beIN sports recently started new TV packages on a new satellite by the name of Eshail 1 at 25.5°E. To MENA subscribers it will be easy to track the new footprint which is not very new because any dish that was pointed at Arabsat will easily receive all transponders. Here is the full beIN package on … Continue reading New BeIn Sports package on Eshail 1 at 25.5°E
Category: FTA
Debate: Is The Hotpoint DVBT-2 Decoder A Quality Product?
The big Question to be analyzed here: Is the Hotpoint Dvbt-2 Free to Air Terrestrial decoder Model Number HSTB301 a quality product? Check out this forum discussion on JamiiForums and make your own conclusion. Mind you this is the cheapest free to air digital set top box in Nairobi and Kenya as a whole retailing … Continue reading Debate: Is The Hotpoint DVBT-2 Decoder A Quality Product?
Performance check on LG satellite enabled TVs
LG Electronics East Africa in 2013 introduced into the Kenyan Market Digital integrated Televisions to help with the digital migration. The Televisions were 32LN540U which retailed for Ksh50,100 42LN540V which retailed for Ksh81,700 and 50LN540V which was even more expensive retailing at 175,600 The first two digits in the model number indicate the size of … Continue reading Performance check on LG satellite enabled TVs
List Of Free To Air Satellite Channels Receivable On A 65cm Zuku Dish
This article is also in response to one of my readers on the topic of Free to Air satellite channels available in Kenya. I had pointed out which satellites are receivable using the smallest size 65cm dish namely, Intelsat 20, NSS 12, Amos 5 and SES 5 and Eutelsat 7A. These satellites have so much … Continue reading List Of Free To Air Satellite Channels Receivable On A 65cm Zuku Dish
Why I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West
If you look closely at the featured image you will see the problem exactly. the white building in the background is Westgate Mall (during reconstruction) and in the tree lines you can clearly see an unusual shadow. A shadow that is of a straight line considering that the photo was taken at around 3pm. It was … Continue reading Why I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West
The day I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West
The SES5 satellite I am talking about is a Ku band satellite located at 22 degree’s West orbital position. I have nailed this satellite before on the smallest commercially available satellite dish in Kenya, 65 cm dish. At that time it didn’t have anything that could interest me as the only two free to air … Continue reading The day I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West
Wrong assumptions about Free to Air Satellite
Wrong assumptions Free to Air Satellite beginners make or think of Free to Air Satellite. This is a list of very weird assumptions about Free to Air Satellite that I have come across in Kenya especially in Nairobi and its environs. Many of the guys that make these assumptions do not know of Free to … Continue reading Wrong assumptions about Free to Air Satellite
Poor gecko gets fried inside a 42 Inch TV damaging the expensive TV too
When this LG TV came in for repair, the customer complained of cracking noises plus smoke coming out of the TV. Little did he know that a murder had occured inside the TV. When I opened the TV the poor gecko was electrocuted between the LCD module and the Power supply. The TV was a … Continue reading Poor gecko gets fried inside a 42 Inch TV damaging the expensive TV too
How To Install A Zuku Dish On Your Own, Very Easy
So, you have moved houses and have lacked someone to install the satellite dish for you? Or maybe you have bought a Zuku kit and in a very rare case you have lacked someone to install it for you. Or maybe you have bought a Zuku kit and in a very rare case you have … Continue reading How To Install A Zuku Dish On Your Own, Very Easy
How connect one aerial to two decoders or digital TVs
This question has been asked by quite a number of you and I have been replying to many Facebook messages. So here is how to connect two decoders to one aerial without buying an extra antenna. You can connect two GOtv decoders, two Star times decoders which are of the same kind. This method can … Continue reading How connect one aerial to two decoders or digital TVs
Use the Inverto Ultra LNB for finge satelite reception in Kenya
Earlier in the week I had posted the featured image with the Inverto Ultra LNB on top of three other LNBs, with the question. What would you like to know about the following LNB’s. The on the on top is the Single Inverto Black Ultra LNB and the ones below are Stargold SG 100-I. Lets … Continue reading Use the Inverto Ultra LNB for finge satelite reception in Kenya
Amazing DiSEqC Switch Installation Tips from a Technician
What is a DiSEqC switch? A DiSEqC switch is a special piece of telecommunications gadget that can allow a satellite receiver or a decoder to receive signals from multiple satellite dishes set at different positions. The acronym DiSEqC, stands for Digital Satellite Equipment Control. DiSEqC switches can also enable a decoder to control a rotary … Continue reading Amazing DiSEqC Switch Installation Tips from a Technician
Sure way to get rid of Signal loss during rain, applies to Dstv, Zuku and FTA
You are in the house, local bar or your favourite Club hanging out joint watching the game or anything and it starts to drizzle. You get worried because if it starts to rain seriously you will not see the end of the match or favourite movie. The picture starts cracking (or what seems to be … Continue reading Sure way to get rid of Signal loss during rain, applies to Dstv, Zuku and FTA
The Big Box, an android powered Safaricom decoder
The Safaricon set top box or decoder is a one of its kind in East and Central Africa. It will have the capability of utilizing the 4G network that safaricom has heavily invested in. To top up to that it will be able to offer other mobile devices with WiFi signal through its hotspot. The … Continue reading The Big Box, an android powered Safaricom decoder