In article <5564uoF228qjiU1@mid.individual.net>, Pat
<psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> writes
>I am going to take the plunge and buy a new box me thinks.
>
>Can someone tell me which of these two is the better deal please.
>
>I am going to get one tomorrow ready for the sat man Thursday and just need
>a little advice to see whats better
>
>Ebay item numbers are
>
>220084749390
>
>And
>
>250086957089
>
>thanks again
>
>

For christsakes why don't you buy from an established satellite dealer
as suggested, and that way you'll have some help and support on hand
when you need it!. They more then likely will pre configure it all
before you get it making installation that much easier!....
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <5564uoF228qjiU1@mid.individual.net>, Pat
> <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> writes
>>I am going to take the plunge and buy a new box me thinks.
>>
>>Can someone tell me which of these two is the better deal please.
>>
>>I am going to get one tomorrow ready for the sat man Thursday and just
>>need
>>a little advice to see whats better
>>
>>Ebay item numbers are
>>
>>220084749390
>>
>>And
>>
>>250086957089
>>
>>thanks again
>>
>>
>
> For christsakes why don't you buy from an established satellite dealer
> as suggested, and that way you'll have some help and support on hand
> when you need it!. They more then likely will pre configure it all
> before you get it making installation that much easier!....
> --
> Tony Sayer
>
I will do now. I thought Maplins were one at the time.
Dont get annoyed I am trying my best. Others were suggested after i had
bought it.

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

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>
> "tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:ErzC0nIbyn7FFwFg@bancom.co.uk...
>> In article <5564uoF228qjiU1@mid.individual.net>, Pat
>> <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> writes
>>>I am going to take the plunge and buy a new box me thinks.
>>>
>>>Can someone tell me which of these two is the better deal please.
>>>
>>>I am going to get one tomorrow ready for the sat man Thursday and just
>>>need
>>>a little advice to see whats better
>>>
>>>Ebay item numbers are
>>>
>>>220084749390
>>>
>>>And
>>>
>>>250086957089
>>>
>>>thanks again
>>>
>>>
>>
>> For christsakes why don't you buy from an established satellite dealer
>> as suggested, and that way you'll have some help and support on hand
>> when you need it!. They more then likely will pre configure it all
>> before you get it making installation that much easier!....
>> --
>> Tony Sayer
>>
> I will do now. I thought Maplins were one at the time.
> Dont get annoyed I am trying my best. Others were suggested after i had
> bought it.
>

OK Final chapter. Its all gone to Maplins today. Got a refund. Chap came
this morning that was supposed to come tomorrow. He said motor was faulty as
it only went east. Also the cable was not fixed to my walls instead the
other installer had left it lying in the guttering which is completely full
of water. He said obviously this may have had only a small effect but the
motor a big one.

Thanks for all the help its greatly appreciated Bill and others.

I am now ordering online from Wizard and getting a Technomate 1000Ci because
the supprt if good.

Thanks again

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> > "tony sayer" <tony@bancom.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >> In article <5564uoF228qjiU1@mid.individual.net>, Pat
> >> <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> writes
> >>>I am going to take the plunge and buy a new box me thinks.
> >>>
> >>>Can someone tell me which of these two is the better deal please.
> >>>
> >>>I am going to get one tomorrow ready for the sat man Thursday and just
> >>>need
> >>>a little advice to see whats better
> >>>
> >>>Ebay item numbers are
> >>>
> >>>220084749390
> >>>
> >>>And
> >>>
> >>>250086957089
> >>>
> >>>thanks again
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> For christsakes why don't you buy from an established satellite dealer
> >> as suggested, and that way you'll have some help and support on hand
> >> when you need it!. They more then likely will pre configure it all
> >> before you get it making installation that much easier!....
> >> --
> >> Tony Sayer
> >>
> > I will do now. I thought Maplins were one at the time.
> > Dont get annoyed I am trying my best. Others were suggested after i had
> > bought it.
> >
>
> OK Final chapter. Its all gone to Maplins today. Got a refund. Chap came
> this morning that was supposed to come tomorrow. He said motor was faulty as
> it only went east. Also the cable was not fixed to my walls instead the
> other installer had left it lying in the guttering which is completely full
> of water. He said obviously this may have had only a small effect but the
> motor a big one.
>
> Thanks for all the help its greatly appreciated Bill and others.
>
> I am now ordering online from Wizard and getting a Technomate 1000Ci because
> the supprt if good.
>
> Thanks again
>
That was unfortunate to get a dud motor.

It might be worth checking that the next one you get responds to the receiver
(i.e. goes each way) before you
mount it. Good Luck

--

Michael Chare

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>> >> In article <5564uoF228qjiU1@mid.individual.net>, Pat
>> >> <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> writes
>> >>>I am going to take the plunge and buy a new box me thinks.
>> >>>
>> >>>Can someone tell me which of these two is the better deal please.
>> >>>
>> >>>I am going to get one tomorrow ready for the sat man Thursday and just
>> >>>need
>> >>>a little advice to see whats better
>> >>>
>> >>>Ebay item numbers are
>> >>>
>> >>>220084749390
>> >>>
>> >>>And
>> >>>
>> >>>250086957089
>> >>>
>> >>>thanks again
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> For christsakes why don't you buy from an established satellite dealer
>> >> as suggested, and that way you'll have some help and support on hand
>> >> when you need it!. They more then likely will pre configure it all
>> >> before you get it making installation that much easier!....
>> >> --
>> >> Tony Sayer
>> >>
>> > I will do now. I thought Maplins were one at the time.
>> > Dont get annoyed I am trying my best. Others were suggested after i had
>> > bought it.
>> >
>>
>> OK Final chapter. Its all gone to Maplins today. Got a refund. Chap came
>> this morning that was supposed to come tomorrow. He said motor was faulty
>> as
>> it only went east. Also the cable was not fixed to my walls instead the
>> other installer had left it lying in the guttering which is completely
>> full
>> of water. He said obviously this may have had only a small effect but the
>> motor a big one.
>>
>> Thanks for all the help its greatly appreciated Bill and others.
>>
>> I am now ordering online from Wizard and getting a Technomate 1000Ci
>> because
>> the supprt if good.
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
> That was unfortunate to get a dud motor.
>
> It might be worth checking that the next one you get responds to the
> receiver
> (i.e. goes each way) before you
> mount it. Good Luck
>
> --
>
> Michael Chare
>
>
>
Before it went up it was checked BUT and here's the thing it was banging
against the guttering so I wonder if its burned out. I think the odds were
against me though 2 faulty boxes and a motor. The second box he said had
USALS and it didnt when I got it home, Software onboard was 2001 if I
remember correctly.

Anyway I am ordering from Wizard after advice from here. Not going to bother
eith eBay to save a few quid will go to a proper shop. Lesson learned

maplins were god in the end, just got a short tempered assistant