Need advise on Spiderbox - newbie

[JDavies]

Hi,

My uncle just got me a Spiderbox, but I see no forum on this receiver.
Is it not as good as a Technomate?
Please advise.
I am a newbie at all this techie stuff.
J

[Siege]

I use one and have no problems with it at all,..it has a fairly sensitive tuner but no doubt there are better receivers it's certainly better than my Technomate 1500,....

[Robbo]

I would guess that the only reason that these receivers are popular is because of the LAN port and 'gift'.

Which is not really a gift as the cost of the boxes is more than the equivalent mVision receiver.

[pedro2000uk]

There are motor faults that have been reported with them (the image I think)- otherwise not a bad receiver .. except as Robbo has mentioned- it's thought to have the same insides as an mVision

[Robbo]

Ive only installed one, and the Motor control was spot on. There was a problem with the box crashing when scanning a particular transponder on 19E, but this is documented, and just needs a firmware update to cure it.

[pedro2000uk]

Lovely thread on Digital Woldz about the mVision / spiderbox thing & reported motor faults & gives an insight to the real pro's behind it. Seen faults on a few motors - but on the Motecks/TMs (just some revisions I think) they still get there - just in jerks.

[Robbo]

I connected it to a Navigator motor, come to think of it, it didn't go in short steps, but it seemed to go past the sat and back again. I assumed that this was some sort of backlash compensation in either the motor or the receiver. Not something I have ever seen before on any of the other motors like Dark,TM or Moteck.

[jack08]

id stay well clear i went on cs forum other week there spiderbox thred full of people peoblems with ccam on spiderbox if you enter cline in spiderbox its above ccam 2.11 it crash keep and crash i sold mine was having no end problems with it with ccam they claim to fixed ccam but its not been fixed at all only runs on ccam 2.11 get a dm-800hd awesome box

[pedro2000uk]

For what it's worth..

I tested a Spiderbox HD9000 this afternoon against a TM5400 for sensitivity (a good test as TMs are sensitive & it's important to a lot after weak signals) .. only a quick test- just pushed an LNB arm up a bit to near break up on a Triax.. I'd say they were pretty close ..but they break up at that level slightly differently- the TM carries on with blockies & clitches at that very low level & you could watch it... the Spiderbox just freezes frames then moves on a few frames with the sound carrying on & just shows a few blockies now and again. So about the same but I prefer the way TM shows very low level.

@ Robbo... what do you think of the Navigators- done a couple .. very light - little bit noisier I think.. and not Moteck or Darkmotor badge.

[lincsat]

Originally Posted by jack08

id stay well clear i went on cs forum other week there spiderbox thred full of people peoblems with ccam on spiderbox if you enter cline in spiderbox its above ccam 2.11 it crash keep and crash i sold mine was having no end problems with it with ccam they claim to fixed ccam but its not been fixed at all only runs on ccam 2.11 get a dm-800hd awesome box

It was fixed a while ago and works very well on new CCcam's.

I've only fitted one on a motor as well, a Dark Motor, it seemed to work OK. I believe the Starview 9600 LAN is identical without the "Gift" as well, although that doesn't seem to be so well supported.

I would say it's a pretty good box, certainly without the tuner issues of DM800 clones and much easier for the novice to use and setup.