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I can't see this previously reported: Brit Hits has changed EPG number from 385 to 215

Titanium is just a brand name. It's expensive because it has copper shielding; the cheaper stuff has aluminium foil. If your run is going to be over 20m it may be worth paying for copper shielded cable (whatever the brand). If under 20m, then as long as its proper satellite cable the aluminium...

As other have said, this is a load of male genitals. My contribution is to say that buying a FTV card for any price (and 100 Euros is double the going rate) at the moment is a gamble, as there are strong rumours from reliable sources that there will be a card change next year, in which case...

That's a far politer adjective than the one used in my own forum - it was one of my subscribers who found it in the first place and shared it with us. Apologies:-slaphead

Analoguesat (and others), you may be interested in the following thread on this subject in A.N. Other forum Check the next to last post (by Tomo3090) here _http://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9845&posts=9 I had to check it wasn't posted on 1st April.

My IPBox 9000 is on its way and should be with me sometime during the week. Once I've had a chance to play with it, I'll report back.

I'm using several different Linux boxes (Dreambox and IPBox) with Sky cards 99% successfully (*). You need the CCcam software. You could search for posts by myself and others in the Dreambox section; if you have any other queries then within the rules of the forum I'm happy to answer them -...

I thought this was almost certain - they will have to move there if they are go FTA as everybody is assuming. Bad news for those of us on the fringe )(-red

Given the later replies, and for the sake of accuracy, the Jesmay gives 12v. I didn't measure the Spaun accurately, but I know it has voltage on all inputs (connect any one to the LNB and that one will work; therefore they must all have power.) I am interested in trying some inline amps as, as...

Add Jesmay and Spaun to that list. My trusty multimeter tells me that there's 12v (more or less) on each input. I was wrong But not 14v or 18v, and I think that's significant. But this isn't enough to power the in-line amplifiers I had lying around to play with (Tecatel and Global) - putting...

I don't think it would work, for the reason that made me go :-DOH! in post no. 22 in this thread.

I've been thinking about this. Something that's of great significance in this area is cross polar rejection. We have wildly differing reception conditions for the different Astra2 satellites. In particular, the north beam transponders can be swamped by adjacent south beam and, to a lesser...

Yes, of course! :-DOH! I wasn't thinking straight.

I don't know whether you'd call it a weak explanation or not, but it seems that as 2D ages so its output is decreasing very slightly. I find that I'm now receiving no more with my 3,1m dish than I was three years ago with a 2,4m. The same reports are happening all over the place, so it seems...

Perhaps I have got the wrong end of the stick, but on thinking about this, I have the following query. The CVE 5520 R needs a mains input. It is pictured at the receiver end of the line. But I would have thought it should be placed as close to the LNB as possible. Unless it is weatherproof...