TM-5300 +USB SUPER

[Adam_UK]

Hi All

Please help with a couple of questions I have, I did a search and read similar posts before posting this question. I have TM-5300 +USB SUPER connecdted to 3 LNBs ( not motorized) and these LNBs are Hotbird, Arabsat and Freesat. I just want the to download the correct patch and softcam to open locked channels, I saw several links to download but I want to make sure I am downloading the correct patch and softcam. Is it ture that I must have motorized dish? Someone told me that but I don't belive him.
How often in the year do you think I will need to patch my receiver with patch and softcam?

Many thanks to anyone who helps with my questions

Cheers

Adam

[Manic01]

No need to be motorised to patch but with the sats you are facing you cannot open anything. The only package available is digi tv on 1 west. There are a couple of odd channels on 5e and also TV globo on 13e though this is portugues language. 1 west gives footy/films etc and mostly have English audio option.

[Adam_UK]

Thanks fearona for quick reply, I only want to watch footy with any language will do, so you think I can get digi tv on 1 west? If so please advice where to go. I made a typo error, my receiver is TM-5300D +USB SUPER

[benny/9]

Thanks fearona for quick reply, I only want to watch footy with any language will do, so you think I can get digi tv on 1 west? If so please advice where to go. I made a typo error, my receiver is TM-5300D +USB SUPER

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you need the dish moving to thor 1w satellite
there is about 12 sport chns on the digi-tv package on thor 1w
and english games are on nova sport. there are also a number of film chns
plus discovery.animal planet, adult, cartoon etc.
in all there is about 140 chns that the patch opens

[Adam_UK]

Thanks mate, my TM receiver can have another LNB ( 4 in total) so can I add another LNB and this LNB will be for Thor satellite? The dish still needs moving but I will tune it so not to loose existing satellites. I am looking at lyngsat and there is Thor3 and Thor5, which one to choose?

Thanks in advance

[benny/9]

Thanks mate, my TM receiver can have another LNB ( 4 in total) so can I add another LNB and this LNB will be for Thor satellite? The dish still needs moving but I will tune it so not to loose existing satellites. I am looking at lyngsat and there is Thor3 and Thor5, which one to choose?

Thanks in advance

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i think the dish will need to be moved you dont say what size dish your useing but for 1w you will need a dish at least 80cm to get a good signal in most conditions from the uk and to get astra 28e and thor 1w 0n a fixed dish it would need to be a very large dish, i would get a diseqc motor fitted and get signals from most sats, you are limiting yourself with a fixed dish. as for 1w just set up and get a strong signal use the bbc world news chn to get the best signal and then when you scan the satellite you will get all the digi-tv chns

[Adam_UK]

The dish i've got is 90 CM, I already spent a lot on the existing satellites (3LNBs, dish and someone to set it up. I am not good in hardware but I patched the receiver easily) so it's difficult to buy motorised dish now. I am stuck, I can't have cable and it is looking using TM is not that straight forward as I thought. The option I am thinking of now is to buy Dreambox and use it instead of TM and use a pay server. If I do that will I have the same problem i.e my existing LNBS are not good positioned?

Thanks

[Manic01]

You will always have the lnb issues. You need motorised system to sort this out.

[Adam_UK]

What a surprise today, I phoned VM few months ago and they said you can't have Cable in your area. However today I put my post code on VM web site and wow I can have cable and 50 MB broadband. I phoned VM today and they said Yes there is cable in your area. I really will appriciate any expert give their opnion on which route to go : have a cable or change LNBs satellites to motorized? which is better? Which option less costly? I guess I will still can't watch Saturday 3 PM kick off with cable.

Thanks mates