Portable Satellite Receiver

[closetosoton]

These people really annoy me, they deprive genuine buyers of acquiring a bargain.

i sent a message to the seller of the £199 units asking if they would match the lidl price, i await a reply in anticipation!

 

[BGonaSTICK]

i sent a message to the seller of the £199 units asking if they would match the lidl price, i await a reply in anticipation!

ROF!!! You're a very bad man... O-Ha

I'll wait a few weeks, and pick one up for a tenner...

 

[frikoriko]

point south, then 5degrees to the west.
pre-set channel to: - 11590.00Mhz Vertical - DVB/MPEG2 - Symbol Rate: 19636 FEC: 2/3

(details taken from _http://www.kingofsat.net/en/freqs.php?&pos=5.0W&standard=Digital&filtre=Clear)

and scoot around with the dish.

the only issue is your dish might be too small for this satellite.... dunno.
i use a 60cm dish for analogue transmissions on the south coast of uk.

-cts

Will give this a try tonight when I get home. Fingers crossed. Thx

 

[closetosoton]

ROF!!! You're a very bad man...

You asked:
"i note lidl are selling these for £69.99 would you consider matching the price? http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050523.p.Portable_Satellite_Receiver"

Reply
"hello cannot match price have spoke to lidl but they have sold out i got these from germany but might be open to offers"

seems to suggest if you find the right source, you might get them 'cheap' from germany.....

 

[gameboy]

You asked:
"i note lidl are selling these for £69.99 would you consider matching the price? http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050523.p.Portable_Satellite_Receiver"

Reply
"hello cannot match price have spoke to lidl but they have sold out i got these from germany but might be open to offers"

Strange he didn't add your question to the auction page!

seems to suggest if you find the right source, you might get them 'cheap' from germany.....

Cheap source in Germany - Lidl perhaps...

 

[frikoriko]

Strange he didn't add your question to the auction page!





Cheap source in Germany - Lidl perhaps...

Well he'd be lying if the manual he'll provide isn't in german

 

[closetosoton]

Strange he didn't add your question to the auction page!

i did consider putting a fictionary "portable satellite" system for auction, just for information only (i.e. don't bid - i have nothing for sale) just to inform the folks of the misjustice they are being subjected to, but that'd probably land me in a whole heap of cr*p with eBay.... i think its up to eBayers to shop around. i often find things cheaper elsewhere, but some folks can't help themselves when it comes to eBay, I know I've made some pointless purchases. check this out:

-cts

 

[rolfw]

It doesn't need to be a fictional item, just advertise an information sheet and include it on the auction page. Do a buy now at 1p.

PS. "phoned Lidl but they had sold out", yes, probably because the bastard bought the last three.

 

[BGonaSTICK]

That's what I always want to do when I see people selling the www.freesatfromsky.co.uk website address for a pound. Bstards.

:-lan2

And another thing... why do people pay £35 for a 'second-hand' card? O-Ha

Sorry, thread bent beyond reasonable bounds...

 

[italiastar]

I bought one of these systems last year and in all honesty it was great whilst it worked. What frustrated me was that the dish looked like a plastic dustbin lid, but worked perfectly with the exception of very heavy rain, which I thought was excellent. I'm in south London and I picked up Hotbird perfectly and could do the same with Astra. I was very pleased with this kit.

Unfortunately, just before Christmas it Blew up, literally! Lidl could only offer a refund, after returning it to the store and waiting 2 weeks for a cheque. Their authorised repairer was not answering the phone, and not responding to e-mail - in fact the e-mail box was full. Eventually he responded after 8 weeks and offered to replace the reciever - however this was 8 weeks too late as I'd already bought another one. This is the response I got when I told him this -

Quote:
Dear Sir,

There are always customers like you no matter what we do we could never fulfil your requests.

I pride my self in the service I give and give a service to lidl customers which I believe is far better than there competition.

But there will always be customers like yourself who will always complain and no matter what we do to help will always continue to complain expecting something for nothing.

Thank god I am an independent service.


My advice is get a proper one like a Technomate, Humax etc. If you're in the south of the UK a Sky minidish should work fine - mine is perfect - even in heavy rain!

 

[frikoriko]

I finally got it to work! At 00:45 last night (or this morning )
The compass that came with it was misleading me and wasn't showing me the real south. I decided to take out my PocketPC, loaded up TomTom Navigator and found South using the compass. Also there was a part of the building blocking the reception, so I decided to move the dish higher up just in case. And it all worked!
I got a signal of 70% on Atlantic Bird 3 - haven't tried the others. The french channels are extremely clear.

Katie, if you are still trying, try the same satellite as me:
Atlantic Bird 3 at 5.0°W

STB Settings:
Satellite: Amos 1
Transponder: Manually enter 11591 Vertical 19636 2/3
LNB Freq: Universal
DiSEqC: LNB1
Motor: Disable
FTA Only: Yes
Start Search: Satellite (you won't need that one)

THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE HELPING US NEWBIES

 

[BGonaSTICK]

Nice one m8. Welcome to the world of mega-free telly!

 

[closetosoton]

cool, well done, i'm a bit surpirsed you have to set the satellite to Amos 1, that's at 4W (_http://www.lyngsat.com/amos1.html), not 5W. I don't think it matters though since you're manually entering the frequency and other details - i think it would only be of concern to you if you didn't enter the freq manually, then the receiver knows which freqs to scan based on its internal database of satellites and their transmitter frequencies etc...

cts

 

[rolfw]

I bought one of these systems last year and in all honesty it was great whilst it worked. What frustrated me was that the dish looked like a plastic dustbin lid, but worked perfectly with the exception of very heavy rain, which I thought was excellent. I'm in south London and I picked up Hotbird perfectly and could do the same with Astra. I was very pleased with this kit.

Unfortunately, just before Christmas it Blew up, literally! Lidl could only offer a refund, after returning it to the store and waiting 2 weeks for a cheque. Their authorised repairer was not answering the phone, and not responding to e-mail - in fact the e-mail box was full. Eventually he responded after 8 weeks and offered to replace the reciever - however this was 8 weeks too late as I'd already bought another one. This is the response I got when I told him this -

Quote:
Dear Sir,

There are always customers like you no matter what we do we could never fulfil your requests.

I pride my self in the service I give and give a service to lidl customers which I believe is far better than there competition.

But there will always be customers like yourself who will always complain and no matter what we do to help will always continue to complain expecting something for nothing.

Thank god I am an independent service.


My advice is get a proper one like a Technomate, Humax etc. If you're in the south of the UK a Sky minidish should work fine - mine is perfect - even in heavy rain!

Unbelievable, I wonder if Lidl know how he speaks about their products?

Have you now got your refund and who is this joker?

 

[frikoriko]

cool, well done, i'm a bit surpirsed you have to set the satellite to Amos 1, that's at 4W (_http://www.lyngsat.com/amos1.html), not 5W. I don't think it matters though since you're manually entering the frequency and other details - i think it would only be of concern to you if you didn't enter the freq manually, then the receiver knows which freqs to scan based on its internal database of satellites and their transmitter frequencies etc...

cts

True, the satellite name doesn't matter if you are entering the settings manually. I just left it on Amos as it was closer to 5W. I didn't see any option for adding satellite names, I've only been able to add settings to provided ones.

 

[closetosoton]

True, the satellite name doesn't matter if you are entering the settings manually. I just left it on Amos as it was closer to 5W. I didn't see any option for adding satellite names, I've only been able to add settings to provided ones.

in the list there should appear "Atlantic Bird 3" or something similar.... one would hope....- cts

 

[closetosoton]

True, the satellite name doesn't matter if you are entering the settings manually. I just left it on Amos as it was closer to 5W. I didn't see any option for adding satellite names, I've only been able to add settings to provided ones.

you might check your software version, and if its not the latest update it

official s/w start here: _http://www.comag-ag.de/engl/en_home.html
(I think this is your receiver) updated s/w versions often contain updated satellite/trnasponder updates.

for un official s/w, start here:
_http://forums.exthus.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=38 (with this it may be possible to watch some otherwise encrypted channels, no promises!)

-cts

 

[frikoriko]

Cheers for the links.
I confirm AB3 isn't listed in the box's setup

 

[Topper]

Cheers for the links.
I confirm AB3 isn't listed in the box's setup

we're all pleased for you frikoriko I just hope Katy manages the same before she blows a gasket. There is nothing like that first channel showing on the TV, happy days

 

[italiastar]

Unbelievable, I wonder if Lidl know how he speaks about their products?

Have you now got your refund and who is this joker?
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Rolf​

The refund was no problem - if you exclude the two week wait. Lidl seem to forget to point out that all refunds over £20 have to be referred to head office, who then send a cheque. As they would have known about this issue, from what this forum said about these units blowing up very quickly, they could have handled it better, but as they are essentially "baked bean" shifters, and not much can go wrong with a can of beans, their service was fine.

The "Joker" is their authorised repairer in the UK from a company http://www.jutah.com/page0001.htm whose main product was Solar Powered Cat-Eyes - a real money spinner - you see them every day! I've just looked are they are now a satellite equipment supplier. To be fair the e-mail above was after I declined his offer two replace the reciever in a e-mail which he sent 8 weeks after I originally tried to contact him - by then I'd recieved my refund and bought a replacment Technomate.

As a warning to recent purchasers of this reciever, my ran hot from the start. I thought this was odd, but never having had a satellite reciever, I guessed this was normal. It was always put on standby when not in use (most of the time) and therefore this may have extended it's life. When I got the technomate I realised that they did not run hot, so this may have been the fault all along. I'm surprised that Lidl didn't recall these if it's a known issue. Up until it blew-up it was a great piece of kit.

I've tuned into Hotbird and two Astra satellites and notice that you've tuned into Atlantic - is there much on it? As a hint to tune into Hotbird, I was told that it's position is roughly where the sun is at 11am GMT based on where I live, near Kingston Surrey.