LIDL Digital Satelite System

Armadillo

Thurs 5th August 2004

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040806.p.DigitalCampingSet

Did anyone get one of these the last time LIDL had this offer.
Anyone willing to review or rate it....

Mossy Monk

it had to be a morning i'm working at 8am :mad:

demac

I didn't get one but be aware that the receiver only accepts either 12 or 24 volts input probably via the cars cigarett lighter socket. You cannot plug it into the mains unless you obtain a transformer.

Shrimp

I always say: if your going for electronics go for the expensive one it will pay off in the long term, more reliable!

sharkman

Read the site ... It says they are not available until 05-08-2004 ....Dont remember seeing them before .

Smeagol

the receiver only accepts either 12 or 24 volts input probably via the cars cigarett lighter socket

Not true, both my receiver work perfect on 220VAC.
Even with the wee dish I have exellent reception on Astra 1+2, also most HotBird and Hispasat transponders come in.

DMC

demac wrote:

I didn't get one but be aware that the receiver only accepts either 12 or 24 volts input probably via the cars cigarett lighter socket. You cannot plug it into the mains unless you obtain a transformer.

Pure misinformation there, it will work off the mains directly.

And fine works fine. Hint for Dublin folk. Head to Edenderry.

Tony

looks like a good deal at €99

SkepticOne

From: Inhouse Technologies

Note: The dish size is small and it may limit the number of channels that can be received in Ireland. If so, we suggest that you upgrade to a larger dish size (80cm). The system is compatible with standard dishes.

Anyone know what sise the dish is with this system?

This eBey ad , if it is the same system, would suggest that the dish is 35cm. If so, what channels could you get in Ireland? What sise dish is needed for the BBC channels?

Mike 1972

45-50 is recommended for BBC (possibly more in the extreme SW and NW of Ireland ?)

"Brilliant monitor graphics, 250 colours"
Not sure on this one but from experience with computer graphics 250 colours sounds quite crap actually. Maybe its different for TV ?????

Will it be available in Northern Ireland this time ?

Capt'n Midnight

Mike 1972 wrote:

"Brilliant monitor graphics, 250 colours"

Not sure if this refers to the Menu or if it means 256 levels EACH of Red Green and Blue - which gives computers their 16 million colours

Greenman

Will it be available in Northern Ireland this time ?

No sorry not this time. Look at http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index_ni.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040726.index

demac

Sorryfor wrong info. I'll keep me mouth shut in future !!

Smeagol

Will it be available in Northern Ireland this time ?

According to their newsletter, yes, at £69.99
Lidl newsletter
And yes, it's the same system as on german e-bay.
Here in Sligo I pick up all the BBC's and all other FTA's like CNN, ITN News, The Horror channel ... on Astra2, all german, some french, italian, spanish ... ones on Astra1 and even the ?x? ones on Hispasat.

Mike 1972

Smeagol can you get anything of Turksat (42E) on it ?

Smeagol

can you get anything of Turksat (42E) on it ?

Yes, but it has to be adjusted very careful and exact, and only on good weather days. You know, it's not intended for Turksat, and I certainly wouldn't recommend it for that purpose, and thats the dish I'm talking about. The PORTY receiver though conncted to a bigger dish is a very neat little box and with a 70cm dish picks up all turkish FTA channels beamed to central and western europe. The Porty box btw. I used to finetune my DiSEqc Motor, worked perfectly.

SkepticOne

Smeagol wrote:

can you get anything of Turksat (42E) on it ?

Yes, but it has to be adjusted very careful and exact, and only on good weather days. You know, it's not intended for Turksat, and I certainly wouldn't recommend it for that purpose, and thats the dish I'm talking about.

I think I might go for it if the BBC channels and a few others work out OK in the Dublin area. I was a bit concerned about the dish size, but if it works in Sligo...

Mike 1972

In theory one needs a 50cm dish for the Beeb but if one is inland and there isint heavy rain/cloud cover It is possible on a 35cm dish

In practice though given that Sligo isint exactly "inland" suppose thought that the footprint map is estimated conservatively and/or theres a damn sensetive LNB on that 35cm Dish

SkepticOne

I'm going to take a chance on it.

Metallicababe

Can anyone tell me what channels i can get on this dish>??? Is it easy to install, btw, I'm female and in Limerick

finnpark

do these be sold out quick? i am working thur/friday, do u think saturday will be time enough?

finnpark

Metallicababe wrote:

Can anyone tell me what channels i can get on this dish>??? Is it easy to install, btw, I'm female and in Limerick

You will find it difficult if havent done it before. you will have to align dish accurately. so maybe get help with it. low quality system i would say.

ciarann

can you get any adult stuff on it for free

SkepticOne

finnpark wrote:

do these be sold out quick? i am working thur/friday, do u think saturday will be time enough?

I'm taking an hour off in the morning to pick one up. I reckon a fair few people will buy them thinking they can get Sky footy or movies on it. All depends on how many they've brought in, I suppose.

Tony

finnpark wrote:

do these be sold out quick? i am working thur/friday, do u think saturday will be time enough?

No not a chance

FIRE

finnpark wrote:

do these be sold out quick? i am working thur/friday, do u think saturday will be time enough?

My brother tried to get one last time at about 9.30 in the Mullingar shop and they had all gone.

You'd probably need to queue at about 7am to be in with a chance.

eoinm1

I had my Dad go into my local Lidl today.
He went in a about 8:45 and got one of the last tickets.
So I have one waiting for me when i get home at the weekend

Eoin

Mike 1972

can you get any adult stuff on it for free

:rolleyes:

Try Astra 1 (19E) a lot of the German/Austrian channels particularly TV6 carry such material late on weekend nights

Also some Italian channels on Hotbird (13E) carry this stuff

Frequencies etc here

Ernest

The 5th August Lidl offer was sold out by about 8am in my nearest Dublin branch of Lidl. They had been handing out tickets since 7am!

Elmo

Anyone know of anyother outlets that sell FTA Digi Sats?

eoinm1

Hi Lads


I got my sat system working today.
It took a lot of messing about to get locked to the sat but it worked

Eoin

Greenman

So what do think of the receiver eoinm1? What do you think of the SW?

eoinm1

Hi Greenman

I have not had a lot of time to play with it much.
But what i have seen of it is a nice light unit.
Software wise it's simple and easy to use.
about 1 second ch. delay but i can live with that.
All in all is a grand unit for 100 euro inc. a dish.

Eóin

finnpark

Does any1 know what channels are available still on analogue satellites???? Especially interested in Astra 19.2 degrees east. What about Hot Bird, i presume still Itallion stations???

byte

www.analoguesat.co.uk for analogue channel listings.
www.digitalsat.co.uk for FTA digital channels.

These should help.

chickey

Have the lidl analogue complete system - apparently the dish, lnb etc can work with a digital receiver - curious if anyone has tried this, how it worked? would a sky digibox do the trick or can other digital receivers be picked up cheaply?

finnpark

chickey wrote:

Have the lidl analogue complete system - apparently the dish, lnb etc can work with a digital receiver - curious if anyone has tried this, how it worked? would a sky digibox do the trick or can other digital receivers be picked up cheaply?

I think you need a different LNB to receive Sky Digital on an old type dish!

Zaphod

I have a vague recollection that the LNBs that came with the Lidl analogue systems were Universal (i.e. "digital ready"). Check to see if either the freq range (10.7-12.75GHz) is given on the LNB or the Local Oscillator (LO) parameters (9.750GHz and 10.600GHz).

Mossy Monk

if they werent universal it would be kind of pointless to give them out in the first place

Zaphod

Mossy Monk wrote:

if they werent universal it would be kind of pointless to give them out in the first place

Not necessarily. If you look at the analogue channels on 19E, they are all in the FSS band. As are all the analogues on 13E, bar 2.

Tony

Elmo wrote:

Anyone know of anyother outlets that sell FTA Digi Sats?

take a look in the sticky supplier thread

chickey

Box from the lidl analogue system describes LNB as universal/digital ready alright