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Technical Index

4G problem
Aerial+LNB 1 Cable
Aerial amplifier
Aerial Amps
Aerial Booster
Aerial Filters
Aerial Groups
Aerial Points
Aerial Poor Signal
Aerial - Which?
Amp Adder
Analogue Switch-Off
A18QR aerial
Arcon Dish
Atticbox
Audio Adapter USB
AV equipment
BBC/ITV outside UK
Bedroom sound
Best aerial
Bracket - T+K
Brick Burst cover
Cable Info.
Cable Kinked
Cable over Roof
Cable specs
Cable-Thin Coax
Cable - Which?
CAMs etc.
Capacitor Kits
CAT5 plug fitting
Channels
Chimney Brackets
Coaxial Cable
Cooling fan
Compass use
Cupboard Control
DAT45 aerial
DC inserter
Decouple cable
Denso Tape
Digibox Problem
Digibox in loft
Digisender
Digital Ariel
Diplexers
DirecTV
Disconnect safely
Disguise a dish
Dish indoors
Dish Painting
Dish Sharing
Dish Size
Dish Upside Down
E-books
Electric shocks
Electronic Kits
Electronic Parts
Epoxy resin glue
Extend cable
Extender Plate
F1 for Free
Filter-notch
Fire Hazard
Firmware D-load
Fit F Connectors
Fit TV plugs
Foxsat HDR
Free channels
Freesat Install DIY
Freesat Sky Dish
Freeview/Freesat
Freeview Problem
French sat TV
German sat TV
Glossary
Greek sat TV
HDCP Support
Heatshrink Sleeving
Hole Cover
Humax PSU
Inside Sky Digibox
Instructions
Interference
Invacom LNB
Italian sat TV
IR sensor-locate
Large Dishes
Lightning Protect
Liquid Spilt
LNBs - about
LNBs - add more
LNB amplifier
LNB Boots
LNB Fitting
LNB no signal in sun
LNB-Replace Sky
LNB Reset
LNB skew
LNBs-Switching two
LNBs 2 in 1 cable
LNB-waterproof your
Loft Boxes
Macrovision
Magic eyes
Make Fly-Lead
Moving House?
Multiroom phone
Multiswitches
No Satellite Signal
Omnisat Semitronic
Orbital dish
Phone Connection?
Phone Socket Wires
Phone surge protect
Phono Leads DIY
Plate-Twin-F
Plugs-which?
Plug-Top PSUs
Plus Combiner
Powermid+cable TV
Powermid XL
Raspberry Pi
Reboot Digibox
Reed Switches
Remote Codes
Remote Eyes
Remote extenders
RJ11 phone wiring
RJ45 plugs
Satellites-where
Scart leads
Self-Amalg Tape
SelfSat Antenna
Signal Boosters
Signal Combiners
Signal Meter
Silicone Grease
Sky x2 same room
Sky+ batteries
Sky Digital
Sky HD
Sky Fire Hazard
Sky in Europe
Sky Install DIY
Sky LNB
Sky LNB-extra
Sky Multiroom
Sky Remote Probs
Sky room wiring
Sky Plus
Slingbox Fan
Solder - How to
Split Aerial cable
Split Digibox RF
Split Dish cable
Split satellite signal
Stacker-Destacker
Stuck in standby
Thomson Problems
Tree blocks signal
Triax minidish
TV/VCR faults
TV Links
tvLINKplus
TV set New
TV eyes
USALS
Videosenders
VisionLink
Wall Plates 1
Wall Plates 2
WF125 Plugs
What Channels
What is YouView?
Which plugs
Wire my house
304114 wall plate

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FREE e-Books and eBooks to buy - also e books compatible with KINDLE


Contents

Understanding Sky Digital TV (free)
Sky Digibox User Manual
Guide to Magic Eyes
Do You Need a New TV?
Sky Remote Control Guide
Sky Remote control codes
Installing Sky Digital TV and Freesat
Free Digital Satellite TV in USA and Canada
Sky Digital in Spain
Beginners Guide to Electronics
Learn Electonics by Building Things
Piping TV Around the House
The Freeview Bible
Repairing Sky Digital Receivers
Beginner's Guide to Receiver Repair

How to Use a Multimeter
How to Fit Extra TV Points
Door Alarm Guide for shed or garage
The Lazy Man's Guide to Making Big Money
Make Money at Weekends and spare time
Be Found - web site optimisation
The Photographer's Book of Smiles
The CB EPROM Data Book
Satellite Secrets - Installing Analogue
Satellite Workshop (compilation)
Jack's Workshop (compilation)
Surface Mount Technology - Guidelines
Double Your Earnings, Now!
On-line Electronics Course

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Digital TV, Satellite & Multimedia

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The essential guide to planning, installing & maintaining Digital TV systems in the UK. Comprehensive explanations & clear colour diagrams covering: Digital Switchover, Terrestrial TV (DTT), Digital Satellite, Radio (DAB), Cable TV, Fibre Optic IRS, Multi-backbone IRS, Multimedia via CAT5/6

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"Excellent book. Everything covered in a way that will suit all levels from beginner to expert. I just wish this had been around when I first started 30 years ago!"


Understanding Sky Digital TV and Freesat

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Understanding Sky Digital TV and Freesat

Including Free To Air and Free To View programmes

This FREE 65 page eBook is available for download in the form of a ".pdf" file which you can then read on screen or print out . Everything you need to know about Sky Digital. Although it refers to "Sky" the information is applicable to all satellite transmissions.

Bookmark this page in case you need to come back.

Although it refers to "Sky" the information is applicable to all satellite transmissions.

FREE eBooks to download

Troubleshooting Sky Digital TV Systems

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IMPORTANT: Please ensure that you can download a free eBook before you pay for any other eBook!

#SatCure,

Thank you, Thank you.

That cash I spent yesterday on the Installing Sky Digital TV manual (below) is probably going to save my father at least £100 when they take the new sky digital system to France in March.

Friends paid the local satellite fitters in France, the equivalent of £100 each to get their systems aligned (not fitted!). Reading the manual last night I have already learned so much, details that will make purchasing the kit here in Wales a lot easier, and will head off problems in France - Cable speccing, alignment with minimal kit, little fitting tips. Wow! Well worth a few quid!

Fitting the satellite dish won't be a problem; the previous owner left the TV aerial on the roof, along with suitable brackets (checked against our Sky system here in Wales), therefore that side of it is sorted. Using your excellent manual will make the alignment and setup a lot easier than the alternative. The alternative being trial and error!

All the best, and well done on one of the best resources on the Net for Sky Digital stuff.

Paul

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Installing Sky Digital TV and Freesat

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Installing Sky Digital TV and Freesat

Companion eBook to the above "Understanding..". (Please read "Understanding.." before ordering this eBook). Self installation information. Essential reading if you want to move your old system to a new house, install a brand new Freesat-HD, Sky-Plus or standard Sky system, fit a system to your house, apartment block, motorhome, caravan or narrow boat or use it in Europe, this eBook answers your questions. What size dish, what sort of cable, connectors, which receiver is best for outside the UK, how to align dish, How to disguise the dish and special disguised dishes such as the digiglobe ... 114 page eBook filled with colour photographs and easy-to-understand explanations.

I guarantee you'll be delighted with this amazing eBook full of information!
Not convinced?
OK, read more about it here.

Installing Sky Digital satellite TV - installation guide - how to install sky
(Although it refers to "Sky" the information is applicable to all satellite transmissions.)

FREE BONUS eBook!: UK Digital Satellite TV in Europe
When you download "Installing..."
Includes tips on receiving ITV in Europe, dish mounting instructions etc.

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

About 1.4Mb file size

Special offer! You can buy BOTH "Piping TV.." and "Installing Sky.." at Order Page click HERE for just £11.50 (Paypal only)


Sky Digibox User Guide

Sky Digibox missing manual .PDF

Sky Missing Manual

This User Manual is the ideal solution if you've bought a Sky Digibox without one.

Explains all the features of a Standard Digibox including "secret" menus.

Get it from

£1.45 Order Page click HERE

Answers questions such as:
If I cancel Sky+, will I still be able to record/play back?
Can I use a Freesat receiver as well as Sky?
Can I use a Freesat receiver instead of Sky?
Sky remote devouring batteries? Sky remote control needs new batteries? Read the Guide.

SatCure Guide to Magic Eyes .PDF

SatCure Guide to Magic Eyes (free if you buy a magic eye)

This User Manual is the ideal solution if you've bought a "magic eye" such as "tvLINK", "slxLINK" etc. without a manual.

Explains how to install a "magic eye" including "secret" menu + tips.

Includes Troubleshooting Guide for fixing problems with your "magic eye".

£1.45 Order Page click HERE

FREE if you buy a "magic eye" or amplified splitter from SatCure.

So, Your TV Doesn't Work? .PDF

Do You (really) Need a New TV ?

You should read this book before you buy or before your TV goes faulty - as it inevitably will! Includes advice on how to choose a new TV,avoid problems, fix simple faults, fix remote controls and getting your TV repaired. Includes many money-saving tips. Intended for the UK reader but many points are applicable to all countries. (Several repair shop owners asked me not to publish this booklet because they think it will lose them business!) They don't want you to read this book!

£1.25 Order Page click HERE

SatCure Remote Guide .PDF

SatCure Sky Remote Guide

How to programme your Sky Digibox Remote and how to use codes from the SatCure Code Book (below). Also how to fix faults with your remote.

£0.95 Order Page click HERE

SatCure Code Book .PDF

SatCure Code Book

Sky Remote control codes for more than 1500 UK TV models!

(If it's not here, it probably doesn't exist.)

£0.95 Order Page click HERE

Discount if you buy more than one of the above books together.

How to Install a Free Satellite TV System in the USA (and Canada)

How to Install a Free Satellite TV System in the USA (and Canada)

 (Click on the book for more information) Only $7 US

This eBook deals with aspects of installing a satellite TV system in the USA and Canada. You can not receive UK (Sky) satellite TV anywhere in the USA because the UK satellites (Astra-2) are below your horizon. However, you CAN receive a few free English broadcasts and a lot of free foreign broadcasts with a suitable digital receiver, "universal" LNB and - in many places - quite a small dish. If you are an "alien" in the USA or Canada, this eBook is for you! Get it from

£3.40 Order Page click HERE


Sky Digital in Spain (and southern Europe)

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Sky Digital in Spain (and southern Europe)

Companion booklet to "Installing Sky Digital TV". Please read "Installing..." before ordering this eBook.

Salvador Ferrairo Castella spent weeks carrying out tests with various LNBs and dishes between Valencia and Alicante. This eBook is a report of his findings. What size of dish and which LNB works best (Invacom quad) and why?

Complete with photographs including the dishes, LNBs, the ground station where he did the work and the equipment that he used to analyse the signals.

Computer plots showing the differences between transponder spectra.

This eBook is full of technical information but Salvador writes in impeccable English with a style that makes the eBook easy and interesting to read. You can feel his excitement as he reports on his findings! Absolutely invaluable for any expat in southern Europe.

Updated January 29, 2004

Note: although this eBook was written several years ago, the information is still up to date.

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

FREE - Beginners Guide to Electronics .PDF
eBook - Electronic book

FREE - Beginners Guide to Electronics

Easier to understand than anything you've read previously!

#SatCure has a knack of explaining technical subjects in simple language. Components covered include resistors, diodes, transistors and capacitors.

As an example, it describes in detail how to build a flashing LED circuit on perforated stripboard ("Veroboard") with a photograph of every stage.

This is NOT just another boring technical eBook full of mathematical equations. You'll like it! Ideal for everyone from the young student to the retired lady looking for a new hobby. You'll definitely want more!

Download it FREE now! (about 470k file size)


Learn Electronics by Building Things .PDF

Next book in the series - Hobby circuits for beginners.

Learn Electronics by Building Things

Includes instructions with colour pictures that guide you through the building of a Mono Amplifier, Sine-Wave oscillator, White Noise Generator and Stereo Headphone Amplifier - all on one "BredBord". Can be used with iPod etc.

Then you have the option of soldering the components to perforated copper strip-board (like Veroboard®) to build a permanent Stereo Headphone Amplifier (with optional treble boost for the elderly), which can be used to boost your iPod sound or similar. A great learning experience with something really useful to show for it when completed! Kit of parts available from SatCure.

£0.75

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How to Use a Multimeter .PDF

How to Use a Multimeter

By popular request this eBook has been written to explain the most basic uses of a multimeter with extensive use of photographs to show the methods in detail. There's nothing complicated in this eBook. It sticks to simple activities like checking batteries, resistors, diodes and capacitors; measuring voltage and current.

£1.95

Order Page click HERE


How to Fit Extra TV Points .PDF

How to Fit Extra TV Points

You already have a working Freeview system but you want to add extra TV aerial sockets in other rooms? This eBook explains. Download it now.

£1.95

Order Page click HERE


DIY Door Alarm .PDF

DIY Door Alarm Guide for sheds and garages

£0.95

Order Page click HERE


Running your own business? .PDF


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eBook - Electronic book

Running your own business?

"Stop Work. Get Rich." (The Lazy Man's Guide to Making Big Money).

Sick of working for other people? Stuck in a dead-end job or out of work? Don't just make enough to survive. #SatCure and Lou Franklin tell you how they were making $100,000 (£60,000) p.a. by the third year. These are REAL stories - not just second-hand hints, tips and suggestions. Everything you need to know to start and run your own business. #SatCure even tells you how his old, unused web site generates over $300 a month for NO WORK at all! Explains the ULTIMATE CONCEPT in making huge profits without a big outlay. This is NOT a get-rich-quick guide. It contains practical information and tells you what others have done and what YOU must do to succeed.


Piping TV Around the House .PDF

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Piping TV Around the House

How to connect your TV, video, satellite, DVD, and send the signals to TVs in other rooms. An invaluable guide and reference that explains UHF channel utilisation without unnecessary technical terms. Includes sketches to show wiring methods. 56 pages.

Piping TV Around the House (about 400k file size)

OK, read more about it here.

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

This eBook is FREE if you buy a loft box from us!

Special offer! You can buy BOTH "Piping TV.." and "Installing Sky.." for just £11.50 Order Page click HERE


The Freeview Bible

The Freeview Bible

Everything you need to know about installing a Freeview box to receive Terrestrial Digital TV programmes in the UK. Installation guide

  • Details of many receivers
  • What aerial to use and how to choose it
  • Installing an aerial and cable
  • 60+ pages

OK, read more about it here.

Order Page click HERE


Satellite Secrets - Installing Analogue .PDF
eBook - Electronic book

Satellite Secrets - Installing Analogue

All about Analogue satellite TV installations. Although Sky analogue broadcasts ceased in September 2001, there are still lots of programmes broadcast in analogue. This eBook answers your questions. What sort of dish, cable, connectors, receivers. Installation guide - How to install. Tricks of the trade. Money-saving advice. ... 112 page eBook filled with colour photographs and easy-to-understand explanations.

Satellite Secrets - Installing Analogue (about 950k PDF file size)

OBSOLETE - but still available at reduced price. Click HERE


 

Re: Customer order 2789307

You are busy, so am I, so a short but very big thank you.

Satellite goes wrong at 2300 on Friday night and you solve the problem with your very comprehensive e-books that I received immediately at 0300 Saturday morning!!!

Such value for money price. And I live in Switzerland!

Well done all at Satcure for such a brilliant service!

Mike Collyer

Repairing Sky Digital Receivers
eBook - Electronic book

Order Page click HERE

Repairing Sky Digital Receivers

Not just a repair eBook! In fact not even a repair eBook!

Common problems and cures listed - many of which you can fix yourself with only the remote control handset or a soldering iron. Plus lots of general repair information including how to recognise various components.

Written in simple terms, this eBook also gives the home user valuable advice on how to prevent failure.
Read it NOW and save money in the future.
But, if the worst happens, read it anyway because it will still save you money.

Does NOT cover the SKY+ or HD models.

Repairing Sky Digital Receivers (about 900k PDF file size)
100 pages
Last updated September 19, 2004

£1.45 Order Page click HERE

repairing the sky digibox


Double Your Earnings Now!

Double Your Earnings Now!

Do you install or repair equipment in people's homes? Or maybe you are thinking about starting such a business in the UK?

Learn simple methods to increase your earnings significantly. A book full of common sense hints, tips and methods, which will change the way you think about running your business. Implement these suggestions and see how your earnings increase!

£9.95 Order Page click HERE


Make Money At Weekends and in your spare time
eBook - Electronic book

Make Money At Weekends and in your spare time

Lots of ideas, hints and tips about making money in ways that you can fit into weekends and other spare time. You have to start in a small way if you want to build up enough capital to make lots of money. Or you may prefer simply to make and sell your own hand crafted items. Either way, you'll find this eBook invaluable.

Order Page click HERE


A Beginner's Guide to Receiver Repair
eBook - Electronic book

A Beginner's Guide to Receiver Repair

Based on the original "Screwdriver Expert's Guide to Satellite Receivers" this eBook describes the basic components and a typical power supply with diagrams and explanations. Shows how to solder and describes what to check and measure. Includes a basic guide to tracing the cause of a fault. It won't make you an expert but, if you are capable of soldering in components supplied as a kit, it will take you one step further so you understand why you are doing it and even help you figure out other possible fault causes and cures. If you buy a repair kit, you need this eBook.

I guarantee you'll be delighted with this amazing eBook full of information!

(about 575k PDF file size) FREE with any repair kit purchase!

£2.95 Order Page click HERE


Installing a Motorised Dish
eBook - Electronic book

Installing a Motorised Dish

Everything you need to know about installing a motorised satellite TV dish system for your analogue or digital satellite receiver. Written in plain English with no maths and a minimum of technical "jargon", this eBook will lead you by the hand. Includes dish angles, declination table etc. Installation guide

Installing a motorised dish (about 650k file size)

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

Withdrawn - out of date.

installing a moving sat dish installing a moving dish installing a moving satellite dish


Web site design

Be Found

by #SatCure

You want your web site to be found? The eBook contains a multitude of tips that I've picked up during the last ten years of designing and using web sites. Many of these tips have never been mentioned previously, yet they are extremely important to the success of your web site!

The eBook is a compilation of notes that I wrote to help people who were new to web site design or who couldn't quite figure it out for themselves. (There's no shame in that. Heck, you can still see examples of bad page design on my own web sites where I haven't had the time or patience to correct them!)

I put my notes onto several web pages and they grew as time passed. Now I've decided to combine all those pages into a single eBooklet which can be downloaded and read at your leisure.

If you use my information you can create a HUGE increase in "traffic" (visitors) to your web site after only a few months - maybe even sooner.

Note: this eBooklet tells you how to design web sites that get listed in search engines. It gives brief details about designing web pages with text and pictures but it doesn't pretend to teach you how to design "killer web sites" with flashing lights, bells and whistles. Search engines don't usually care what a web site looks like. Your visitors will expect it to be neat, tidy and easy to navigate. More Info


The Photographer's Book of Smiles
eBook - Electronic book

The Photographer's Book of Smiles

John Everett shows his unique style of humour, in the form of poems and limericks.

This highly amusing eBook makes the Ideal gift for any photographer.

Limericks and poems - each with a hand-drawn illustration.

Written and illustrated by John Everett, professional writer and photographer.

£1.00 More Info


Satellite Workshop
eBook - Electronic book

Each month #SatCure as "Jack Armstrong" wrote a monthly "Satellite Workshop" column for "Television Servicing" magazine.

We've compiled some of the original, unedited versions - that means they are longer and funnier than the published versions. They may contain errors or stories which have never appeared in print. They might also contain the odd note to the editor!

It is simply too good to give away for free.

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

£1.00 More Info


Jack's Workshop
eBook - Electronic book

#SatCure as "Jack Armstrong" wrote a monthly "Jack's Workshop" column for "Television and Home Electronics Repair" magazine.

This is a compilation of the articles from early 2001 till September 2002.

Before you buy an eBook, be sure to read the FAQ page.

£1.00 More Info


Surface Mount Technology - Design Guidelines
eBook - Electronic book
Surface Mount Technology - Design Guidelines
by #SatCure T. B.Eng.
  • Why do multilayer ceramic capacitors crack or burst into flames?
  • What size/shape copper pads should I use?
  • How can I reduce the cost of solder by 60%?

These notes were written a few years ago but the points considered remain valid today. They don't contain hard and fast "rules" but attempt to make the designer think logically about his design. Of course, there are some contentious points, which are bound to raise comments such as "Why should I change. I've always done it in such-and-such a way?" My answer is "Why not? You won't know unless you try it!" I worked for fifteen years as a designer and I didn't simply pull these ideas out of a hat. Hopefully you will find them interesting and thought-provoking.

Read more information

£3.40 More Info


 

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