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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Newbie trying to setup for Sky Digital and Hotbird. PLEASE HELP!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="robbieb43" data-source="post: 393599" data-attributes="member: 177908"><p>I agree with rolfw, the Sky box is a real pain to use on other sats. It gets into a sulk and often takes a while to get locked when you go back to the Sky mux after you have had it locked to a non Sky. I can't help but wonder whether the only reason it works at all is to avoid some anti-competition critism. I saw a FTA box going for sub £50 the other day so once you start looking at the costs of switches etc it is not much of a leap. I see one well known dealer is flogging some Dreambox lookalikes (see Wotsat) that you can run the DM500 soft on for about £110 (and all that implies). That adds up to a lot of fun for your money. </p><p></p><p>BTW I have used manual switches in the past and they also become a pain.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robbieb43, post: 393599, member: 177908"] I agree with rolfw, the Sky box is a real pain to use on other sats. It gets into a sulk and often takes a while to get locked when you go back to the Sky mux after you have had it locked to a non Sky. I can't help but wonder whether the only reason it works at all is to avoid some anti-competition critism. I saw a FTA box going for sub £50 the other day so once you start looking at the costs of switches etc it is not much of a leap. I see one well known dealer is flogging some Dreambox lookalikes (see Wotsat) that you can run the DM500 soft on for about £110 (and all that implies). That adds up to a lot of fun for your money. BTW I have used manual switches in the past and they also become a pain. Cheers Rob [/QUOTE]
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