New to all of this - Fortec Star

noley

Hi there,

I've heard that in Maplin's (others I am sure) I can buy a Fortec Star which comes with a dish etc. and I can view HD and formal channels. Great but I'm new to this and have a few questions;

1 have a Sky dish on my house (from previous owner) and it's all cabled through to the house, bedroom and other room. Can I use this dish with the Fortec Star and maybe buy a sat finder to tune it up ?

Aside from the stuff available on freeview & freesat, what else can I get access too (paid or free). Can I get a cam for setanta sports to work on this box ?

p.s. if the sky dish cannot be used can the cable ? It might save re-routing sat cable when it's already in place and nice and neatly..

Thanks in advance.

Rory

Robbo

Yes, you could use your existing dish, but you would be very limited to what you could potentially view. It is either the FTA channels or the Sky encrypted ones, which are easiest got with a Sky Digibox and a necessary Sky subscription/viewing card. Setanta also requires a Sky Viewing card.

I have heard that the Sky encrypted channels can also be watched using a Sky viewing card mated with a Diablo CAM, but this is not without problems.

For the greatest choice a motorised dish is the best option, also you may wish to consider a Technomate receiver, they do a HD version.(TM6800 or 6900).

Another package worth considering is DigitAlb on 16E, if you like football.

You should be OK with the existing cable, as long as it is satellite quality double screened. Benchmarked cables such as wf100 are better.

Robbo

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noley

Hi Robbo,
Thanks for the detailed reply. So, if I get rid of the old sky dish and put another up can I use the existing cable that's already in place ?

Rory

john_m

It depends on the state and age of the cable, try it and see.

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Narc

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And under Configuration I have Auto PMT ON, Emulators ON, N2 AU ON, Fixed CW OFF.



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