maybe hard to find since they have been superceded by the 200's

I THINK YOU NEED A SKY BOX TO GET THEM AM TOLD STANDARD FREESAT BOX WONT CUT IT

A Sky box with no viewing card gets the same channels as a Freesat box, as the sky box will be operating as a "free to air" box, which is what the Freesat boxes effectively are.

I have a small satalite dish with a digi box amd I must admit that Im not too impressed with the range of english programs.

If your dish is about 1m, and aligned properly, then you shoudl be able to receive some ITV1 regions and the Fives. IF you want more channels, like BBC, then you will need to increase your dish size, or pay for a sky subscription (atleast 50% of the sky pay channels are available on an 80cm dish!)

Can any one advise which satalite I should be picking up to get the best selection of free to view english channels?

The best selection of english channels are on the satellites that your dish is currently pointing to. Other satellites are not designed for the UK TV market, so their choice of UK / English channels is very limited, usually BBC World News, Sky News and CNN.

If you want "free to view" channels, then you will require a non subscription freesatfromsky card. This "unlocks" the free to view channels such as Sony TV, Pick TV, LFCTV, Motors TV. Channels like Five, Sky News, True MOvies are "free tro air"

I can get a load of channels but they are mostly morrocan. Ive got Ajerhera news ect but nothing like my friend who gets bbc etc and pays nothing.

In which case, if you ar receiving all Morrocan channel, your dish is not looking at the UK TV satellites, but on of the many other "clusters" of satellites.

Here are the problems
1) tried connecting humax to tv via hdmi cable and nothing would work.mi couldnt get a signal and setup wouldnt start.

2) instead i onnected w ith scart cable and everything seemed to work. However i would prefer to use the hdmi cable so would like to understand why this didnt work.

Sometimes you have to manually select the HDMI input on the TV. Unless the HDMI cable or connectors are broken, there is no reason as to why you cannuse use HDMI betwen the TV and Freesat HD box

3) next we tried to record a program and watch a programme at the same time. If we are recording a programme it seems that we cant watch another onevas well? What do i need to do? Is it a simple matter of onnecting another coax from tv line of outlet in wall to the LnB connector
Or do i need to do something else?

Using just one cable feed for a PVR limits your recording abilities. Ideally two cable feeds are to be used. YOu can use the loopthrough from input 1 to input 2, but this will limit recording tto channels on the same "frequyency group". If you want more flexibility then idally you need two cable feeds from the LNB - direct from the LNB to the receiver, forgetting about wall plates...Just connecting to the TV outlet on the wall may not work.

You can do this by using the set up programme on your TV depending of course how old your TV is or if you're getting the programmes via a TDT box.  Once you've done this then you don't have to use the Audio button.

Unfortuntlly not all TVs do this. Many do not store the "second" soundtrack, and revetr back to the old one whenever you change channels...although some TVs do...many do not..

remember that filmon.com was free on PCs for a short while when it first launched...and then went subscription...so perhaps it can only be a matter of time before the ipad version bcomes subscirption also, and the "free" is a small teaser to get you hooked....