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Once again the sat engineer just failed to turn up. No phone call no explanation. Just didn't turn up. Un****ingbelivable
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Another engineer is telling me that the brackets to fit a new quad lnb to an old sat dish are no longer available and he needs to fit a second dish. That sound right?
If not , anyone recommend a sat fitter who deals with Oxfordshire area? |
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Another engineer is telling me that the brackets to fit a new quad lnb to an old sat dish are no longer available and he needs to fit a second dish. That sound right?
If not , anyone recommend a sat fitter who deals with Oxfordshire area? |
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It's a round 80cm mesh dish. I can take a photo if you like.
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It's a round 80cm mesh dish. I can take a photo if you like.
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I'd better start a new thread as I'm going off my own topic here.
Thanks for your help. |
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[quote=LarryPlane;45039538
No luck with the other (German channels) so far.[/QUOTE] You can find a listing for all the channels @ 19.2º E on this website: http://www.lyngsat.com/astra19.html The pre-installed transponder list on the Humax is not complete (and couldn't be as channels come and go) so you won't find a lot of channels when you do a general search. Like the 'Das Eerste HD' channel, you will have to add the parameters manually before tuning. Servus HD is on 11303 H 22000 2/3 DVB-S2 8PSK. Loads of radio channels and some transmitting in much higher bit rates than UK channels - Klassik Radio uses 256 kbps (BBC Radio 3 192 kbps) and some are even on 320 kbps. Sure your wife will appreciate them. |
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So eventually I found a sat man to do the job and I'm now fully freesated up. After using it for a week now I hqve to say I love it. Iplayer is a revelation. HD is cool. Recording simples.
The remote could be better (skip and play buttons are far too small) but I hqve programmed it up to control my tv and my xbox meaning I got a free multicontrol ![]() One problem I hqve is surround sound. The optical in of my 5.1 sound system is taken by my xbox (which is alsoy DVD. Player). Is there any kind of switch I can buy to feed two optical cables into the one reciever? |
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Yes. Maplin do a cheap manual 3-way switch for example. But the amount of digital surround sound currently being broadcast on Freesat (a small number of BBC programmes such as Later with Jools Holland - now finished) is miniscule so you may as well not bother.
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So eventually I found a sat man to do the job and I'm now fully freesated up. After using it for a week now I hqve to say I love it. Iplayer is a revelation. HD is cool. Recording simples.
The remote could be better (skip and play buttons are far too small) but I hqve programmed it up to control my tv and my xbox meaning I got a free multicontrol ![]() One problem I hqve is surround sound. The optical in of my 5.1 sound system is taken by my xbox (which is alsoy DVD. Player). Is there any kind of switch I can buy to feed two optical cables into the one reciever? |
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Yes. Maplin do a cheap manual 3-way switch for example. But the amount of digital surround sound currently being broadcast on Freesat (a small number of BBC programmes such as Later with Jools Holland - now finished) is miniscule so you may as well not bother.
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I have a 5 way switch which works well but it's a pain in the a**e to get up & switch it. Does anyone know of a remotely controlled switch to suit a lazy old woman?
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You might not be too keen when you see the price
![]() http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-way-HDMI-Swi...item5d2890d26a http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HD-Remote-Cont...item4cf1771a01 ![]() They will come down in price as they get more widespread, hopefully before I'm too old to care.
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The optical in of my 5.1 sound system is taken by my xbox
Assuming your Xbox and your HDR are plugged into your telly via HDMI, then why not use the optical cable to go from the tv into the amp - works for me with the DVD player as well! And yes, it is worth it if only for the few programs that BBC broadcast in DD 5.1 |
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Really? The tv optical out will feed 5.1 tO the amp via hdmi?
Oh here's a thought. I wonder If that will cause any lag? At the moment, when I play the music singing game Lips on the xbox there is this horrible lag via hdmi. With rock band I can switch to the 5.1 amp and there is no lag. Wondering if rock band has to to via hdmi to get to the amp I'll see the dreaded lag again. |
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Really? The tv optical out will feed 5.1 tO the amp via hdmi?
Oh here's a thought. I wonder If that will cause any lag? At the moment, when I play the music singing game Lips on the xbox there is this horrible lag via hdmi. With rock band I can switch to the 5.1 amp and there is no lag. Wondering if rock band has to to via hdmi to get to the amp I'll see the dreaded lag again. |
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