Recent content by Dave UK

Hi Sman, Thanks for your quick reply and all the helpful advice you gave me last year when I was selecting the gear I should use. I will try your suggestion tomorrow (if I can decipher your instuctions:)) and report back here. Regards - Dave

Hi y'all Well at last I've got my sytem installed....it's only taken me a year!!!!!!! I finally decided to pay a man to install my dish and now all is working fine EXCEPT one thing........I can't see any of the Channel 4 channels!!! Although the signal strengths indicate 95%/96% the screen is...

I'll let you know................at the moment I'm looking for an installer to complete the job for me! Dave

Many thanks, Satman, but I'll try to find someone more local to Swindon.

I need someone to install my motorised dish to an already erected pole and carry out the necesary alignments at my house in Swindon. (I chickened out of completing the installation myself!) The dish is an aluminium Penta 85, assembled with a TM2300 motor and Invacom lnb and cabled. (see photo)...

I know the suggestions to torch the tree were only joking, but I don't think advocating arson is a very good idea..........some might think it's a good solution but the results could be horrendous! I bet you haven't taken up my earlier suggestion that you contact your local council. It's free...

Try talking to your council, they can sometimes be very helpful in cases such as these.......honestly!

Sorry Guys............I stand corrected............I WAS WRONG! :-DOH2 (I hate having egg on my face, I will keep my nose OUT in future) Dave

Hi denno69. Please excuse me for sticking my nose in but, even though I'm a :-newb , there seems something wrong with both photos! In the first one, I can't understand how the branches of the tree that must be at least 50 yards beyond your Sky dish are showing between the camera and IN FRONT of...

You're absolutely right, Satman, I didn't get to my age by taking unnecessary risks.:)

Just watched it going overhead here in Swindon.............it's an impressive sight to realise that you are looking at a man-made object flying in space! EDIT: I think what I saw was the Space Station as it is a bit early for the shuttle! Sorry!

Well, I've sawn off the protruding screws and cable-tied the cable BUT..............I'm afraid I've chickened out of assembling the dish/motor to the pole:-crying I have to admit it is a little beyond my capability (and nerve) so I will now have to call in a professional to finish the job for...

I am in the process of installing a motorised dish to enable me, as a complete newbie, to join you many satellite viewers. I temporarily have my TM-5400 Rx connected to my Sky dish and am receiving FTA channels from 28.2E. Is it possible to use my Sky+ card in the TM-5400 in order to receive...

I agree with your 'little and often' advice, Tivu. My knowledge is growing daily as I follow informative threads such as this one started by LoMax..........my thanks to both of you and all other contributors to such threads. Dave

Well, I've completed all the pre-assembly that I can including, fitting a cable from the lnb to the motor (not yet cable-tied to the frame, I have to buy some tomorrow), making a short cable to connect between the motor and the signal strength meter, and fitted F connectors to each end of the...