private courier £2.90 x2, post 3-5 days, surely to god that won't break the bank if somebody is offering you a free test ?? It's probs more likely to be a faulty port on the LNB anyways
I used to use Hermes for deliveries at that price but they are unreliable, I got so many complaints about boxes being left on door steps etc so now use UPS, its £6 each way but quicker and more reliable.
Normally I will test boxes over team viewer for nout, if people want to donate to the beer fund then that's entirely up to them. When people send a box I do ask for something towards beer fund and to be honest in this thread he has been offered so much free advice and not taking it I wonder if he would appreciate it more if he has had to pay for it,
@channelking this thread is getting me down more than Brexit at the moment, if you can cover the courier cost then send me the box, I will check it on my setup, I'll even reflash it if you want it updating which sounds as though it needs it, and send it back to you. If the box works here then it will eliminate that from the equation and you will then need to get your dish/cables checked over.
You are not the only one on here that is strapped for cash, heck I'm disabled and can't get a 'proper job' but refuse to claim the dole (do they still call it that these days) so do little things to earn a bit of beer money, my wife has part time job, we have a mortgage and had 3 boys to bring up (yea all left home now). I'm not going to give lectures but if you can't afford the shipping for me or anyone else to test your box then I do think you need to consider if spending time/money on the box is the right thing to do at the moment.