Fortec Star Receivers Reviews

[Sadoun]

Are you using a Fortec Star receiver?
Can you share with us your experience?
What are the Pros and Cons that you like about this receiver?
Have you compared it to other receivers?

[robbob]

Hi, I am a European (Netherlands) fortecstar user. I have recently pruchased a FS 6100 HA with a 80 GB HD. I must say it is a very good receiver.
Is the 6100 available yet in the US ? I am wondering what others think of the receiver and wherther any users use the 'more adavnced' features of it such as UCAS loaded with pentacrypt software. This is quite poular in Europe.
As there aren't many forum for Fortecstar (yet) I hope by sharing experiences we can all move forward.

[ZzeusS]

I ordered a #4 a few days ago, which includes the 786v3, and hope to start installing it this evening. I am planning on taping with monologue the entire process (with lots of editing of course!) and will probably export the project to windows media, real media and probably a DVD with chapter points and stuff. Maybe I can upload the videos somewhere or get something else going.

This will be my second install; the first one was a Dish network-on-a-cinderblock install, which took quite a long time, so hopefully this will be even more difficult

[ZzeusS]

I pointed the dish at 185.something for Telstar 5
44.something for elevation.

The deck picked up the signal right off the bat. I thought for sure I did something wrong, but it was a good signal.

I didn't have hardly anything screwed down on the dish, and I figgured I'd be in for an hour's worth of peaking the dish to even get a marginal signal. Right when I turned the Fortec receiver on and stepped through the setup procedures on the green sheet, it showed 88+ percent signal and a green bar. I went ahead and hit OK to do a full scan with reservations.. the dish mount wasn't even fully plumb! I just wanted to light it up to see how close I was. The receiver is so forgiving it picked up everything. Did a full scan in about a minute and I show channels 1 to 104 on Telstar 5.

Very nice setup.

[elhilayla]

Hi all
I am a new member here
I assure U that I will share U my experience.
Will B back soon

[ZzeusS]

The most golden nugget of information I can suggest is to make sure your mount is 100 percent plumb before mounting your dish!

It's 100 times easier to troubleshoot problems, especially if it's a motorized mount. Don't for one second think that somehow it will work out, or the receiver will be able figgure it out, or you'll be close enough. This stuff is pretty picky about signal. Trust me. I still have a bad mounting job that only gets 5 or 6 sats that I need to tear down and do again.

[afara]

I have installed a Fortecstar Lifetime receiver, dish and Expressvu LNB with Stab Motor and this was my first time install. I spent a day digging a hole and install a vertical post with concrete. Installation of Motor and dish is also very time consuming and could vary depending on the eqiupment.

My first dish alignement attempt failed because I didn't follow complete instructions in Stab manual but second time it worked and I was able to get signal quality and scan various satellites.

The nice thing about Fortec receiver is its easiness and compatibility with Stab motor. You don't really need to do anything once you select a satellite, Stab will move the dish automatically within seconds! I still haven't played with all Fortec's functions but by looking at its documentation, performance and picture quality, it is a very descent receiver!
Ali

[DruzeTito]

My fortec star dvb786v3 receiver is awesome. I love this company fortecstar. It could of had s-video out and a bit faster drawing of OSD graphics..and what would be the best feature was USB to connect to comptuer instead of using the annoying serial cable. I bought the wrong cable first and wasted 10 bucks at radio shack.. argggh. Other than that, its splendid.

[aar5ac]

I'm using the 786V3 reciever and motek positioner. The USALS feature of the Fortec works just fine with the motek even with the motek not being advertised USALS or DISQEC1.3 compliant. I like the USALS feature of the fortec as it's much easier for initial setup. I like the basic search functions and graphics as well as the footprint size of the receiver. The sat/channel feature is nice in grouping the channels by satellite. I like the fact that doing a channel search will not over write existing channels and pid info. Would also like to be able to input pid info without the remote software. This is only the 2nd dvb receiver I have had but for the price it's a very nice unit from my perspective.

[Nsat]

Two thumbs up for the Fortec Star 786V3 receiver. I share what aar5ac have said and more. If this receiver was nominated for the Oscars it would have won many awards.

~ Best picture
~ Best performance
~ Best menu
~ Best Sound
~ Best Makeup.. :P
~ Best value for the buck....
Now what are you waiting for, go and buy it now.... :wink: http://sadoun.com/Sat/Order/Systems.htm