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<blockquote data-quote="dxsat" data-source="post: 442814" data-attributes="member: 193607"><p>The Pace 440 works Ok in the UK, or in any place where signals are relatively balanced in strength across the spectrum.</p><p>In a country such as Spain where the south beam is so strong, and north and 2D beam so weak, the 440's tuner easily overloads and shows 'No signal' when it is actually receiving a very strong one.</p><p>I had a particular problem with a 440 showing no signal on Sky Movies and History Channel. At the time, it was caused by adjacent transponders on Eurobird swamping the wanted one. The distributor asked me to send back reception reports on the H and V channels either side. all were about 90- 95 % signal quality (BER) The one in the middle that was problematical was slightly lower. I replaced the box with another 440, result: identical, then went back a third time with a secondhand Pace 430n, result: perfect reception. Others have reported similar problems elsewhere in Europe.</p><p>The new Amstrad is preferred by the distributor/ installer that I work with in the UK, there have been some problems with the Thomson boxes in multiswitch installations in flats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dxsat, post: 442814, member: 193607"] The Pace 440 works Ok in the UK, or in any place where signals are relatively balanced in strength across the spectrum. In a country such as Spain where the south beam is so strong, and north and 2D beam so weak, the 440's tuner easily overloads and shows 'No signal' when it is actually receiving a very strong one. I had a particular problem with a 440 showing no signal on Sky Movies and History Channel. At the time, it was caused by adjacent transponders on Eurobird swamping the wanted one. The distributor asked me to send back reception reports on the H and V channels either side. all were about 90- 95 % signal quality (BER) The one in the middle that was problematical was slightly lower. I replaced the box with another 440, result: identical, then went back a third time with a secondhand Pace 430n, result: perfect reception. Others have reported similar problems elsewhere in Europe. The new Amstrad is preferred by the distributor/ installer that I work with in the UK, there have been some problems with the Thomson boxes in multiswitch installations in flats. [/QUOTE]
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