kh3500

Hello all,
I am thinking about buying this Mercury II. I am interested in getting a receiver that will controll two different rooms with different shows. I did a little research and I think if I read correctly that Mercury II will do it for me. Please send me any suggestion before I make this purchase. Is it a good investment? I currently have a Pansat 3500 and its just fine. Does it work the same as all others? Can I used it for different rooms with different shows and how? If this unit is not what I am looking for, what will give me the viewing of two different showing with one receiver? Give me pros and cons on this unit. It would be much appreciated.

Thanks
kh3500

Cobra

I don't know much about the Mercury II, but I don't think there have been any files for it for a good while now.
Someone else on PBP will probably know more. I myself run a Pansat 3500 with no problems.

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Batman

sounds interesting.....I'd like to know more about it too...earlier, Casper have mentioned that he own one of the unknow brand and went out of business and loss $400 investing it. so becareful of products with no history background.

yours truely, Batman

CASPER7

I personally don't recomended your are just going to lose your money there is no good support for that brand.... I miself will recomend the viewsat brands, Sonicview, and my favorite CAPTIVEWORKS, Here is some info on the mercury II It does not say you can watch different channels on different tv.....

The Fortec Star MERCURY II satellite receiver provides digital free-to-air satellite reception.

The Fortec Star MERCURY II is a powerful satellite receiver ideal for satellite enthusiast. The receiver has an easy-to-use Menu, yet is feature-rich. It also comes with a comprehensive Power Scan for blind searching satellites. Users can back up their channel list before upgrading the software, and then restore the channel list, all from within the receiver's own menu. The front panel has 8 buttons allowing complete control of the receiver?s functions without the use of the remote. The back panel has all the connection options you would need, with RCA composite jacks, component jacks (Y,Pb,Page Ranking), and an S-video connection.

* Channel Back-up and Channel recovery function
* Component video (Y,Pb,Pr) and S-Video connections
* 3 RCA connections (1 Video, 2 Audio L/R)
* POWER Scan (blind search) with complete parameter control
* Dolby Digital 5.1 audio pass-through (optical)
* 100 programmable satellites and 6,000 programmable channels
* Timer function for Sleep / Wake Up / VCR Record and Channel Reminder
* Fully MPEG 2 / DVB compliant, MCPC/SCPC, C/KU reception
* 1 LNB input with IF loop through for 2nd receiver
* Manual PID scan function
* DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS supported
* Picture-In-Graphics function
* Multi-Picture (4,9, 13 or 16 pictures) function
* ZOOM In/Out
* Electronic Program Guide
* Data transfer: receiver-to-receiver or PC-to-receiver

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kh3500

Thanks for the info. It was very helpful. Is there such a satellite out there?

Kh3500

CASPER7

not at this time.... you can put multiple tv with 1 receiver but if you want to watch something different you need a receiver for each tv....