@Chris1979
I've got a couple of "Alsat" Superior Dark Motors, and they aren't
that noisy (certainly by comparison with the 1990's-era NEC/Jaeger H-H motor in my then NEC 5000 system - that
was noisy!).
And I don't think I would worry much about a motor fire -
unless you have one in a bedroom with the dish looking through the windows (well, you would, wouldn't you - if you were "mad"
! ). At worst the cable to the motor will short out at that end and the cable supply circuit in the receiver would (or at least should!) simply shut down - so all you will get is simply a burnt-out motor because the casing is almost all metal and there will be virtually nothing around it to burn and spread a fire.
@inkyboy
Seems that my suspicions on the age of that receiver appear to be true!
I would seriously suggest you do as I said about trying to get a refund (particularly under the grace period for returning products bought from ebay if that was where you got it from) and put the cash towards something more modern. What you get will be determined by what channels you need, so are those satellite, terrestrial, cable (DVB-C is actually of little use in the UK because pretty much all of cable TV is encrypted by the provider) or IPTV for channels accessible over the internet - so what are you looking for?
PS: I will send you a message that says I am starting a "Conversation" about this thread, as, being new to the forum, you probably have not received any indication that members have commented on your post #1