newbie looking to choose a reciever and set it up tm5400 super

[shadowsnypa1]

Hi all

my current setup which I have had for 2-3 years consists of a Globalstar 7100 usb, 1 meter motorised dish and an LNB

Today while watching a channel on the sat the reciever suddenly stopped and basically i am now thinking of getting a new reciever, looked around and I recon the tm5400 ci+usb super will do. however, I am open to suggestions as to what reciever I should go for.
main use will be for hotbird, arabsat, and any other sats that have good channels, will not (yet) be using a card to open channels and hence was looking for a reciever that might be able to open some by patching??

If I go for the tm5400super, is it something I can setup without the need of expert help (i.e. by reading the manual) bear in mind that my dish and LNB are good and the disec motor seems to function ok, so its a question of replacing recievers then setting the tm up.

is that dooable??

any help is appreciated.

(also as above any suggestions for a better reciever is welcomed)

ps i am not bothered by HD or HDMI out

thanks

[shadowsnypa1]

just to add, when my global star dies, the dish was pointing to hotbird. thanks

[mtv1]

wellcome 2 DK have a goos look around i would give dreambox my vote if yer not bothered bout hd a 500s can be got cheap need help just ask Sat Dreambox

[shadowsnypa1]

mtv1 thanks for a quick reply will read up now, want to ideally get this system up and running asap.....as i cannot live without my sat )

sorry to be a pain, but whatever reciever i get is it easy to just instal (i.e. replace the broken one) without proffessional installer...(just the reciever?

thanks

[shadowsnypa1]

also why do you recommend the dm500s over the tm5400ci super usb ?

Im a bit outdated when it comes to sats, last time i researched properly was when the chapparals and echostars were the top dogs...(and cost an arm and a leg) )

[mtv1]

stick around here mate no worries dm500s is the best box easy to set up streaming cs the dogs if you want hd go for the 800 plus recording lots of lads on here willing and able

[shadowsnypa1]

ok thanks for that, i read some stiff about cloned DM's is there a way of telling or a recommendation for a reputable outlet for the originals?

[mtv1]

also why do you recommend the dm500s over the tm5400ci super usb ?

Im a bit outdated when it comes to sats, last time i researched properly was when the chapparals and echostars were the top dogs...(and cost an arm and a leg) )

super usb is that a starview u got joking reason ok no usb on the dm500 so no recording unless you networking but it won't break i still got my 500c since 2007 not a bother flashed it more times than i've had sex , the tm is good i'll say that but it has few images addons etc but i'm only one ears open m8 and good luck

[mtv1]

ok thanks for that, i read some stiff about cloned DM's is there a way of telling or a recommendation for a reputable outlet for the originals?

don't worry about clones some are better than the original most images are clone safe anyway get it from a local or recognized supplier

[shadowsnypa1]

yeah the usb thing was important as i connect a Hard drive currently to my broken reciever and would prefer USB recording

like the sound of the DM but pvr is important to me !

lost for a moment now between these 2 recievers... ;(

[mtv1]

Openbox ok m8 look here

[shadowsnypa1]

Looks like the dreambox is better. So may have to go for that. What do u think about the dm800?

[thijs]

have a look at the tm5402 also very easy to set up
very little left to open on just patches maybe go cs/cccam
around ?150 incl.delivery more options then on the tm5400
also usb recording

[shadowsnypa1]

thanks for the replies guys, well this is what happened:

my mate heard I was having probs and got me intouch with afriend of his who bought me a DM500S

he tried to install it for me today but had trouble getting the reciever setup with the dish.
the dish was at hotbird (13 deg) and when the dreambox was in hotbird scanned fine and had plenty of channels, but then we could not track any other satellites, he also had a problem with the software i.e. was not unlocking any scrambles....I checked teh router cable and that was working........he has now taken it back home to test it on his set up.....Can anyone please help with setting up this reciver with the diseque dish??

ps when istalling we chose multiple sats on diseque motor, it seemed the only option for mutiple satalites

any help appreciated.

Can a mod please also if they can move this thread to Dreambox one if they can

Thanks