Got Myself A SkyBox F3

Tony1A

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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.
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Admin: feel free to move this if you need to :). (Staff Edit - we do! ;))

HI EVERYONE

I have just bought a SkyBox F3 from Ebay for the sum of £15 but I don't know much about them? What can they do? Are they any good? Sorry for all the questions but I really need some guidance here. Maybe Lazarus can help?

Cheers :D
 

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Bog standard generic multi-Sat Rx which was generally (but not always) bought to make use of it the inbuilt selection of Soft Cams.

Their availability on the second-hand market might be due to the fact that the "Gifts" they were commonly supplied with don't work any more.

But I have two of them as my mainstream multi-Sat boxes and find them easy to operate, with a sensitive tuner, and handy for time-shifting (and recording) using the USB PVR feature.

PS: I'll shift the Topic to the dedicated sub-Forum :)
 

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Oh, and the Blind Scan is pretty quick and effective too.
 

Tony1A

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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.
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Cheers for that!! I look forward to getting this little item which was bought on a whim! But for £15, it was worth taking a risk. :)
 
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