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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Oyster Caro on Narrowboat
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<blockquote data-quote="m0mcx" data-source="post: 520063" data-attributes="member: 290674"><p>I have an Oyster Caro on my new narrowboat and I took along our home SKY Amstrad settop box to test it out. I flicked the dish controller on, the dish rose, it whizzed around and found Astra 2D (the default for UK market with this dish) and it was like being at home. I was very impressed. I made the boat move by leaping from one side to the other to see if I could reduce the signal but the spec sheet says that it will tolerate up to 8 degrees of movement. Seems a lot but in fairness, I was making the boat move quite a lot and the sig was rock solid.</p><p></p><p>I have a couple of questions:</p><p></p><p>1) The Caro is pre-programmed with a few different birds and you can program others. Assuming that I tell it to go and find another satellite, will I need a different receiver to view the channels? We have the Amstrad DRX550 white streamlined thing and I'm not sure what else it will do.</p><p></p><p>2) Will I need another contract to use a permanently assigned new Sky Box on the boat, or can I take the card from the box at home when we visit the boat? We're addicted to the Disney Channel (kids!) so the free ones aren't much use.</p><p></p><p>3) What else might I do with this system? Any tricks?</p><p></p><p>I'll take a video of the motors seeking Astra 2D sometime and let you see.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Callum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0mcx, post: 520063, member: 290674"] I have an Oyster Caro on my new narrowboat and I took along our home SKY Amstrad settop box to test it out. I flicked the dish controller on, the dish rose, it whizzed around and found Astra 2D (the default for UK market with this dish) and it was like being at home. I was very impressed. I made the boat move by leaping from one side to the other to see if I could reduce the signal but the spec sheet says that it will tolerate up to 8 degrees of movement. Seems a lot but in fairness, I was making the boat move quite a lot and the sig was rock solid. I have a couple of questions: 1) The Caro is pre-programmed with a few different birds and you can program others. Assuming that I tell it to go and find another satellite, will I need a different receiver to view the channels? We have the Amstrad DRX550 white streamlined thing and I'm not sure what else it will do. 2) Will I need another contract to use a permanently assigned new Sky Box on the boat, or can I take the card from the box at home when we visit the boat? We're addicted to the Disney Channel (kids!) so the free ones aren't much use. 3) What else might I do with this system? Any tricks? I'll take a video of the motors seeking Astra 2D sometime and let you see. Cheers, Callum. [/QUOTE]
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