Recent content by Steve_W

Well, I decided to rescue the PC from the skip & put XP on it so I have a dedicated machine for this... so that should be better!

Funnily enough I'm just about to do this now! I have 3 meters I'll be updating & the frustrating thing is I didn't even think about it, I chucked an old PC in the skip on Friday with a native RS232! I'm using a Startech adapter with a gender changer, I'll post back the results...

Morning all, I need to supply & fit a dish & LNB/cabling etc, box & card for a customer to receive MaxTV (Croatian). I'm struggling to find a supplier for the box & card, which after initial purchase will be easy to renew subscription. I have been advised by a colleague that Pulsat might do...

At £229 (without hard drive) this twin tuner receiver looks good on paper, has anyone had a fiddle with one yet? I had one for a customer last week, got it out the box, turned it on, configured it how I wanted it in prep for install, then put it away. Got to the customers premises, got it out...

I know this is an old thread but thought I'd just post this in addition: I found on "Jim's aerials" website the frequency range: 217.5 - 230MHz I was on a job today with poor DAB reception, exactly as stated earlier in this thread, I changed the meter to analogue, wound it down to this range...

I have been informed I can get all the transponders I need with a 1 metre dish, what say you?

Old topic I know, but looking to get ADMC sports on 7°West in Kent (Margate) South East UK... is it reliable?

I've got a Vu Plus Duo connected to 28.2e & 13.0e via a Diseqc switch on tuner 1. I have the auto bouguets plugin for 28.2 which works great. I want to replace the file with one that is updated regularly on 28.2 most importantly but also with hotbird. Any help mych appreciated!

A vote for Vix from me... I had a customers VPD on BH and it was just a nightmare with HDD not mounting on startup, therefore EPG not writing to the HDD properly, plugins not working, yesterday I flashed it with Vix, all those problems gone... Mine too also has Vix & is stable...

Just out of interest, down here in South East Kent, currently the atmospheric pressure is 1024 mb. Normal is around 950 (I'm led to believe, I'm not a pro!). So when I connect my spectrum analyser to an incoming aerial to see what the signal is like, I'm seeing an increase of around 8db. Is...

Gents I know this is an old topic but I'm struggling to line up a dish on Hispasat... Signal is fine, I know the only problem is the skew. I've done loads of these without problem, but one particular dish (60cm dish with inverto LNB), secured to a solid wall with no movement (Triax solid dish)...

What a fantastic thread... I want to be able to get into installations like this... I wonder if the OP ever says "There's sod all on love, nip down the video shop will ya?"!! Haha, I came across this thread as I was looking for a TV with built in diseqc switching, looks like I've found one...

I got a malware warning on this one?

Hi all, I've got a motorised dish, I'm an installer and sometimes my foreign customers ask me what the best guide is for scheduled TV. I most of the time just say to look online, but I wondered what sites you guys use for TV guides? I'm mainly on Hotbird or Eutelsat but would like to get as...

Well, I installed one of these for a customer 3 weeks ago. It was on the understanding that it was a new box and is not a standard FreeSat box. After going back to site 3 times to try to resolve ongoing EPG issues she has finally asked for a refund. I have been in touch with Ray from Icecrypt...