Pat wrote:
> "Pat" <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:54roejF21eeotU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Had the satellite man over today. He said I may have a faulty box (Fortec
>> Star Beta)
>> I can get hotbird and astra 1, no problem. Cannot get turksat or arabsat
>> he said I couldnt in the UK. BUT and here is the thing. I store the
>> satellites and can flick from one to another OK, but when I search for
>> another satellite and go back to hotbird or astra which are stored, it
>> wont find them and says no signal, like the dish isnt moving.
>>
>> Are there any easier boxes to use, Oh and by the way, the dish is up near
>> the guttering of the house, when the dish moves it has free range one way
>> not not the other as it pushes against the guttering. I pointed this out
>> twice and he said its not a problem. Its having a good swing dont get me
>> wrong but if I go west to far it hits the guttering and wont go further.
>>
>> HELP ! Please
>>
> Well I absolutely give up
>
> Spent another £70 today on the updated receiver and all was well, got
> hotbird astra etc. I could flick between channels and satellites perfectly.
> Then NOTHING, I couldnt get a thing. I kept getting a INFO TRANSPONDER
> Something message. Now it wont fnd hotbird or anything.
> I truly give up lol

I did advise you to get a fixed dish like the Wave Frontier for this
very reason.