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Rank: Member Joined: 1/20/2015 Posts: 489 Location: Nairobi
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nakujua wrote:Rankaz13 wrote:nakujua wrote:Any Tanzanian, or one who frequently travels to tz, I would like to get the azam decoder, of course plus the smartcard. But it has to be a tz account. Why specifically a Tz a/c? These things are available locally (see their website for further details) na sio eti ni chini ya maji. The tz one has laliga, that's not available for the kenya account one, I have the Kenyan one and the Adam sports channel that brings laliga is scrambled, talking to them they are not sure if they will be able to broadcast the same in kenya anytime soon. Am in Dar Es Salaam and for sure the Azam decoder is the most popular one here i think because of the free La Liga. If you are serious i could inquire for you tomorrow in town....delivery should be via the daily Dar Express that leaves Dar every morning and arrives in Nairobi at 10 PM....... Enjoy every moment of your life, you never know when your time will come.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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UpcomingPaperChaser wrote:nakujua wrote:Rankaz13 wrote:nakujua wrote:Any Tanzanian, or one who frequently travels to tz, I would like to get the azam decoder, of course plus the smartcard. But it has to be a tz account. Why specifically a Tz a/c? These things are available locally (see their website for further details) na sio eti ni chini ya maji. The tz one has laliga, that's not available for the kenya account one, I have the Kenyan one and the Adam sports channel that brings laliga is scrambled, talking to them they are not sure if they will be able to broadcast the same in kenya anytime soon. Am in Dar Es Salaam and for sure the Azam decoder is the most popular one here i think because of the free La Liga. If you are serious i could inquire for you tomorrow in town....delivery should be via the daily Dar Express that leaves Dar every morning and arrives in Nairobi at 10 PM....... Please do, decoder peke yake - ta shukuru sana.
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/20/2015 Posts: 489 Location: Nairobi
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Inquire from licensed dealers.......too bad for you. Decoder + Dish + Smart Card = Tshs. 140,000 Decoder + Smart Card = Tshs. Tshs. 100,000 For the La Liga package, you will have to pay a monthly charge of Tshs. 27,000/=!! Enjoy every moment of your life, you never know when your time will come.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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UpcomingPaperChaser wrote:Inquire from licensed dealers.......too bad for you.
Decoder + Dish + Smart Card = Tshs. 140,000
Decoder + Smart Card = Tshs. Tshs. 100,000
For the La Liga package, you will have to pay a monthly charge of Tshs. 27,000/=!! Jeso !!! - the Decoder price seems ok, lakini Tsh 27k per month ni mingi for laliga only, I thought they charge like Tsh 15k. Lakini ashante sana, nimeshukuru. @Rankaz13 back to you, can I get Paksat using a 6feet PF Dish, from the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, I don't want to invest in the 6feet if it cant nab the same - or any idea where I can get a 8feet pf. I tried it with a 1.3 m offset dish using the eurostar 600 gold lnb, lakini was unable to get it.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/11/2006 Posts: 972 Location: Home
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nakujua wrote:
@Rankaz13 back to you, can I get Paksat using a 6feet PF Dish, from the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, I don't want to invest in the 6feet if it cant nab the same - or any idea where I can get a 8feet pf.
I tried it with a 1.3 m offset dish using the eurostar 600 gold lnb, lakini was unable to get it. I'm not a guru but from my limited experience, getting C band on an offset dish is a challenge. You'd really have to get an offset C band LNB. Daktari, confirm if it's possible.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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holycow wrote:nakujua wrote:
@Rankaz13 back to you, can I get Paksat using a 6feet PF Dish, from the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, I don't want to invest in the 6feet if it cant nab the same - or any idea where I can get a 8feet pf.
I tried it with a 1.3 m offset dish using the eurostar 600 gold lnb, lakini was unable to get it. I'm not a guru but from my limited experience, getting C band on an offset dish is a challenge. You'd really have to get an offset C band LNB. Daktari, confirm if it's possible. Actually the the offset dish was pulling arabsat 20 with the cband lnb, irib was a challenge but some saudi channels were coming through fine - I have no idea how it worked but I kept on rotating the teflon thing inside it. The only challenge is making a contraption to hold the lnb firmly on the offset dish. Come to think of it, is there something like an offset C band lnb, I thought they can be used interchangeably, just that you lose quality, and you have to alter the design to use the same.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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nakujua wrote:holycow wrote:nakujua wrote:
@Rankaz13 back to you, can I get Paksat using a 6feet PF Dish, from the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, I don't want to invest in the 6feet if it cant nab the same - or any idea where I can get a 8feet pf.
I tried it with a 1.3 m offset dish using the eurostar 600 gold lnb, lakini was unable to get it. I'm not a guru but from my limited experience, getting C band on an offset dish is a challenge. You'd really have to get an offset C band LNB. Daktari, confirm if it's possible. Actually the the offset dish was pulling arabsat 20 with the cband lnb, irib was a challenge but some saudi channels were coming through fine - I have no idea how it worked but I kept on rotating the teflon thing inside it. The only challenge is making a contraption to hold the lnb firmly on the offset dish. Come to think of it, is there something like an offset C band lnb, I thought they can be used interchangeably, just that you lose quality, and you have to alter the design to use the same. To answer you, there's nothing like an offset c-band LNB. However, offset dishes require a conical scalar ring (bought separately) while pf dishes require the normal flat one (sold together with the LNB). It's this scalar ring that enables the LNB to 'see' the entire surface of the parabola and its presence would therefore mitigate some of the signal loss that you experienced. A 130cm offset should in my opinion be alright as long as you have the right LNB holder so that your LNB is at the right position. Similarly, 180cm pf is sufficient too for the same and might give you a slightly better reception than the 130cm offset. When you go to purchase the 180cm, know that it comes in two 'gauges'. There's one made of light material and currently retailing at approx. 6.2k in most shops along Luthuli. The one made of heavy material goes for about 6.7k. Both are branded Eurostar. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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Rankaz13 wrote:nakujua wrote:holycow wrote:nakujua wrote:
@Rankaz13 back to you, can I get Paksat using a 6feet PF Dish, from the eastern outskirts of Nairobi, I don't want to invest in the 6feet if it cant nab the same - or any idea where I can get a 8feet pf.
I tried it with a 1.3 m offset dish using the eurostar 600 gold lnb, lakini was unable to get it. I'm not a guru but from my limited experience, getting C band on an offset dish is a challenge. You'd really have to get an offset C band LNB. Daktari, confirm if it's possible. Actually the the offset dish was pulling arabsat 20 with the cband lnb, irib was a challenge but some saudi channels were coming through fine - I have no idea how it worked but I kept on rotating the teflon thing inside it. The only challenge is making a contraption to hold the lnb firmly on the offset dish. Come to think of it, is there something like an offset C band lnb, I thought they can be used interchangeably, just that you lose quality, and you have to alter the design to use the same. To answer you, there's nothing like an offset c-band LNB. However, offset dishes require a conical scalar ring (bought separately) while pf dishes require the normal flat one (sold together with the LNB). It's this scalar ring that enables the LNB to 'see' the entire surface of the parabola and its presence would therefore mitigate some of the signal loss that you experienced. A 130cm offset should in my opinion be alright as long as you have the right LNB holder so that your LNB is at the right position. Similarly, 180cm pf is sufficient too for the same and might give you a slightly better reception than the 130cm offset. When you go to purchase the 180cm, know that it comes in two 'gauges'. There's one made of light material and currently retailing at approx. 6.2k in most shops along Luthuli. The one made of heavy material goes for about 6.7k. Both are branded Eurostar. Thanks, I will look into that scalar ring, though I think I am better off just getting the pf dish does the gauge affect quality, or its just for longevity
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Rank: Hello Joined: 11/26/2015 Posts: 2 Location: kericho
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new here. I hope to learn more. my setup is intelsat 20 cband
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/1/2010 Posts: 511 Location: kandara, Murang'a
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Are there purely digital Tvs that don't need a decoder? Asked cck and they said yes and gave me a list and model numbers, settled for the LG but never worked 😑😡 ama kuna kitu sielewi? Foresight..
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/4/2015 Posts: 241 Location: Kahno
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gatoho wrote:Are there purely digital Tvs that don't need a decoder? Asked cck and they said yes and gave me a list and model numbers, settled for the LG but never worked 😑😡 ama kuna kitu sielewi? LG 24LB450D works just fine. Normal Auto Tuning after connecting Antennae. [Should have been tested at the point of sale]
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/22/2011 Posts: 561 Location: House
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gatoho wrote:Are there purely digital Tvs that don't need a decoder? Asked cck and they said yes and gave me a list and model numbers, settled for the LG but never worked 😑😡 ama kuna kitu sielewi? i have the sumsung and works fine.
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/25/2015 Posts: 839 Location: Kite
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Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens.
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/25/2015 Posts: 839 Location: Kite
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nakujua wrote:Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens. The USB port is a read/write port,maybe with the right software and converter its possible.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/4/2015 Posts: 241 Location: Kahno
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Taurrus wrote:nakujua wrote:Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens. The USB port is a read/write port,maybe with the right software and converter its possible. With a TV box (analogue) it works fine. USB to the laptop and RYW Cable to the decoder. Last year it was going for 2.5K.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/5/2011 Posts: 1,059
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gatoho wrote:Are there purely digital Tvs that don't need a decoder? Asked cck and they said yes and gave me a list and model numbers, settled for the LG but never worked 😑😡 ama kuna kitu sielewi? i have a ka-samsung digital works fine no issues. To Each His Own
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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Taurrus wrote:nakujua wrote:Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens. The USB port is a read/write port,maybe with the right software and converter its possible. That is true - guess I was only looking at the video out/in component.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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kimanimsc wrote:Taurrus wrote:nakujua wrote:Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens. The USB port is a read/write port,maybe with the right software and converter its possible. With a TV box (analogue) it works fine. USB to the laptop and RYW Cable to the decoder. Last year it was going for 2.5K. I am assuming some software would be needed to convert the signal into something a player on the laptop can play.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/4/2015 Posts: 241 Location: Kahno
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nakujua wrote:kimanimsc wrote:Taurrus wrote:nakujua wrote:Taurrus wrote:Someone pls,is there a way to connect say GOTV decoder to a laptops USB port? Highly doubt that - and even for the laptops with the hdmi ports, its usually a video out rather than a video in - as opposed to the hdmi tv screens. The USB port is a read/write port,maybe with the right software and converter its possible. With a TV box (analogue) it works fine. USB to the laptop and RYW Cable to the decoder. Last year it was going for 2.5K. I am assuming some software would be needed to convert the signal into something a player on the laptop can play. Yes,the box comes with software.
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