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13 Jun 2019 @ 12:41:16 pm
Ek gaan nou met aftreede baia meer kamp en will maar weer my DSTV activeer.
Ek is dus opsoek na n Karavaan Dstv skottel maw die klein skottel.
13 Jun 2019 @ 13:59:22 pm
Ek kou nog aan die totale DSTv opgee storie. Ek het so Skotteltjie en 'n klein decodertjie spesifiek vir die karavaan.
Ons is tans totaal op NETFLIX by die huis maar die is met 'n uncapped 10Meg fibre lyn.
Data is raak baie duur as jy live streaming doen op die selfoon net werke en dit sal dan addisioneel wees tot die fibre kostes by die huis.
DSTv betaal jy prorata net vir die tyd wat dit aan is in 'n maand.
As dit nie vir die issue was nie kon jy myne oorgeneem het. Wel die prys vir 'n nuwe wissel van R800 tot R32 000 afhangende van die maak.
14 Jun 2019 @ 15:33:26 pm
met hd tv gebruik ek maar die groot skottel. Dit instel is maklikker en vir my is dit nie 'n probleem on die uitmekaar temaak en so te ry nie.....sit hom op die tent onder die bed LNB in een van die koskassies
14 Jun 2019 @ 16:49:58 pm
Like Leon we also on Netflix but with 10Mb ADSL line - no fibre here by us yet
There are some decent data only mobile packages around for when we go away for longer periods but usually don't bother especially if only away for a week or so.
My dish is currently a white elephant on the roof of the van which locates the signal automatically. Where we shrouded out I used the portable but this was very seldom. Both are the smaller dish but we were always able to get HD without problems.
19 Jun 2019 @ 13:05:55 pm
Ek het ook nou 'n groot skottel maar ek bly storings kry al is die sein 100% en die kwalityd 97%.
Sien gisteraand op een van die DSTV help opsies 99% van probleme is op onder 220v of te hoog ?
28 Jul 2019 @ 11:42:36 am
Ek dink die mobile data uncapped gaan te duur wees. Dus die reede dat ek n' skottle (satelite) ontvangs will gebruik. Mobile data plus dan die DSTV packet gaan te duur wees.
Nou onlangs in Tshipise was dit interesant om die verskillende maniere te sien hoe kampeerders hulle Skottles monteer. Van n' tuin vurk in die grond tot n' mini tooring met stays.
Sal maar bietjie rond shop vir n' skottle.
28 Jul 2019 @ 11:54:38 am
Ja Paul die manne het vele idees met die skottel montasies.
Ek het vir my 'n ou kamera driepoot gaan soek by pandjies winkel. Die ronde "suction cup" montasie wat saam met die klein skottel kom ge-modify en daarop gemonteer.
Nou maak ek die driepoot oop. Level hom op die plek deur die bene korter of langer te verstel. Sit die skottel op en gebruik die meganika van die driepoot om op/af en links/regs verstellings te doen.
1x Hoek pen in die middel van die drie pote met tou reguit af grond toe. Sien jy is klaar.
Dan gebruik ek ook die driepoot om fotos te neem as die skottel nie op is nie.
Selfs van die nuwe plastiek driepote werk goed en hulle kos nie veel nie.
28 Jul 2019 @ 11:57:43 am
Die mobile data werk baie duur uit veral as jy live streaming doen om Netflix by voorbeeld te kyk.
So ek het ook maar net my DSTV op hold gesit om dit saam met 'n kamp te gebruik as dit nodig sou raak.
Sit 'n klein Decoder net aan vir die naweek dan weer af.
28 Jul 2019 @ 12:31:14 pm
Hi Leon, ja ek dink jou drie poot sal die maklikste werk.
Ek het nie geweet jy kan DSTV vir net n' paar dae aansit nie. Laas moes ek vir die res van die maand aansit. Kon nie net vir n' paar dae in die middle van die maand aan sit nie. Is dit n' nuwe moontelikheid?
28 Jul 2019 @ 12:32:32 pm
aansit = subskripsie uitneem?
28 Jul 2019 @ 16:46:09 pm
Toe ek DSTV gehad het, het ek op pre-paid gewerk. As daar niks besonders was nie, het ek hom op Easy view pakket gesit wat R29 per maand uitwerk. Sodra daar iets besonders opgekom het soos n world cup, het ek hom oorgeskakel na premium toe vir daai tydperk. As ek genoeg daarvan gekyk het en daar niks anders was nie, weer terug gegaan na Easy view. Maar altyd my easy view aan die gang gehou, anders moes mens weer aansluitings kostes betaal het sou daar iets wees om te kyk. Huidiglik geen DSTV sedert Januarie nie....nog nie n sekond gemis nie....tans gelukkig met Netflix
28 Jul 2019 @ 18:31:35 pm
Terwyl Premium aan was by die huis het ek een van die klein decoders aangesit en afgesit soos ek wou. Jy bel hulle vir aansit. Se niks van hoelank nie en bel weer om afte sit.
Dis soos vir 'n vakansie paket van soorte.
Weet nie hoe gaan dit nou werk as als op "HOLD" is nie. Ek het dit nie afgesit nie net op hold gesit.
29 Jul 2019 @ 15:31:38 pm
My camp decoder is registered with DSTV as a holiday home decoder. The daily subscription is R26.97 when activated. I would occasionally deposit an amount into my main account and then ask DSTV to transfer it to my holiday account. So that there always remain a credit on the holiday account.
31 Jul 2019 @ 17:26:17 pm
Then just a question Errol................... the decoder at home stays on................right????
01 Aug 2019 @ 07:32:37 am
That is how I would understand it Leon....which is not what I need.
If only I could subscribe to one of the business packages I would be sorted. But you must have a CC to qualify for that. They have exactly the channels I want at half premiums price.
We have been without DSTV at home for 5 yrs and have not missed it. If on the move I would want it on again in the caravan. But not @ home as well. I have a 10Meg fiber uncapped connection at home...watching sport is my only problem. But Multichoice monopoly of that is coming to an end!
01 Aug 2019 @ 08:55:53 am
Paul you are lucky to have fibre @ home. Have you looked into other LTE mobile options like those from Afrihost and Axxess - they are month to month contracts and may be suitable. We used them while we toured although it was not LTE at that stage.
01 Aug 2019 @ 11:18:19 am
Brian, with mobile data as my connection method I still need a DSTV subscription if I want DSTV. I can buy data bundles for my everyday internet but to do entertainment streaming one needs uncapped which costs R600 plus per month. Also, the mobile coverage where I go is poor or non existent. In Kruger, for instance, the camps have 3G at best. Skukuza has LTE but I don't go there.
01 Aug 2019 @ 11:40:23 am
Ek het ook 'n aparte Decodeerder geregistreer as die Holiday een. Ek gaan op hulle App en "chat online", sit die huis en extra view af en die Holiday aan net vir die tyd as ons hom op vakansie wil gebruik. Hy is ook permanent in die woonwa.
Die stander het ek verander met net 3 balke onder met twee wat teen die vaste een swaai. Ek het ook die ekstra arm uit gegooi want dit het teveel "overhang" wat pla vir stabiliteit. Soms gebruik ek 'n 1.6m paal as ek die skottel moet lig met 4 anker toue teen die winde vernaam teen die kus. Die grond penne het ek afgesny en gate in geboor waar ek dan as dit nodig is 6" spykers kan in slaan.
Tans gebruik ek ook 'n groot skottel, die ou een lê by die huis sou die kinders hom nodig kry.
01 Aug 2019 @ 12:21:35 pm
Yes Leon. The one at home always stays on.
01 Aug 2019 @ 12:36:12 pm
Paul as long as you have a decoder registered with Multichoice you can activate at any time, anywhere and also select the package of your choice.
01 Aug 2019 @ 12:46:32 pm
Thanks Errol. I have one registered but last time I could activate from the said date until the end of that month. I went and paid pro-rata at Checkers and then phoned Multichoice who activated my decoder for the rest of the month.
I see LNB's are single feed. So no one connects HD or PVR in their caravans. Or do I understand the two cable LNB feed wrong?
01 Aug 2019 @ 13:33:44 pm
I have an Explorer decoder at home with a smart LNB and that only had a single cable from dish to decoder.
I could do all the feature I wanted to when is was still activated.
The small dish only have a single point original LNB that comes with it. If you think about using the explorer decoder then you should in any case go for the larger dish as the small dish will limit the HD and signal to the decoder.
Or thats how I understand the installer when we moved to Centurion.
01 Aug 2019 @ 14:45:40 pm
Thanks Leon. My PVR decoder, about 5 yrs old, has two feeds from the LNB. Maybe now with the smart LNB one feed is enough to give the same functions as what the dual feed provided. Apparently the latest Explorer decoders have multiple receivers for Catchup, dual view, and PVR (watch one and record another) each function on a different Intermediate Frequency. The decoder receives them separately, per function...I hear so?
Yes, to receive HD a bigger dish is required so that the signal levels are higher to provide the extra bandwidth "throughput" required for HD. (same as for a WiFi booster). I will rather go for a 60cm or larger dish. That way there will be less chance of loss of signal and I can get HD.
01 Aug 2019 @ 15:07:07 pm
Well at camp I have two decoders connected to a twin LNB. One decoder is the primary and the other one is for ExtraView. For Extraview you will be charged a maximum fee of R95 and or a daily rate of R3.17.
01 Aug 2019 @ 15:37:15 pm
Why keep the one at home on ?
01 Aug 2019 @ 15:50:49 pm
Family members (children, grandchildren etc) left behind. I should also have mentioned that the Extraview only gets connected during December holidays.
09 Aug 2019 @ 18:23:27 pm
A friend of mine had a surplus 60cm dish and DSTV standard single cable LNB lying in his back yard and gave it to me.
I ordered my Satellite Finder on Vatbaia.com and tried it today. My first attempt with my two old SD decoders (DSD 1131 & DSD 3U (DSD 1132)) was unsuccesfull (I used the same wall mount power supply). There is never any 13V coming out of the decoder towards the LNB and the red & green LED's flash and the amber stays on permanently. No video, no remote function, no 13V, no nothing. I then connected my HD PVR 2P and after "booting" it put out 13V to the LNB. It took me a short while to find the DSTV 68.5E Intelsat-7/10/20 satellite/s and set up the antenna (I think IS-20 is the only one in service now). I am not subscribed, so that is where my excersise stopped. The Satfinder Lite app on IOS also helped tremendously and works like a dream! For now I used a garden fork for mounting the antennae. If the soil is soft this method is very simple and worked ok. No DSTV in Satara & Pilanesberg. :)
Why does the old decoders do this? The power supply puts out 12.96V (no load).
10 Aug 2019 @ 13:58:27 pm
Paul the same happened to a friend of mine in Hartenbos a couple of months ago. He was told by the agent that they stopped broadcasting to the older type decoders. He then bought a new decoder (single view) from Game and managed to get him on the air again. Maybe your old single view decoders falls into that category. Only my guess.
11 Aug 2019 @ 08:25:45 am
Thanks Piet. A friend of mine has exactly the same decoder and it is working. So, I took my decoder there and plugged it into that power supply....and it worked. I see the new power supplies for the DSD 1131/2 are now are 2A i.s.o. 1.5A. Maybe more power is needed after a software upgrade?
11 Aug 2019 @ 11:30:56 am
Telkom het pas aangekondig dat hulle in die proses is om weg te doen met koperdraad dataverbindings. Hulle wil die proses binne vyf jaar voltooi. Hulle sal bestaande ADSL klieënte oorskakel na optiese vesel waar moontlik. Waar OV nog nie beskikbaar is nie, sal hulle mense na "mobile Data" oorskakel maar teen dieselfde spoed as wat hulle ADSL is en waar dit data onbeperk is, sal dit blykbaar steeds geld. Nou hoop ek hulle kom vinnig hier by ons oorskakel. Ons het nog nie OV nie so ek sal dan op MD kom. Dit sal groot voordele bied want dit sal waarskynlik beteken dat ek dit MD kan saamneem waar ek ookal gaan. Ek het op die oomblik 'n Vodacom pakket vir die tye wat ons nie tuis is nie, maar dit is maar 'n klein pakket en ek het dus maar beperkte internet toegang. Salk dit nou nie lekker wees om onbeperkte data oral saam te ry nie?
11 Aug 2019 @ 13:03:41 pm
Hi Fred, ek het vir 42 jaar by Telkom gewerk in die Technology Life Cycle management afdeeling.
Dit was die strategie vir die laaste 19 jaar. Die oponthoud is die kostes/budget. Die vervanging is dus geprioritiseer en dit beteeken die mees winsgewende en grootste probleem areas (hoe kooper diefstal, hoe instanthouding kostes) geniet die hoogste prioriteid.
Jammer maar, moet nie jou asem ophou nie.
Telkom het well die goed koopste data packete en is nou op Vodacom vir roaming/dekking. Was op MTN.
11 Aug 2019 @ 13:42:28 pm
Paul, Meen jy die afskaffing van koperdraad gaan nie plaasvind nie?
Ek het tot dusver 'n landlyn nodig gehad vir ondersteuning van my sekuriteitsstelsel, maar my nuwe maatskappy vereis dit nie. Ek betaal vir 'n landlyn maar ons maak geen oproepe daarop nie (ontvang net ongevraagde e-commerce aanbiedings) aangesien ons al ons oproepe op selfone maak en gewoonlik nie eers ons gratis minute opgebruik nie. Daarom sal ek, as Telkom nie met hierdie projek vorder nie, na 'n ander diensverskaffer soos Vumatel verskuif as hulle wel kabels by ons lê.
Dis darem verbasend vir my hou ou spelers in elke veld voortdurend deur nuwes uitgedruk word. Dink ook maar aan OK Bazaars en die bankwese. Dit lyk my as 'n onderneming te lank in die veld is, verstok hy soveel dat dit nie moeilik is om hom te laat tuimel nie.