Recent content by ukdave

Thanks for the answers all of you i have no desire to subscribe to pay channels so please tell me why would i need a card slot i am really pleased with the tm5200 i bought it should be illegal to buy a reciever this good for £50

Bought a new tm5200 super a week ago just been to visit my son and got talking to his friend next door he said i would have been better of buying a 5400 as it is the more patchable of the two when i asked why he just went on about technical stuff did not come up with an answer i could relate to...

Thanks for the reply never thought about HDMI being digital but makes sense now will get 5 x RCA cable then

Hi Just sold my SL45 reciever have now bought a Technomate 5200 super at the moment it is a scart to scart lead to tv the tv has component video sockets plus 2 x hdmi i want to use the component video from reciever to tv so should i get a component video cable from reciever to tv plus RCA audio...

Thanks for the replies never thought about USALS just got Diseqc stuck in my head must have had brain fade for a while. So USALS it is dish is a 60cm at the moment but itend to buy a larger dish soon as possible but would rather buy the motor first Any suggestions for a good motor please bearing...

Hi is it possible to motorise a dish with no line of site to the south being new to this hobby i have tried to find info on motorising a dish but it seems a satellite near south is needed to line the dish up. At the moment i have the dish mounted on a 6ft pole on top of the outhouse which is 7ft...

Thanks am really pleased with the way i can ajust the dish now do the better quality dishes come with a better mounting ajustment or do you buy the mounting seperatly. I think i may be ill for a while now i find myself looking at ads and reviews for recievers, dishes,ect is it possible to catch...

Had a play with the SL45 setup this weekend in fact took the whole dish down and started again as i did not like the azimuth ajustment the dish is clamped in place with 2 u bolts and 2 brackets with teeth on when the bolts are slackened of to move the dish left or right the teeth make for a...

Hi A quick update on the LNB skew not had time to move it yet as it is raining heavy so had a quick flip through the channels ive got 738 alltogether but have now lost about half of them either no signal or picture is blocky would this be because the LNB is at the wrong angle. Intensity is still...

Just read post about icecrypt LNB skew when i put dish together i had read somewhere that it needed to be turned clockwise so turned lnb clockwise a little looking at the dish from the lnb the f connector looks like its between 6 and 7 on a clock face will try moving the lnb and will post how i...

Thanks to all who replied to my question re. SL45 got it setup now on the ASTRA/EUROBIRD satellite using an ICECRIPT 60cm mesh dish the LNB came with the dish it just says ICECRIPT universal. To be honest it was easier than i thought to set the dish up but i had read through a lot of posts on...

Hi read quite a few posts about this reciever on the forums so bought one today being my first go at freesat i do not have a dish yet and will not have one for another week as we are on holiday from saturday so will get dish when we get back. Now please can someone tell me if i can plug the...