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Maplins satelite system
Posted: 05 Jul 2007, 14:36
by Pickles
Anyone bought one of the satelite systems in a box from Maplins
seems a good deal for £79
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Mod ... 37&doy=5m7
Posted: 05 Jul 2007, 16:03
by T3teedub
The package looks very similar to the Lidl one that has been offered recently for near 60 quid IIRC. Not a bad deal if it does all it says on the box.
Posted: 05 Jul 2007, 19:23
by phade
I got one of those maplin satelite suitcases and I have to say that they're excellent. Got pictures in less than a few minutes and I'm very pleased with it.
One quick tip on setting up the dish:-
- Use the compass initially to point it towards Astra and set the elevation between 30 to 40-ish.
- Use the built-in sat-finder on the reciever to align the dish with the satelite (to Astra 28.8E).
Posted: 05 Jul 2007, 19:26
by phade
I forgot to mention one thing about the maplin satellite suitcase and that is it's made by Silvercrest (badged as Comag).
Thier website (from memory) is
http://www.mysilvercrest.de/