Tony1A
Never going back to Sky TV. Ever!
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2013
- Messages
- 817
- Reaction score
- 517
- Points
- 93
- Age
- 58
- Location
- Somewhere In County Durham
- My Satellite Setup
- Humax HDR1100S Freesat Recorder. Medion HD satellite box with Gibertini 1m motorised dish. Triax TD78 for Freesat. Triax TD64 for Freesat to 3 rooms. 2 Panasonic Freeview+ HD recorders.
- My Location
- North-East England, UK
This morning I have conducted some tests to see what is going on. I connected the RX cable and LNB cable together and my box still went crazy. I reconnected them to the motor and and then tried a different box....RESULT....the technomate box is bad. I think the power supply is defective due to our house power tripping a couple of weeks back and the box went beserk. The internal fan started running and the red display light flashed continuously.
The box I have put in place is a Medion and as soon as I connected it, set the location and all that, it sent the dish to the satellites and started scanning. The motor, LNB and cable is fine. The medion has lots of advantages over the Technomate one as it switches aspect ratio to the broadcast and it's better picture quality to my eyes. It also scans very quickly, but I'm unsure of the channel capacity it has.
Other than the Technomate, can anyone recommend a different box? I'm a bit reluctant to get another one.
The box I have put in place is a Medion and as soon as I connected it, set the location and all that, it sent the dish to the satellites and started scanning. The motor, LNB and cable is fine. The medion has lots of advantages over the Technomate one as it switches aspect ratio to the broadcast and it's better picture quality to my eyes. It also scans very quickly, but I'm unsure of the channel capacity it has.
Other than the Technomate, can anyone recommend a different box? I'm a bit reluctant to get another one.