Recent content by Benzade

Hello again, Thanks for your replies. Would appreciate hearing how you got on Ralph after phoning Sky regarding your card problem. However even the blue cards can take sometimes up to 72 hours to activate or "awaken" after being put into the correct slot on your Skybox, so depending how long you...

Hi everyone, Was wondering if anyone in the know can clear something up for me regarding the new white Sky viewing cards. Will they work in the same way as the blue ones did for example. Mr Blogs decides to let his Sky subscription lapse after his obligatory contract period ends. Does his white...

I agree wholeheartedly in freedom of choice on the matter of who I choose to hand over my hard earned cash to, to supply my satellite broadcasts and invite into my home. But I don't believe petitions will make a jot of difference in the long term and here is why. My interesting theory is anyone...

Hi Topper, thanks for the reply just a rumour I heard was wondering if there was anything in it. Seems a lot of broadcasters whos services were compromised in the past are now looking at Skys way of doing things to maintain control of their broadcasts.

Guess from the silence the answer is "No".

Sorry for the late reply chaps, sounds like sound advice regards holding off making any decisions regarding next season. Will need to know who's retained their rights etc before investing in any form of subs card. Just as idle curiosity does anyone know if Polsat have followed Sky down the...

I agree with the last statement regards Digi Tv, maybe there is a big development on the horizon in respect of Nagra 3. But if not is it worth investing in an offical subs card from say ART etc at the start of next season with a compatable cam? If so does anyone know of any reputable dealers in...

Hi Mickha, sorry about the lack of info, my profile is long overdue an update. I live in the North West of England about 20 miles outside of Manchester. My system is a Technomate 5400 CI Super + with a 1 metre dish. I've already patched it so that Digi Tv on Thor 1W is open and have enjoyed the...

Hi everyone, just a quick question really regards cams Diablo, Dragon etc. With the impending change over to Nagra 3 for Digi Tv almost iminent is it really worth investing in a cam and programmer when to my knowledge it will only be able to open a handful of Biss Key channels or am I wrong on this?

Thanks for the quick replies, I'm not getting anything from frequency 12.643 V it's just registering as two red lines on my Technomate indeed the vast majority of the 12.000 range both horizontal and vertical are not registering. I have noticed a slight improvement (frequency wise 12.687 H...

Hello again sorry to open up this thread again, basically an update on my problem locking onto Thor 1W. I've also since realised I've had a dodgy LNB to contend with which wasn't seeing certain transponders on Thor and other satellites. I have changed this now for the time being with a bog...

Just a quick reply to those who answered my query in this thread I'm now locked onto Thor 1W thanks to using the transponder recomended as oppose to the receivers default one. Although it's been raining at the time of writing so I don't think I'm getting all the transponders I'm cabable of...

Thanks for your advice guys after reading your replies it sounds like I may need to change the transponder to the one recomended. As I've used a sat meter in conjunction with the receivers signal bar and been getting from the meter that I am on something when I point my dish in Thors direction...

Hi everyone I'm struggling at the moment trying to lock onto Thor 1W I'm living in the North West of England and using a 1 meter dish with a 0.4db LNB attached to it my receiver is a Technomate 5400 CI Super Plus. There is nothing to block the signal eg trees buldings etc and I've utilised the...

Hi everyone, Just more or less got into this hobby and it's very addictive! you start out with the bog standard Sly mini dish wanting to get the FTA channels and end up wanting a bigger and better dish always striving for the next elusive satellite! However I'm digressing last night I was...