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Spot on m8 I've had my 2.4m maplin fortecstar for 3 years now. Showtime Sports 24/7 , great buy, if you know how to fit it its the beezneez Just because members had problems with it, does not mean the product is faulty

Hi Iggy, Thanks for that update, keep us posted m8. I have the firmware you are referring to for the Eurosport HD fix , except I have not found a way to "open" it, I know what the problem was as I saw it when it was FTA , are you able to open this channel via EMU or some CAM ?

Hi m8 I will be very interested to see if you get to work. I am told that ITV HD does have a permanent message on display, something like "Service not starting until later" without sound , so in theory you be seeing something , but let us know after tonights game.

They already show Portuguese and Dutch football , usually on their FTA channels, the sub channels are for the bigger leagues :)

Hi Iggy What tools did you use to edit those values ? The channel editor that is widely available for this receiver does not seem to create an .rs232 file comptible with the STB upgrader. So how did you edit the VPID details ? and are you running the EMU firmware version from 29 Mar ? Also...

@Syd M8, the distance of the LNB from centre of dish is not far from what the recommended value in what they call manual that comes with the dish, I think it was about 91cm. I fully recommend that you try yourself and not worry about what the numbers are. Take a TV next to the dish , locate...

For the record guys. Using Maplin's 'rubbish' dish, 2.4m , in London. All Nilesat, all the time available. In heavy rain - while Sky on minidish fail - Showsport still kicking. C120 / feedhorn used and a few days fine tuning required. Putting the dish together is nightmare (2 ppl job)...

Cheers for the PM, and thanks to everyone for their input Just been playing around, good clear sky & much better results. Now V channels hitting 50% sig quality (Humax) , thats 99% on technosat Rx (which gets excited with 97-99% while Humax is still on 30%!). Now, the Horizontal channels, I...

Yes, I PM'd you the other day, I am also around Watford. I'm sure my 1.2 slightly out, only slightly , but I am reasonably happy with its arc, getting all the channels I need at the moment from 42E to 30W. It will never get the H transponders on nilesat 7W with 24/7 availability so I wasn't...

M8 , you are quiet right , but look at the diff in price. I simply expect it to perform better than what I am seeing, and it is making me wonder where am going wrong. Tried my best to bolt the petals correctly. Quick test with strings across it show they intersect reasonably well (within 1/4...

Guys, Greetings to all , as my 1st post, and it is a query: In London, I receive Nilesat Vertical TPs at around 20 to 25% signal quality using 1.2m dish, with nothing from Horizontal TPs. Aiming to get the Horizontal channels, I got a prime focus 1.8m dish (maplins cheap Fortecstar) , plus a...