Recent content by mkdons73

Up and running now , must say it was an experiance and everyones help was needed and used well. Mounted on the front wall in the end , just above my sky dish, although it seems very strange with regards to the sats i pickup more than i expected. Was having problems with the allignment , in the...

Thank you. I'll try that tomorrow morning first thing . Beer time now Thanks

Ok things have just got a little weird, i have just bolted my monobloc to my sky dish connected the cable and i'm not getting any signal , well i'm getting a signal that seems to go up and down along with the quality , LNB faulty? looking at your picture of the monobloc , if you was too look @...

Hi Thanks for the reply No Sats whats so ever not even Astra Ok mounted dish on a tripod like stand on the patio at the back of the garden. All level. On the device that attaches the dish to pole there are a few numbers going from 0 to 90 i take it this is the elevation and needs to be @ 29 i...

Anyone please :confused: , i'm getting to the stage of letting the bin men take the lot :eek:

Trying to setup the main LNB as hotbird 13e , my dish is ground mounted Pic below I cannot for the life of me get any signal at all :confused: Latitude: 52.006° Longitude: -0.743° Name: 13.0E Hotbird 6,7A,8 Distance: 38691km Elevation:29.1° Azimuth (true): 162.8° Azimuth (magn.): 165.3° LNB...

**UPDATE** Sorted the updateing out , changed to COM1 and it worked

Hi, Another couple of question regarding the above box. 1 - Is there any software that can help me edit my own channel list other than going through the vast amounts and deleteing amd moving the , i.e something like Number 1 channel is BBC1 , 2 is BBC 2 etc etc... 2 - Deleteing Satelites , i'm...

hhmmm rescaned on Astra 28.2E and channels were uncrambled

Ok got all my system setup , a question regarding above, i have a valid sly card with movies , the TM i have read about and been told will accept the card , but it seems the movies are all scrambled including channel 4 , am i missing something :confused:

Well, Its taken a couple of days to decide on my setup and would like to share it to see if i have made the correct decisions :) TechnoMate 3200 D+ Faval 85cm Dish 6 Degree Monoblock LNB 0.2Db (Astra 19.2e Hotbird 13e) complete with mountings and fittings. I went with the MonoBlock as due to...

Well seems i got the reciever wrong , its infact a 3400 D+ , no USB so patching will be via cable , what cable is needed , this isn't a problem as i have a couple of laptops i can take to the unit . Cheers Mark

Thank you rolfw, Think i may opt for purchasing a new dish with motor in this case, any recomendations?. I have just purchased a TECHNOMATE TM 5400 CI+ USB, so maybe something that is compatable with this reciever. Cheers Mark

Hi Is it possible to motorize a standered sky dish , i.e just purchase a motor instead of dish and motor. Cheers Mark

Thanks , So Techomates is the way to go , is this patching lark easy to do for a beginner :P , and the best budged reciever from techomate is ? Regards Mark