Martin is one of the UK's leading experts in the field of Satellite Receiver repairs and installation. He has published several books on this and other subjects and is a regular magazine contributor.

Welcome to the SatCure web sites. There is lots of information in them about UK Satellite TV and Hobbies - especially hobbies involving Electronics. Why "SatCure"? The name arose from my original business which was the repair of analogue satellite receivers - hence "Satellite Cure". The name is not in use anywhere else so, if you search for "SatCure", you will land on one of my web sites. http://www.satcure.co.uk http://www.satcure.com http://www.satcure.net http://www.your-book.co.uk http://www.samedayremote.com/

My web sites now contain over 500 pages which makes them one of the biggest information resources on the Internet! To make it easier to navigate, let me explain what I am selling (the bottom line!) and then I'll tell you about the other 90 percent which is simply FREE information. WARNING! I have a wry sense of humour that some of you will not appreciate. I want you to have fun during your visit here but I also want you to buy something. Don't be surprised if I keep reminding you. This is the way I feed my family and it takes priority over anything else. However, I won't rip you off and I won't deliberately sell you anything you don't need.

I sell Solutions to Your Problems!

For Hobbies Apple Mac etc. (Satellite TV stuff below)

Electrical and electronic parts Ordinary wire and cable, special purpose wire, terminals and connectors Tools, clips, meters, screws Batteries and power supply units Interesting and useful Electronic kits to build in the hobby section 555 timer circuits 555 LED driver and micro miniature key-fob LED torch Audio Section Cable, wire and connectors Other items Apple Macintosh and iMac computer accessories SCSI leads and terminators Modem leads Switching boxes Memory batteries Other items being added each week Books Manuals and instruction books for satellite receivers (see order form list) eBooks for download (some are FREE)

For Analogue Satellite receivers Accessories such as Scart leads, connectors, sockets, sat finder meter Spare parts including remote control handsets, electronic components Power Supply Repair kits Reliability Improvement kits Upgrade and modification kits sorry, No Longer Available Cooling fan kits User Manuals sorry, NLA Service Manuals sorry, NLA For Digital Satellite receivers Accessories such as Scart leads, Audio leads, connectors, sockets, sat finder meter Spare parts including remote control handsets, electronic components Remote extenders LNBs, dishes, cable, connectors Power Supply Repair kits Reliability Improvement kits Cooling fan kits User Manual Service Manuals (Pace) sorry, NLA

You can find links to all the above product information at my Shop page. In addition, you will find links to all satellite information pages, including FAQs for individual models, general FAQs, pages explaining the kits and a Technical Help section which you really MUST read before asking me for advice.

OK, that's what I sell today but it's already out of date because I'm adding more and more items each week! Be sure to delete your browser "cache" when you visit again, otherwise it may show the OLD pages that are stored in your computer.

Free Information

Most of this web site is devoted to free information. There's a large amount of it in the Satellite and Freeview section. There's also information in the Electronics Design section. I've started a basic series of information pages about electronic components and how they work. All very simple stuff. By the way, each month I send an e-mail news letter about satellite TV stuff, new products and anything else that I feel might interest you. To join my mailing list, simply use my FREE BOOK download form.

Do you design web sites?

How did you find my web site? Was it difficult? No? Want to know why? I've written a booklet called "Be Found" to help you design a successful web site. I don't mean a web site that looks pretty, which nobody ever visits. I mean a web site like this which has *hundreds* of visitors each day! The booklet is *very* cheap and I promise you that, if you have a web site or design web sites, you'll find some new and interesting information in it which is worth far more than the miserly price I'm asking.

Copyright

You can download ANY of my pages to your own computer but PLEASE do not print them, distribute them or upload them to any bulletin board, web site or News Group. Why?.... Well, they are copyright of course but the main reason is that I continually update the information. Do you have time to do that? No? Well then, please don't publish my pages. It only gives me problems in a few weeks time when somebody reads the out-of-date page then asks me a question about it. DO add as many links to my pages as you wish. Put links on your web site, mention them in News Groups, magazines, letters to your friends and, if you want a reciprocal link, please read THIS page.

What makes me qualified to help you?

Of course I don't know everything but I'm quite old and I have a fairly broad-based knowledge of technical things, which I've learned by designing simple electronic circuits since age ten, and by spending time getting my degree at University, followed by many years in industry with companies such as GEC Telecommunications, Siemens and Brother Industries, where I was firstly Quality Assurance Manager then Technical Manager. I was also Technical Manager for EUROSAT at Walsall for three years. Apart from design work, I've also done a lot of repair work. I repaired more than 25,000 analogue satellite receivers and hundreds of digital ones before I retired from repairs. Given the circuit diagrams and spare parts, I used to be able to fix almost anything - from doorbells through computers. Nowadays, however, components are becoming smaller and increasingly complex and my eyesight is getting worse. The latest Digital Satellite receivers are difficult to repair, requiring a large investment in equipment, so I'm happy to leave most repairs to the youngsters! See this page for details of a good repair service. My team is fairly good at finding components and information so, if you can't find it on one of my web sites, feel free to ask. At worst, I'll "tell you where to go" and, at best, I'll tell you where to go.   ;o)

Happy Customers

Throughout my site you'll find notes like this (and a few complaints). They are all genuine. I don't need to make them up. There's a lot of nice people out there.

Dear Martin, Great service! This is the first time that I have tried repairing any electronic equipment. The advice you provided was excellent and the parts supplied fixed the problem! John Bennet I confess that it was with great trepidation that I began to offer my "trade" kits to the general public. However, I have consistently been amazed by the abilities and honesty of the majority of my customers. I think some of them (like you) were possibly even more surprised by what they could achieve with only a little help and the correct components :o) To help further, I now stock low-cost soldering irons, solder kit, multimeter, cutters, tweezers etc.

Stay cool. Martin