PACE Digital Satellite Receiver. Model No. 2600C1

The Pace 2600C1 is renowned as being one of the best digiboxes to use in a weak signal areas. Its ability to operate with a lower signal threshold than many other digiboxes that have been produced to date, makes it a popular choice on the extreme edge of the signal footprint. The Pace 2600C1 is revered in problem areas such as the Canary Islands or Cyprus, as well as some parts of Southern Spain, Italy, Greece etc. While dish size is the biggest factor in determining a good reception, the Pace 2600C1 can be used to improve or overcome problems of pixelisation, image 'freezing' and evening 'fade-out' that are often experienced with other digiboxes.

PACE 2600C1 Sky Digibox

Pace manufactured the 2600C1 for a short period prior to the DS430N, and used the best components and chipsets to ensure maximum reliability and weak signal performance. However, the units were considered by BSkyB to be too expensive and Pace were requested to re-design the digibox so that it could be supplied to Sky at a more cost effective price for Sky. This resulted in the Pace DS430N, a digibox that is still better than most other makes, but one that fails to beat the Pace 2600 C1 on signal threshold performance. Signal threshold is the minimum signal strength at which a digibox can operate. Whilst a larger dish can overcome many low signal problems in the UK and surrounding countries, this alone cannot conquer the problems which exist in areas on the fringe of the Astra 2 footprint, so a box like the Pace 2600C1 or DS430N or even the Panasonic TU-DSB30 is vital in these areas.

The dimensions of the Pace 2600 C1 are; 305mm wide x 235mm deep x 68mm high.

The energy consumption of this model is also low at only 30 watts.