Recent content by bartok

Hi all, can you get Triax dish parts anywhere in UK/Ireland? It's an 88cm dish, and I need the original fixed mount. For years I had the dish 36v motorised, and now I want to switch to diseq. Problem is that the dish is fitted to the heavy old actuator/ motorised type mount, Is there any...

The latest Pinnacle device is the (Dazzle) DVC90. Around 90€. I got one lately and it works fine. Two things to watch: First, it only works with Windows XP. Second, the (AVI) DV files it produces are enormous. It's the compression to MPEG (or any compression) that takes time. That's...

Thanx, jimbo. Found it. 1500 CI+ stuff hard to find, maybe because the box is newish? Mind you, after I try patching, and fry my receiver most likely, I'll probably wish I hadn't found it at all. All part of the fun, looks like. Thanx again bartok

Got ya, toppervte33h. And thanks for the welcome :) I found a site eventually, so I'll give it a whirl. Just one related Q. Are there many examples of mischevious or malicious patches? I doubt the site I found is like that, it's been around a while it seems, and it claims to test files...

Can you patch the Technomate 1500CI+ ? I've done the official upgrade, and all works, but I can't find any mention of patching for this receiver anywhere. Can you help? Big thanx, bartok

I hope this isn;t too dumb a qestion, but how do you know that a patchfile is safe? I've just got a Technomate 1500 CI+, and I think it can be patched instead of programming a card. If I knew where to get patchfiles (which I don;t yet) I'd still need to know how to make sure they weren;t...