Bought Technomate 8000 while drunk!!

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Hi all,
Got in from the pub and logged into eBay. I know, I know - you should never do it. Anyway, I was looking in the satellite bit and saw that a Technomate TM 8000 HD MC CI was going for a song so I went for it - I know, I know, don't go onto ebay when you come home from pub. Anyway, I got it for just over 70 quid. Now I'm sober, I can't find how to patch the thing. I've spent about 3 days on google and searching forms but still no further forward. Does anyone know if this can be patched and if it can, how do you do it? Should I put it back on ebay and get something else??
Thanks - Colin
 
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Didn't look very hard did you? ;)
If it works I say it was worth it?
Technomate 8000 with embedded
"magic" CAM & 80 Gb hard drive.
Not sure about patching, but I'd have thought you'd get something out of it?
Look on dragon forums to see if there's owt for embedded cams?:
_http://www.ucassupport.nl/dragonsupport/english/index1.htm
 
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Even the infamous "Darkman" does not appear to have "patches" for a TM8000.
Jeff;)
 
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Just over £70, better go out and get drunk again as it looks like you've got yourself a little bargain.
The Technomate 8000 HD 120 MC CI retails for about £285, the TM 8000 HD 80 MC CI for a bit less .
The 120 and the 80 are the size of the hard disc in GB's.
But as yet no patch for them. :(
 
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If it has a CI you could use a Dragon or Matrix which will do quite a lot for your new box.
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Think they are the biggest load of crap, no support from the manufacture on this machine. Take the HD out, get a dreambox and put the hd in that. The sat config in the 8000 if all f***ed up and they DONT know to fix it. Maybe an odd 8000 is ok but chuck it out mate. And no patch for it either. Think the Kaon is a grat machine for the money, support, tools etc. 75 quid I think there going for.
 
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Well this has put me off buying the 8000 !! What do you chaps reckon to the Technomate 7755VA ?? any good ? is it updateable/patchable ?

Might be better spending my hard earned on that instead ?

Regards
Will
 
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