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I did start this thread before but it seems to have gone AWOL
An update is that I can get a MK2 controller for £708 plus fitting, get my original controller upgraded or get a new dish/dome. I think paying upwards of £700 for a controller is so close to a KVH dome (£1299 + fitting) is really not worth the hassle that it may go wrong. Even upgrading my existing controller at £70 could be fraught with problems like needing a faster LNB etc
Do any members have any thoughts?
I have been talking to oyster and Jacksons who have been very informative and helpful so it's worth having a chat with them
If you want to know if your Mk1 control box is capable of being upgraded you need to open the control box - 4 screws and open like a book - and look for a chip ATM EGA 128 then it's OK if it's ATM EGA 103 then not OK
Last edited by richardjames on Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:46 pm; edited 1 time in total ______________________________________________________________ Richard
Happy Holidays to everyone for 2012
The above is only a personal opinion
Reason for change by richardjames: additional info from Oyster
You can't go wrong with a KVH dome,had ours for 2 years now and it has given excellent reliable service.We always seem to go to the windiest places-clifftops or next to lakes so it is invariably windy and the dome really comes into it's own.
______________________________________________________________ cheers Steve
But do you get a better class of programme on a dome?
______________________________________________________________ "On all the oceans white caps flow,
You see no crosses row on row
But those who sleep beneath the sea,
Rest in peace for your country is free".
I did start this thread before but it seems to have gone AWOL
An update is that I can get a MK2 controller for £708 plus fitting, get my original controller upgraded or get a new dish/dome. I think paying upwards of £700 for a controller is so close to a KVH dome (£1299 + fitting) is really not worth the hassle that it may go wrong. Even upgrading my existing controller at £70 could be fraught with problems like needing a faster LNB etc
Do any members have any thoughts?
I have been talking to oyster and Jacksons who have been very informative and helpful so it's worth having a chat with them
If you want to know if your Mk1 control box is capable of being upgraded you need to open the control box - 4 screws and open like a book - and look for a chip ATM EGA 128 then it's OK if it's ATM EGA 103 then not OK
Thank you for posting this info Richard. I finally got round to plucking up the courage yesterday and managed to get my Vision 1 control box off the inner wardrobe wall where it's mounted. I did think that at one stage I was going to have to get a crowbar behind the box to lever it off (mighty good kit that double-sided sticky stuff!!) but it finally gave up and relinquished its firm grip!
I am delighted to say that the control box has the 128 chip in it (Phew!!). I have phoned Oyster Sat-Tech at Welford (Northants) and I am now booked in for next Friday to have the update done. (Welford is only about 30 mins drive from me at the most!). Cost - £46.50 inc VAT and about 30 minutes of my time there. Job's a good 'un so they say!!
Just an update to my previous post! Been, seen, done, sorted!!
30 minute drive to Welford, most probably no more than about 15 minutes there, £46.50, control box tested on site, worked perfectly.
Back at home, put control box back where it belongs, connected it all up, switched on and Bob's your uncle or Fa**y's your aunt everything is Yankee doodle day!! Very impressed with Ten Haaft UK - well done for their customer service and support.
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