Pat wrote:
> "TriJan" <trijan@trijan.com> wrote in message
> news:45ed7422_2@x-privat.org...
>> Pat wrote:
>>> "TriJan" <trijan@trijan.com> wrote in message
>>> news:45ea9691$1_2@x-privat.org...
>>>> Pat wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>> Your satellite man is a prick, total cowboy.
>>>>
>>>> Trij
>>> Well I may go down this route now as I canot seem to set this motor up.
>>> How easy are they to install. If I want for instance 10 satellites,
>>> obviously all the LNB's will be pointing in different directions? How
>>> difficult is it to set up
>> You'll want the bigger dish. It's easy to set-up, but having read your
>> stories, maybe you should get some help!
>> You can only get sats up to 40 degrees apart.
>>
>> trij
>
> Been speaking to someone else on another forum who has the same problems as
> me. He took his FS Ultimate back to maplins for the same reason. As he was
> leaving the store an Asian guy was too taking his back complaining it didnt
> work.
> I have followed instructions given and still no joy. I think the box is
> faulty although Maplins disagree. I take your point though about the help
> thing is here. If its ot a standard SKY dish nobody wants to know
>
> Thanks for the help

I had a Fortec Star and the signal was stuck on 40 percent (quality) for
some tranponders (dish was perfectly aimed) - wouldn't budge until I did
a box reset. Lots of other firmware bugs (especially the Ulitmate
model). Conclusion - get a better box with technical better support.
(support told me they wouldn't support the Ultimate because it was an
old model (2004, old, yeah!, right!). Pricks!

Trij