Recent content by bk_man

The new white cards which have been replacing blue ones don't authorise in any box other than the original one.. Even the 4,0,1 new install - doesn't remove the message 'this viewing card is not authorised' - upgrading via interactive doesn't change this message either.. For people trying to...

yes Scotland is first - Glasgow was 3 weeks ago

from Spain I used to use 067 to with-hold ID, then the +44870 numbers.. e,g, +44870xxxxx from Germany it was *31# then 0044870xxxx edited because the service is disconnected now anyway.. so it's the 0844 numbers now - I don't know other numbers that work outside - so it's down to those pesky...

no - you don't need another box, and if your using a resller, send me a PM I can give you link for one with virtually no fees..

I use opera, netscape4.7, firefox, text only and IE - all have their pluses and minuses - mainly to do with plugin support... but the most I use opera, then firefox, then ie, then netscape, then text only browser - when I use ie - I use a batch file to make all the registry changes that I need...

two way in europe costs from around 95 euro's a month but you have to buy all the equipment up front, this can cost up to 1800 euro's but you can by the direcway two way kit from US as long as it's out of subscription and use this. if you go hunting for a commercial quality package it costs ca...

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected you have a physical problem - to me I'd say based on what info is in the posts that you have wrong cable type.... or either you are using straight through when it expects cross over or vice versa...

ps what you should be looking for is a dc pcb mini socket or similar, looking for compaq specific spare is like buying your car halogen headlamps from the dealers show room - will cost a fortune for a rebranded package - the dc jack you want shouldn't be much more than in the range 50 cents to...

assuming your not interested in cosmetics then why not just hard wire it, but you'll have to check that you haven't damaged any of the pcb tracks, additionally the knock may have caused other damage, - take it to a tv repair shop if they know what they are doing a bit of pcb repair and getting...

what satellite are you looking at from iraq and with what dish size?

It is fairly complex but why bother, they are very cheap, check smart2check.com - you would need to consider a whole array of things like agc, silencing the lines when transferring the calls and dialling the digits, also call drop detection, you need to think about this, on the other hand of...

I'll try it and let you know - I found it happens on sky's website channel package pages so I'll go back and look at this without the skydsl enabled to see what background apps are called - again I'll let you know tks..

Why not buy a PVR box, I have a samsung PVR unit it's good, but for the full sky plus style capability I am still investigating a dragon cam.. :) ciao - and for your upstairs - try a video sender instead or use the 2nd output from your sky box

Perhaps I'm alone here or amongst the few (apart from some German forums - which don't offer any answers) - I've searched many posts.. I have SkyDsl and it's pretty good - so far not a problem, except for one and it p****s me off regularly... It's java related but why I dunno... The exact...

I missed out the crucial bit the powered motor.. - the maplin one isn't powered, be careful that the receiver you choose has the ability to pass enough current to drive the motor.. or you put the receiver at risk.. if you go for external powered motor then you eliminate this risk... you have to...