Has anyone tried one of these Sat Meters

buzzbomb

Anyone know anything about the "3.5" Color LCD Pro Digital Satellite Finder Meter TV2" Item number: 250349631913 on Ebay.

I am not a professional installer but would like something a bit better than my small sat finder I currently use for tweaking my dish.

Dreambox 500s, Protek 9600ip, echolink el888 (not used) precision 1.8m motorised dish. standalone positioner(in scotland)moteck 2100a(in greece)

pedro2000uk

It's basically a portable Comag/ Silvercrest type receiver with an LCD & battery pack/ charger.. put together as a meter ..

satelliteman

yes, I was going to say it's only a satellite receiver with a in built screen. May show the SNR & power strenghts as do high end receivers. Still not a bad price

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pedro2000uk

I think it would come down to what it's like to use like that .. battery life/ recharge time, tuner sensitivity, screen in daylight, if you can use the lcd on its own & output the video/ audio (the English is not very good as to whether it can), if it all works fairly well and there are more options on the 3 digit display then it's an option....

or if not ... you could use it as a portable stb (with monitor if your eyesight's OK)

buzzbomb

Thanks guys for the comments. Agree it is basically a mini battery operated sat receiver (3 hours on external use).

Below I have listed the spec as detailed in the user manual. From what I can see in the manual it only has sig intensity and quality readings but no ber reading. Apparenty u will get a picture on the screen with 35% quality reading which I thought was quite good. Not sure how important the lack of BER is for me given I am only likely to use it for my own motorised system and re-alighning family sky systems.

Obviously the price is the big attraction although the £120 quoted on Ebay may rise if I get charged import duty. (anyone any idea how much that would be on a £80 product)?

Any further comments from u guys would be appreciated

Display screen,TFT 2.5” / 3.5” pixels,Battery pack DC7.4V 4000mAh
A/V output,Video RCA/S-Video,Audio RCA left/right/stero channel
Input impedance 75 (F style),Input frequency 950~2150MHZ
Input signal strength-65 ~-25dBm
Symbol Rate 2-45MbaudsMCPC,SCPC compatible
EB/O Threshold 4.1dB
Demodulation QPSK ,Input voltage DC8.5V
Video decode ISO/IEC 13818-ZMP @ML NTSC/PAL
size 165x125x80mm
Audio decode ISO/IEC 13818-3Layerl & 2
Weight 780g(with battery)

Dreambox 500s, Protek 9600ip, echolink el888 (not used) precision 1.8m motorised dish. standalone positioner(in scotland)moteck 2100a(in greece)