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Dougle

Evening All
We have been refurbishing our 1993 Hymer B564 over the last six months, since purchase. As the cosmetic things are now done [upholstery, carpets, curtains, seats etc] I have turned my attention to the inherited sat tv system [German set up previously] As a complete satellite 'numpty' I would welcome any advice re: the validity of it.
System comprises :- Oyster II self-seeking dish with control panel containing 'on' 'sat' 'scan' four directional arrows and illuminated window which defaults to P1 when switched on; a [Philips?] receiver [Viva European Arts OSR 250] with handset that appears to be dead [fitted new batteries]. The receiver has channels 00 - 250. When switched on, the dish elevates and seems to do a bit of a search but stays pointing predominantly in the original direction. As the handset seem u/s I can only change channels, up and down, manually and have no access to menus etc. This assumes that they are there as all I get on screen is snow. So, is the system worth time and efffort [for UK initially], should I buy an up to date box and try to utilise the Oyster dish, or is the whole thing pants.
Any comments gratefully received.

Dave Confused

richardjames

Hi

I may be wrong but I think that your system could be analogue! I know you can change the LNB to digital other than that I don't know but it may point you in the right direction!
regards
Richard

SandJ

Hi
I am of the same opinion as Richard. Can you not borrow a receiver from someone to test it?

Steve

Dougle

Thanks guys,
Food for thought. Steve, mentioning trying another reciever, does that imply that I may be able to retain the Oyster dish ?
Regards
Dave

SandJ

Dave
As Richard stated changing the Lnb may solve dish problem. Using another receiver will solve that problem.
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Snelly · Eastern Rally Co-ordinator

Dave, bring your mh over to Grimsby and i'll try a digital receiver on it for you... I even have LNB's if you want to try swapping that too.

Dougle

Thanks for all advice, starting to get a feel for things a bit now.
Shane, thanks for the kind offer but I would be hard pressed to fit in a 200 mile round trip this side of Christmas due to limited weekend time available, so I will try for something nearer home.
Regards
Dave