Help, have I made a mistake?

[rachy42]

Hi all, I have just purchased a Spider Box HD 6000 (as a present), thought I had done my homework and then I come across some sites stating it's fake/rubbish etc. I have never used a sat rec before and have no idea how to use one. I thought by paying more I would get a better model????

[fandm]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

Hi it depends on how much you paid for it, and if it has a free gift with it.
Have you tried it out yet . you should get value for momey from it.

[rachy42]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

I paid £85, no free gift

[thecrazybandit]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

They are normally £99 with gift are you sure it did not come with a gift as well

[rachy42]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

I bought it from the dreaded Ebay, it doesn't state in the listing but it isn't due till next week, I just went into a state of panic when I saw some of the things people were saying. I bought this for my partner and because I thought i'd bought rubbish I told him and now he is asking is it's 'open box', no idea what he is on about, can someone shed some light please?

[duhoki]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

Welcome to forum mate. Just so you know, when saying free gift, it is not gift like a camera, but a free server gift that will open pay channel for you.

[rachy42]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

Thanks Duhoki, that is the one thing I do know :-) I have emailed and asked this to the seller.

[pan1300]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

hi rachy42

If you want to know a bit more about the spiderboxes in general, take a look here: http://www.satlover.eu/forum/all-oth...ners-chat.html

pretty sure you'll be happy with this receiver, anyway try to get a gift, really gives an extra to tjhe box.

[kalpikos]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

Hi @rachy42 and welcome to forum

Spider Box HD 6000 is a non Linux based receiver and that's means it's very limited.
Advanced users would rejected immediatly, but for someone who now starts on the sat world, I think it's ok.
If you want to do more with a sat receiver having more abilities, you must search for another solution, as a linux receiver.

I believe that the box comes with "gift" so you can enjoy it for some months for free.
After that, you can add cccam or mgcamd lines via remote control.

[krimozak]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

The Spiderbox came to prominence a few years ago. The original model HD7000 turned out to be quite a success. It was followed on by the HD9000 and later the HD9900 as well as the SD5000. All the models have enjoyed success and have helped develop Spiderbox into a fairly well respected brand ever since..



The spec sheet reads....

• Digital Satellite Receiver
• DVB-S/S2 Digital Compliant
• QPSK, 8PSK Compliant
• Satellite / TP / Network / Blind Scan
• 6000 TV / Radio Channels
• 100 Satellite Capacity
• 22KHz Switching Control
• Switch Control v. 1.0, 1.1
• Digital Audio Decoding / Pass-through
• Full HD (1080p), 1080i, 720p, 480p
• EPG Electronic Program Guide 7 Days
• Digital Video Recorder Ready (with optional external drive)
• Record Channel, Watch Channel
• 8 Programmable Event Timers
• Media Player Support
• Parental Control
• English, Multi-language OSD/GUI
• Manual Firmware / Channel Update by USB
• RS-232 Serial port for advanced access
• IR Remote Control
• 12VDC external power supply
• Network support by Ethernet & WiFi
• ******* & Weather support
• One smart card slot
• Dolby Digital plus

[digicon]

Re: Help, have I made a mistake?

The Spiderbox 6000HD does come with gift all you have to do is patch the receiver with the relevant software which is freely available, I cannot link to the site it is on but just do a search through ******