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That is very cheap, has he done much work on Motorhomes as the hard bit is routing the cables through the van without doing any damage and keeping them out of site. I wouldn't entrust it to someone has little experience of working on Motorhomes.I don't trust myself not to bugger it up, so I'll not be doing it. The AV guy estimated 2 to 3 hours to fit at £40 per hour.
I purchased a Megasat Countryman Professional GPS from a dealer In Germany. It cost not much more than the UK Avtex Snipe standard but is equivalent to the Avtex Snipe Pro.
It comes with a 2 year return to base warranty (Dealer pays collection and re-delivery costs). What I did not like about the UK Avtex is that they do not offer a warranty if DIY Fitted.
The Megasat pros sell from around £500 - £900 on ebay bids.
I could have purchased an Oyster Vision low profile for around £1200 from Germany or £1700 UK. But after the mountain of trouble we had with our Oyster Vision II 85CM, I decided against the brand.
Trev
We have the snipe, the pro didn't exist when we got ours.
The main advantage in the pro is the extra arms for better stability in wind etc.
Think I would have paid the extra given the chance.
Out of curiosity, did you previously list that unit for sale somewhere?
They can't say that with any legal backing. When I had a fault on mine they asked who fitted it I said my dealer, they said you need to get them to remove it then send it back to us, I just said OK already had a word with them. I then got my ladder out and removed it, they sent a carrier to pick it up, new unit received by return.What I did not like about the UK Avtex is that they do not offer a warranty if DIY Fitted.
I only brought in the UK because at the time they were about £300 dearer in Germany.As said earlier, mine transpired to be a Selfsat Snipe from Germany, ships with everything required to roof mount OOTB (base plate, fixings, cable gland etc), and no mention of having to be installed by a registered installer. Swings and roundabouts I suspect, as presumably I'll not be able to use Avtex as backup if it should fail, it will need to go back via the dealer from whence it came...
Slightly off topic but regarding Trev post with French tolls, we have a Dethleffs tag at 3.3meter high, the camera on the tolls class us as class 4 but a call on the toll intercom telling them we are a camper car is then reduced to class 2, we have also found this no problem at maned tolls and in one instance i told the attendant that we were a class 2 camper car and she replied " i can see for myself that's its a camper car"
They don't repair them they replace them that's why it's not been touched. Am I right in assuming it was over 2 years old and out of warranty, as when I phoned them they asked for a copy of my invoice to confirm it was in warranty.Well avtex rang me to say it would be about £250 + vat to repair the Snipe so I told them not to bother, just send it back. It's arrived back & from what I can see it's not even been opened up?
No point in throwing more money at it as they NOW say it's not designed for permanent mounting. We live & learn.
They don't repair them they replace them that's why it's not been touched. Am I right in assuming it was over 2 years old and out of warranty, as when I phoned them they asked for a copy of my invoice to confirm it was in warranty.
What is wrong with it?
That's what went wrong with mine, looked like it was an easy DIY fix, but I returned mine as it was under warranty.When I read a few Google translated German or Dutch forums seeking info on Snipe, I think the parking issue was referred to there as a "known issue" in some of the earlier units (I *think* they referred to the parking switch/sensor). But I don't have the links and can't recall the forum names etc, so I wouldn't take that as gospel.
That's what went wrong with mine, looked like it was an easy DIY fix, but I returned mine as it was under warranty.
Brought it last March, started playing up about late August. When the dish folded down it wasn't pressing on the switch hard enough & the motor keep running. A push up on the dish with a pole then it would fall back down on the switch a bit harder and it would turn off, well that's what I did until I had time to return it.Out of interest, when did you purchase that unit and how long did it work for before that issue manifested?
Well I got to the bottom of the play in the arm which seems to have solved the parking issue too
The arm is fastened to the shaft with four screws which were very loose, this was allowing the dish part to come down too far & catch on the base part , jamming it from moving to the parked position. Bit of threadloc & tightened screws seems to have cured that problem. Second pic is for anyone curious about what is inside the base part.
Worth investigating further with it wobbling about when driving could have been a fair bit of vibration transmitted to the electronics, could a loose connection or dry joint on the PCB. Failing that I am wondering if there is any way of doing an electronic reset or may be worth configuring a satellite on one of the user ports and see if that works.No, scew still not working & it still doesn't "lock on" but at least it parks properly & no longer waggles about in a breeze.
Thanks, but I'm not good with electronics, wouldn't know how.Worth investigating further with it wobbling about when driving could have been a fair bit of vibration transmitted to the electronics, could a loose connection or dry joint on the PCB. Failing that I am wondering if there is any way of doing an electronic reset or may be worth configuring a satellite on one of the user ports and see if that works.