[mackem1966]

hi there
just bought a fortec star passion hd receiver
i would like to watch some premiership football and recent movies.
ive been told i need a digitalb card but i dont have anywhere to slot it into my receiver.
do i need a "cam" or some card reader etc ?
and since i have a standard sky dish installed 10 years ago do i need a new dish or the dish pointing somewhere specific to get the signal from digitalb ?
i believe the dish is pointing towards astra 28.2 east
totally new to this so any help gratefully received !
Thanks Darren

[lovelldr]

Not sure about the fortec star receiver?! So maybe someone else can help on that bit...

As for the digitalb question, you will need to have a satellite dish pointing at 16*E to receive that. You will also need a dish of at least 80cm to receive it (I have the gibertini 85cm dish, which works really well. others I've heard which are good for digitalb are the triax 88cm and the alsat 85cm).

If you're wanting to still receive channels from other satellites, you might want to get your dish motorised, so that it can get more channels from the arc...

[mackem1966]

thanks for the help
can i ask if the place where my dish is now is ok to put the new bigger dish you suggested ?
or since it needs to be pointing west not east means it has to be situated in a different place ? or is it simply a case of just repositioning where the new dish points to ?
thanks again for your help
Darren

[fernandez]

From this post
HD High-Definition FTA Satellite Receiver - Passion
It would appear that the receiver has 2 CI slots for CAMs
So you would require a Conax CAM for the Digitalb card to go into
Card suppliers will be able to provide the CAM too

[mackem1966]

thanks
seen conax cams on ebay for £32 is that price ok ?
Darren

[AMCross]

conax cams come in two versions £32 seems quite ok but what the postage charge ?

[fernandez]

AFAIK it must be V4.00 (often branded Techisat)for Digitalb
The one on ebay seems fine at £32.99 + £2 postage

[mackem1966]

£ 2 delivery charge heres the link below

what are the differences between the 2 types of conax cam please ?
and which one do i need to get the digitalb card working ?
and does anyone know whether i can get a dish which will point at 16 degrees west for the digitalb card satellite and 28.2 east for the astra satellite at the same time or will i need another dish setup ?


thanks darren

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Conax-Cam-New-...em320225588034