Originally Posted by
mtv
I'm a little confused as well, but for a different reason.
...The part which confuses me is: "I don't need anything super expensive as the people who will certify my work will fine tune if need be."
The need for double-handling.
Foxtel certification requires all signal parameters to be recorded, DCP, BER pre/post viterbi MER, NM, etc.
A cheap meter is not going to provide accurate/true measurements to Foxtel standards (if they did, they'd be using them) which means whoever 'certifies' the installation, is going to have to check dish pointing and LNB skew is optimum, because if a Foxtel QA inspects the work, the person who certified it, (assuming they are contracted by Foxtel) hasn't made sure it's as good as it could be, they'll get fined/penalised by Foxtel.
This is where I'm also confused as to why someone would be permitted to use non-approved equipment on a Foxtel installation.
This suggests the installer (with the cheap meter) is not an approved Foxtel installer... which may open another can of worms for the person performing the 'certification'.
Perhaps I have this all wrong, but that's what it's sounding like to me.
Realistically, a cheap meter for professional use just isn't going to cut it.
As the OP said. You get what you pay for.
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