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Thanks for the responses How do I manually type in these transponder codes into my technomate? The engineer showed me quickly but I can't seem to do it anymore Anyone know the steps to take please? Thanks

Following on from a recent post I have bought a Cam and Bis card and had my satellite repointed to 13.0E Hotbird. There is now a really strong signal with lots and lots of channels. However I can still not get any of the French channels I am expecting via Bis? The channels such as M6 and France...

Pretty sure it's not motorised as the signal is only good on Astra Options seem to be to get the dish moved to 5w to pick up a v small handful of French channels fr2, fr3 and TV5 Monde or buy a bis cam and card (just had this confirmed from technomate customer services)

I can't find the invoice anywhere so cannot tell what kind of sat I have. It looks fairly fixed up on the side of the house and is about the same size as the sky satellite - doesn't look motorised but wouldn't know how to tell. However if I goto the settings on technomate menu I can select...

Had some conflicting info as the TV corner guys seem to think my TM-5402-HD M2 CI super+ won't work with Fransat They suggest I need to go down the Bis subscription rout When you suggest go for 5.ow my satellite says Atlantic bird not Hotbird My Hotbird setting is 13.0E Assume I select 5.0w...

Thanks v much for the response It sounds like I should sell my technomate and purchase a tntsat receiver.. Although will certainly try the Swiss satellite option Cheers

Apologies, I'm not very techo savvy so in need of some advice. Had a satellite and technomate 5420 HD receiver installed and am fairly disappointed with the number of channels available. I really want to get more French channels (French freeview if possible?) - I assumed I need some kind of...