Connection to Hotbird

TimmyBGood — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:28:07 GMT

@Nika145 wrote:

Does anyone know if I can connect a Polish tv box to Hotbird?

Presumably, yes, but the dish would have to be pointed at 13E rather than 28.2E (and be equipped with the appropriate LNB for the box as noted above)

You probably couldn't legitimately have a subscription to a Polish television service at an address in the UK but free to air reception is fair game.

Re: Connection to Hotbird

Nika145 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:34:06 GMT

Thank you for your reply.

Re: Connection to Hotbird

oj01 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:37:04 GMT

I'm surprised asking for a connection to a hot bird got through the forum spam filter 🤣🤣