Recent content by Marcas

Thanks for the suggestion. Managed to get to the motor today and pressed the re-set botton. Everything working OK with the Technomate, now all I have to do is sort out the Humax which doesn't look like it is going to be easy. Once again, thanks again to all for the suggestions

Thanks for the suggestion. I think the motor is a motek or similar. I tried the paperclip with the spare second hand motor which I had been given which I had connected to a short length of aerial cable in the hope of testing it last night. The light changed from green to red momentarily but it...

Thanks for your response. It is the FR1000 which is capable of driving the motor according to the instructions and menu. In any case, the problem must lie elsewhere since it won't work with the Technomate 5200D which I have been using for years, nor another old receiver which I tried

I have had a motorised dish setup for many years which I set up myself with a lot of help from this forum and which has run without problems. Recently I bought a Humax Fransat HD receiver to look at the French equivalent of freesat and also to keep availability of other satellites such as...

thanks for the suggestions

Some years ago a friend and I bought a Technomate 5200D each and installed them with a motorised Fracarro Penta 85cm dish. Everything is still working although neither receiver displays colours correctly. Mine works fine if connected to the TV via a scart lead but the picture has a pink/red...

Thanks for the suggestions

I have a motorised system based used a TM-5200D which has worked fine for the last few years. I use it mostly for looking at French TV on Atlantic bird and Al Jazeera on Hotbird, I also somtimes look at the French language channels on eutelsat on 7 degrees East. To update my channel list I...

Thanks for the suggestions. Had another go, setting up on Antlantic Bird, and got a good signal on a range of satellites.

I used the ULAS system and put in the co-ordinates. I used Astra 19 as my reference satellite as this had worked for me before (I realise this is quite far east) . I moved the motor around the mount and adjusted the elevation of the dish to get the best picture. I than got excellent signal...

I'm in the process of setting up a motorised set-up (technomate 5200D and 85cm penta) for a friend and am encountering problems I did not experience when setting up a similar system for myself. I can get a good signal quality on Astra 28 and hotbird (90% plus). I can also get pictures on...

Many thanks. I will try that

Thanks for you answer Rolfw but I'm embarrassed to say that I'm still not entirely clear. Would something like an external hard drive work and, if so, how are the recorded programmes played back?

Apologies in advance for what I'm sure will appear to most a daft question. I managed to install a technomate receiver and motorised dish up recently and would like to be able to record the occasional programme. The receiver has a usb port and is "PVR ready." I know that some terrestial...

Thanks for the suggestion