satcatcher said:
Trimax , openbox , dsm all the same . most go wrong in the first month unless your lucky ! made to china quality control standards ! bad batteries, constructed from a basic miniture satellite receiver with satellite receiver derived software and they just added an lcd screen. not accurate and very hard to see the screen detail outside and very slow lock speeds when you are moving the dish! if you want a small tv and receiver to take on picnics to mess with or a new toy for the kids at christmas ,buy one cheap and forget about warrantee, spare parts or any support at all . Sorry to be so truthfull about this piece of rubbish , but as a manufacturer it annoys me that they market this toy as a satellite meter , when it doesnt work! give it a wide berth.
Without getting in to a slagging match i had one of your meters, the Excel TV Mk3, £560. i plugged it in aligined the dish all seemed to be going well apart from the fact that the meter would randomly turn off every now and then despite it having a full charge. when i was happy that i was "on the arc" i plugged the dreambox 800 in, set the USALs settings the same as the meter dish was on 0.8w, accorrding to your meter... then strangly when i sent the dreambox to open a FTA channel on Thor the motor movedabout 2 degrees. every satellite was out. i plugged your meter direclt in to the LNB and used a dreambox 500 to move the motor all set up and running perfectly. I tried this on THREE systems one with a TM1500 but the samr thing, i sent it back and you accused me of being inexperienced and said it was a common fault with Dreamboxes.
I then did an install using an iphone a laptop and a dream500 with PLI signal meter, it was quicker and more accurate than your meter!
I got a refund and bought a Satlook Micro G2 did 2 full installs the other day moved the motor loads full arc perfect, still had half a battery when i was finished and both owners who had dreamboxes could get every satellite....
Now maybe i dont have the experience that you have but i know when something is not working as it should.
Your "opinion of the FS1 are unfounded, you dont have one, never have. you have a biased opinion naturally as you are trying to sell your equipment. i think it shows the signs of a poor business man who slags off competitors without 100% proof. Buy a FS1 test it and tell us the faults.