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Reviews for Technomate TM 4200 Combi Avg. Customer Review (2.7 Stars):	Printer friendly format Save to User Control Panel Subscribe to Technomate TM 4200 Combi reviews
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Technomate TM 4200 Combi    Post Date: Apr 03, 2006 Reviewer: David from Cambridgeshire, UK - See all reviews by David Review: Stands out for having one brilliant feature; as well as being capable of receiving both DTT and sat channels, this box allows the user to mix DTT and sat channels seamlessly in a single channel list. This does not appear to be possible on another combined DVB-T/DVB-S box I have (a Kaon, which is in other respects a good performer). No switching between sat and DTT modes is required, which makes the Technomate great for watching a mix of, say, DTT channels from Freeview and FTA satellite broadcasts from 28.2E or 19.2E. IMHO, other aspects of performance are all at least acceptable for the relatively keen price, although the lack of MHEG support for Freeview channels is a clear drawback, and the only reason I would give it four rather than five stars. Was this review helpful to you?   (Report this)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: No Control at all    Post Date: Aug 13, 2005 Reviewer: Andy from United Kingdom - See all reviews by Andy Review: I wanted to use the 4200 combo as a feed hunting only machine but the lack of helpful features that the fortecs have make it a very time consuming tiresome receiver. 1. You can't delete the pre-programed transponders because once you do a satellight scan it reproduces all the old deleted transponders. 2.There is an adjustable symbol range option in the powerscan menu that is supposed to filter out the millions of unwanted normal channels but, it doesn't work. 3. There's no option to filter out data channels. 4. It doesn't like operating more than 2 dishes through a diseq switch. 5. It locks up when trying to find satellites. 6.There's no channel data software to use with a PC. So if you're after a simple freeview/FTA receiver, the technomate combo is ok, but if you want a feed hunting machine, buy a fortecstar. The technomates are a little bit faster than the fortecs but the lack of helpful features make the fortecs clear winners in the feed hunting arena. Was this review helpful to you?   (Report this)
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful: Technomate TN 4200 Combi    Post Date: May 17, 2005 Reviewer: Lovejoy from Hampshire UK - See all reviews by Lovejoy Review: I was looking to update my old analogue motorised satellite system and having no desire to pay Sky the "Combi" looked to be the ideal solution. FTA digital Sat and Freview in one box. Installation and setup was pretty straight forward with no problems. But there were a few things which I found lacking but the Sat side is pretty well as expected. 1) If a channel is not transmitting when searching then you are unable to view it when it does, although it finds the channel. A furthur scan will not overwrite the existing channel, you have find and delete the old one manually. 1 amongst 5000!! 2) The 7 day EPG? It only displays the programme you are watching...sometimes. 3) The time display is always slow, losing about 5 mins a day, but has improved with the latest software, it was about 30 mins. 4) Software update is only by RS232 5) Interactive doesn't work on the Freeview. I have raised these points with Technomate in case it is my box at fault but alas no reply. Was this review helpful to you?   (Report this)

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