Recent content by c128

I've had my refund too. Shame really, as on paper it looked to be just what I was looking for :-( Not sure what alternatives there are out there really - well, not ones that cover DVB-S2 and DiSEqC for under £300. I've even started to look at Satlink meters again, specifically this one...

Thanks, How useful would you say your WS6906 really is in use? Does it basically work as advertised bar the build quality/screen issues? Do Satlink release firmware updates to address issues/what's their customer support like? I've most recently had a Sathhero SH500G - the build quality of...

Anyone any experience of this? _http://satlinkmeters.co.uk/satlink/ws-6932.htm Seems to offer an awful lot for the money (about £214 delivered, less if bought from outside the UK) - specifically DVB-S2, DiSEqC and a spectrum analyser. What I can seem to get a grip on, having read the small...

Just to finally complete my experience of this meter, here are two videos that mirror what livadaki also posted: _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kwu5E9JIXk _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v_inLwmbpw These are both attempts to tune to a DVB-S2 frequency at 28E on a well aligned dish in good...

Thanks for the update livadaki. Yes, I has just returned mine too. Luckily, here in the UK, consumers are legally covered by the Sale of Goods Act - basically that means if something is inherently faulty (which clearly this meter is, as we've both seen) then the consumer is entitled to a full...

As a follow-up to the above, I've now tried out my SH500G in a cleaner environment - a 90cm dish at someone else's property setup to have high signal strength and quality feeding a Humax Foxsat HDR. This is a well setup dish, receiving all Freesat HD channels without issue, regardless of the...

Something for a new thread? I started this thread with regard to issues with the SatHero SH500G

Yeah, I'm with you on that :-( - just want to make sure I take all the variables out and try it for myself in a clean and known environment. The odd thing is that cdtronix have it locking on a DVB-S2 frequency at 28.2, specifically they've checked 11023H S/R 23000 (from an email reply). It's...

I'd be interested to hear how you get on with that. For my part, if the weather's OK on the weekend, I'm going to try a separate mini-dish from my main install, get good signals on the DVB-S frequencies of 28.2 and then see if I can lock any on the DVB-S2 ones. Hopefully the retailer posting...

Yes, that's what we're saying and others have mentioned - it doesn't read and lock DVB-S2 signals. To clarify, I'm not expecting to see DVB-S video, and haven't mentioned that, but I am expecting it to lock frequencies on a DVB-S2 transponder, which mine doesn't seem to. Could you check one of...

Some results - not good :-( I should say, before providing these, that my dish is not close to being precisely aligned. However... 19.2E 11436 V 22000 Lock/Unlock on display, no Lock LED 11464 H 22000 Lock/Unlock on display, no Lock LED 11992 H 27500 Lock/Unlock on display, no Lock...

Actually, I'm now not so sure. I'll double-check tomorrow, but I had assumed a lock as I glanced across to "Lock" on the display - didn't pay any attention to the LED, or whether the "Lock" switched to "Unlock" over any period of time. Any fluctuation in the signal itself I put down to my...

mmm...interesting, and a bit worrying :-( . I'll double check this tomorrow. Just looking over the stored channels for 28.2E, and I notice that none of the BBC's HD services are there - all DVB-S2. This I kind of expect, I guess, being that the meter can't display DVB-S2 channels...

Had a chance to check this for you now, and my SH500G locks on both of those frequencies at 19.2 fine. For reference, in case it's a firmware or hardware version issue, under "System Info" I have the following: Model: SH-500G H/W: V1.2 S/W: V2.0 I have a bit of a fluctuating...

mmm...that sounds a bit worrying. I'll give it a go this weekend and post back.