LeroyPatrol

I was about to post that this UEC 660 I have here is horrible!

Leroy

hoe

yes, but it works....

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aaeon.1

bring back the drake thats what i say
did everything motorised ,inclined orbit, circular polarity, the lot and blind scan to boot and that was back in 94 the problem with them well i,ll let you lot work that out
and i still have a bmac around here somewhere as well
and a scientific atlanta now that was quality
about the size of an old video machine but real components
bring em all back i say and do away with this digital crap its all over rated
and if we gotta go digital then let the masses all have their own nokia d box
what a piece of machinery that was ,i remember the first one of those i got ,it came with a crash course in german and a price tag comparable with a convertable mercedes
old people and the stupid among us would love them it would give endless days of pleasure and thats just learning to change the channels and thats after days and days of german lessons ,retirees with nothing better to do would love it
so a very big bitte warten to you all

bulbous

The UECs are a terrible receiver for the hobbyist (fiddler !) but probably the most friendly set-and-forget receiver for Mr. Average farmer etc. They have good picture quality and when set up properly are a 'perfect' receiver in the above case.

In the bush where mains power drops off regularly, these receivers automatically NIT scan the home frequency and find any changes etc. on power-on-boot, which I reckon is a good idea.

BUT....a couple of years ago I was called to a job where a local 'cocky' had bought himself a do-it-yourself AURORA kit with all the usual stuff like twist-on connectors, really shitty cable, cheapest possible dish and LNB. The instructions were fine but the shop selling the gear had supplied an LNB with LO of 10600 instead of the 11300 which was the factory default LO. The instructions simply told the installer to wave the dish about until the user 'saw pictures' which, with the incorrect LO value, could never work. Anyway, I supplied decent cable and fitted compression connectors and got the system going.

The box supplied was a newer UEC with the OPTUS logo but I can't tell you the model number...it weighed half as much as the earlier UECs and felt very cheap-and-cheerful-Chinese but it worked. When I finished these AURORA jobs I would normally delete the vacant 'placeholders' and sort the channel list sensibly - i.e. all the ABCs, SBSs in time-zone order - whilst getting cheques written and enjoying a coffee and piece of cake etc. BUT (again) this newer type UEC would not let me delete the empty placeholders and sort the channel list. I did not spend much time on this problem but have never had to with other receivers.

I then decided that the newer UECs deserved the 'shitbox' tag. .

UfditUfixit

Ok, sure I'm a tight-arse... but as for watching the "oprah" - NeverEver - I'm more into Rock & Roll, & Live, at that. But I do like my mine Strong! As far as driving it goes - it's very User friendly, & served me well back in the Austar Card-sharing days. I never figured out the Disceq stuff, but it works with rotator just fine.

After all the helpful posts (& not so helpful), I'm still confused. Can anyone give me an authoritative answer on whether my card won't upgrade because of the box (SRT480011/4820) or the cam (v2.06b - freecammed with v2.02) - with all the talk about Irdeto licences, is there a website which lists which boxes have them.
PS. This is not a whine - more of an impassioned plea for Help!! It's hard to differentiate on forums.

hoe

freecam won't update whitey anymore.....

you need a 2.21b or 2.26b irdeto cam, NOT a new smit cam though.....

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UfditUfixit

There's hope yet. Optus have just managed to switch Imparja off on me, which was part of the deal to get WIN & GWN. Maybe I just have to wait another week or so. It's getting dangerously close to a much needed-to-get Footy Match in Perth....think I'll take up mate's offer to babysit his Dreambox for a month, but won't tell me if it's my box or CAM that's no good. Buying into Card-share F?x club is getting more appealing by the hour.

Al Bundy

Hmm, West Coast or Fremantle, nup, nothing great there to look forward to... only joking UfditUfixit can be very frustrating if you know others can get a game live on the telly but due to your location you can't, although this is about the Aurora platform, I'm guessing you mean Fox Sports is what your after, I have a Strong 4800II amongst others but as mentioned you need a Purple Cam, but as Hoe said, don't get a SMIT

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Ted (Al)

Al Bundy

No, I read your post wrong, it's Aurora you are after, if thats the case just go buy a Goldie and program it, if you need help, PM me.

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*fergs*

Hoe

where you get the opentel for $75 ???

UfditUfixit...

where bouts are you ???

UfditUfixit

Permanent residence is melbourne, but for the the sake of my marriage, if anyone asks (like Optus for example), I'm sitting in my caravan in Eucla, conveniently just over the WA border - well, it would be convenient if Optus could only reconfigure my Aurora card!

tagg

lol Eucla man that brings back a few bad memorys, i use to work there about 30 years ago, there was only 3 fun things there to do that was drink have sex and bushbashing, but drinking was the main sport there, had to leave before i became an alcaholic lol, good times

Tagg

oceanboy

There is this little known site called eBay fergs, thats is where you find what you are looking for

Hillsbysa

Optus must have observed the unusually large number of caravaners who have taken up residence in Eucla

*fergs*

Are you thinking Openbox or Opentel ???

I know there is a guy on egay in WA selling X-810's cheap..
By all accounts , they are a good cheap box..

Has anyone actually confirmed what voltage they run through the card slots ???

Edit : anyone know the difference between the Openbox X-810 & the Dreamax 480 ??
they look the same .. (more than likely are the same just different box & name)

vk6xlr

5VDC runs the card without the modification.

Openbox and Dreamax are the same

Sanity

Why bother going to Ebay ? I bought a Openbox X-810 in the BST forum here from Jofaa for $88. 2 card slots and doesnt fry cards , no modification needed. I think I also saw Toor selling them in there as well. Both are trustworthy sellers.

I gave away an Opentel to a mate , I can confirm they also dont cook cards and dont need to be modified.

z80

I love it when you visit a mate with an aurora set top and subscription card.

Out with the aurora card and in with the one that's she'll be all white mate and it's a good night for the footy and beer...

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Hillsbysa

I'm told that they come out of different factories. While they look the same the Dreamax is reportedly a higher quality product.

nurzo

$80 at itechworld with a hassle