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no very straight forward, all you do it drill a hole in the rook, this is the most un-nerving thing - especially on a brand new MH. but if you use the Sikoflex that they advise (I will be throwing in a tube when I sell my spare system) it is very easy.

Basically, you find a position on the roof where you want the system to go, clean the area down with sand paper, put the curing agent of the Sixoflex on the roof, leave it for about 15-20 mins, then put the Sikoiflex on the other surface (about3-4mm depth) and then lightly press down, you do not press the hell out of it, just enough to make sure there is food contact. when that is done, sprinkle a little water on it to sped up the curing process and that is the dish installed. For the wiring, drill a hole, if I recall about 20mm in a convenient place (so you can poke the cables down into the TV cabinet) repeat the process as above, but use the gland (that will be supplied) and press down. When I installed mine, I ensured that I had a good amount of Sikoflex around the gland and smoothed it over with my finger. You then leave it for 24 hours before moving the vehicle or the operating the dish.

In the mean time, you connect on of the wires tot he Satellite in on the receiver (you can use a Sky box but this limits you to just receiving one satellite) I put mine into a Zehnder unit, that allows for tuning into literally hundreds of channels, the other cable connects to the SSC unit. This is a little half moon shaped unit that goes inside the tv cabinet, you have a couple of button it this that allow you to select which ever satellite you want. select, and it automatically finds it for you.

Very straight forward. for the wiring, all you need is a 12V + feed for the SSC unit, and also a 12V + feed from the starter motor, this is so that when the engine is started it sends a signal to the unit, and automatically closes down. These are usually present in your MH or are easy to pick up.

The system I will be selling will have all the necessary bits (SSC unit, dish, Glands, Sikoflex, etc - the only thing is that when I took it off the previous MH I cut the cables so as not to leave a hole in the roof, since then I have spliced the cabled back together and put into a water proof box and is fully working - fully checked out)

Hope this helps

It does, indeed. Thank you for taking the time to explain things so well that even this novice could understand

I am thinking very strongly about looking into this further.

I can't an option on this forum to PM someone, is there one?

OK. How much do you need to get for your Orbiter?

I would be willing to sell it for £700

That would come with the dish, the SSC, cable (as described with the spliced cables in a waterproof box) the entry gland and a tube of Sixoflex. basically everything that you would get if you went to get it from a shop etc.

As I said it is fully working and would be able to demonstrate that,

Thanks Andy. That is a good price compared to the new, shop price. I assume you mean sterling so I am just wondering what that comes to in euros.

I got the following with Google conversion: 700 British pounds = 887.913371 EurosV

Not sure if the bank would give a similar deal but that exchange rate seems pretty favourable.

Leave it with me for now and I will get back to you.

My email...........Edited to remove details.

Cheer Andy.

I removed my email as there's no need to leave it there.