Sat. receiver with front-panel channel display

Darby OGill

Are there any receivers on the market that have a front-panel display showing channel name details (with or without channel no.)? I'm looking for something cheap to hook up to a spare dish for my quality pottering time in the garden and shed- only interested in radio, so don't want to be hooked up to TV.

Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks in advance.
DOG

Tony

whats your budget?

watty

Channel number is cheaper than name and is user defined by painfully reordering the channels. Ones with station name seem to be more upmarket.

You can get a small 6" LCD TV for about 150 Euro or less and Sat receiver with no display under 110 Euro, so anything more than 260 Euro in my logic isn't worth it.

satworld

most receivers have the ch numbers on them only realy cheap ones don't

Zaphod

Not so easy to get cheap receivers with channel names on the front display - tends to be available only on more expensive models.

Kathrein UFS702
http://www.kathrein.de/en/sat/products/download/UFS702.pdf
A quick Google shows that the UFS702 can be got for around €80 from Germany.



Technisat DigiCorder S2
http://www.technisat.com/en/produkte/produkteview.php?kid=76,8&pid=1564

Kathrein UFS 821
http://www.kathrein.de/en/press/cont/texte2005/pi0543.htm

Elanvision EV-8000S
http://www.elanvision.com/products.html

Darby OGill

Thanks for the replies guys, very useful. Tony, budget is €100-€150, so info. already posted is quite helpful- do you have something in mind yourself?

Tony

Darby O'Gill wrote:

Thanks for the replies guys, very useful. Tony, budget is €100-€150, so info. already posted is quite helpful- do you have something in mind yourself?

Only ones I have are pay tv models strong 6355 which is over your budget I'm afraid. The ones suggested already should work fine though.