ScruffyDuck

OK so this comes down to my ability to use the search tool - thanks guys bu this is not the kind of forum I am used to - Keith you can delete my registration

Thanks Keith - however for those who assume I am too lazy to do a search I would suggest they try searching for megapulse in this forum and see what they get. As a moderator of several forums in my line of interest I do know to look before I ask

I have been looking around at battery chargers and so forth and come across mega pulse chargers advertizes themselves as improving battery performance and life by breaking down sulphation. Is this a good idea or is there something better or is it just down to looking after batteries?

Well that is something I did not know of course! Something else I didn't know Are all AV jack input sockets the same? Somehow I lost the spare cables to the TV probably because I did not think I would need them. Also I got the impression (probably wrongly) that with the Lidl receiver I would not get the menu system unless I made a SCART to SCART connection.

No I'm fine in the marina - I am on a pontoon and the owners do not mind some hardware in the pontoon. We have mooring rings etc and a smallish socket would not arouse any worries. TV has the usual RF Coax and a small jack for AV. I got a SCART to AV adapter but could not get the Lidl box to work with it. I would prefer to connect reciever to TV via the RF Coax. All the 12V offerings such as Maplin and Lidl have SCART only TV connectors as far as I can tell. I have no problem with a 240V receiver since I have a decent sized inverter on board

Hi All - let me start with an apology My first post here and I am picking up on a subject that already has many threads. I have tried to read most of them before posting. I had no intention of getting a satellite system for my boat until I went to Lidl last Saturday for a new box of cling film. Big mistake - saw their camping sat system and failed to resist. Actually I then took it back. The TV I have is new and has Freeview. OK so I also now know that you don't get Freeview from a satellite - the nice man at Currys explained that to me at the same time he explained that you can't get a converter from SCART to RF...... Why would I care? well this lovely new TV does not have a SCART socket, hence the problem. That got me thinking and since my very expensive mistake of buying a Gazelle aerial fails to deliver Freeview I have got it into my head to get a Sat system. I would like your thoughts on my plans. First I need to explain that I do not have a narrow boat but a Hardy Pilot - lovely and just right as my 'floating shed'. Spend nearly every weekend on it summer and winter. It is, however very skittish and not at all a stable platform for a sat dish. So here is where I am. I have about £200.00 to spend Sat Dish - Kerstan Mini Mobile. My reading indicates that smaller dishes are less susceptible to movement and easier to set up. Receiver - either a Manhattan Plaza XT-M or a Technomate TM 3500. Both have RF (I assume a UHF loop is the same thing?) and can take cards. I am looking for Free To Air but having card slots seems useful. The Technomate can also record onto a USB hard disk - would I ever use that I wonder? Extras - A sat finder such as a Digisat and a compass! I am mulling over using a pole for the dish. I have a bit of room next to the boat in the marina are could easily fit a socket to take a pole - on the canal I thought perhaps to pop the pole in the bank next to the boat. This would overcome the tendency to spill the G&T every time someone passes upsetting the aim. Close to the boat I figure I could use the sat finder to set up - In the marina it is pretty easy to work out where the satellite is. In the bank I can set the pole vertical and that just leaves the heading. I know there are tripod dishes - might be OK on the bank but definitely not OK in the marina. Am I talking twaddle or does this all have a chance of working? Thanks Jon