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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1006685" data-attributes="member: 176704">Freesat V7S (the &quot;fag packet&quot; according to some) arrived yesterday and I am doing a bit of comparative testing against the Openbox this morning; (the Triax is well tucked down behind a fence and some small trees, and so I don't think the wind affects it much).Seems to be performing a lot better than the V8S version (which has now gone back) and it does get Cheriflava on 31.5W (which the V8S could not and kept getting stuff from 30W) although I did have to set the Longitude to 32.0W (similar story with 11W &amp; 12.5W - it can differentiate between them which the V8S could not)&nbsp; - so that's on a par with the Openbox.&nbsp; However, the Freesat V7S seems rather more involved to set up, and it seems easier to make mistakes (rather &quot;classy&quot; looking remote control though - much &quot;nicer&quot; than the other two, or the TM or Vu+!).Seems to be rather random as to when it does, or does not, decide to move to a particular sat in the Setup menus that you want to scan - and seems to begin the transponder scans before the dish has reached the chosen satellite?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1006685, member: 176704"] Freesat V7S (the "fag packet" according to some) arrived yesterday and I am doing a bit of comparative testing against the Openbox this morning; (the Triax is well tucked down behind a fence and some small trees, and so I don't think the wind affects it much). Seems to be performing a lot better than the V8S version (which has now gone back) and it does get Cheriflava on 31.5W (which the V8S could not and kept getting stuff from 30W) although I did have to set the Longitude to 32.0W (similar story with 11W & 12.5W - it can differentiate between them which the V8S could not) - so that's on a par with the Openbox. However, the Freesat V7S seems rather more involved to set up, and it seems easier to make mistakes (rather "classy" looking remote control though - much "nicer" than the other two, or the TM or Vu+!). Seems to be rather random as to when it does, or does not, decide to move to a particular sat in the Setup menus that you want to scan - and seems to begin the transponder scans before the dish has reached the chosen satellite? [/QUOTE]

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