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Old 16-09-2010, 11:00 PM
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Sounds reasonable

What would that make them...5.95 + ??? (cost of postage)

Maybe up around the 8-10 pound range??
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Old 16-09-2010, 11:06 PM
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I have to pay VAT so the unit price is 6.63gbp. Plus postage at cost to Oz.
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Old 17-09-2010, 07:18 AM
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I ordered one last night
Webcam
Adapter
Shipping

$50

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Old 17-09-2010, 08:45 AM
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I ordered one this morning (and adapter) after emailing them last night re the VAT. Received a prompt response asking me to reply to the order confirmation email and request a VAT refund for an overseas order. Should convert to about $40AUD + card provider charge. Sounds good!!

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Old 17-09-2010, 09:03 AM
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I ordered one with adapter yesterday before they had overseas postage there. Sent them email asking what to do and this morning i got message:

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No problem we will add it on
Thank you for your order"


Great!! Now, sit and wait

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Old 17-09-2010, 09:28 AM
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I ordered one with adapter yesterday before they had overseas postage there. Sent them email asking what to do and this morning i got message:

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No problem we will add it on
Thank you for your order"


Great!! Now, sit and wait

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Hmmm me too. Just sent them an email, hopefully all will be ok.

I wonder how much stock they have
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Old 17-09-2010, 12:59 PM
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Thanks Ken for the info.

I've just ordered one as well. Hope they have a truck load Will worry about flashing it when it gets here. Perhaps some helpful person could post instructions on IIS
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Old 17-09-2010, 04:52 PM
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Flashing the 880 to 900

These instructions were originally posted by Russ on the SGL forum:

Hi all,

I installed the camera first using the INF file from the Morgans site. The camera is recognised as a Toucam 750K. (Ed. Copy the .inf file to a temp directory and then plug in the camera...when it goes looking for drivers point it to the directory)
I then followed the instructions for flashing a Toucam Pro II 840K to SPC900NC:

Philips SPC900NC uncovered

PLEASE GO CAREFUL AND READ THROUGH ALL INFO ON THE LINK ABOVE. THIS MUST BE DONE USING A WINDOWS XP SYSTEM!

Download WcRmac and the SPC900NC binary file. Install WcRmac and then copy the SPC900NC binary file to C:\Program Files\TWIRG\WcRmac\binary\8116
Start WcRmac, click the webcam tab at the top, choose DS Interface, select the camera in the window and connect. Click the Binaries tab and you should see the SPC900NC binary you copied to the 8116 folder earlier. Click the 'Get current and save as' button to back up the current binary file. Then highlight the new SPC900NC binary and click on the 'Load into cam' button. Close the program once done. Unplug the webcam.
(Ed. You then need to install the new drivers for the SPC900nc) and install the SPC900NC driver:
SPC900NC/00 Philips Webcam SPC900NC VGA CCD with Pixel Plus - Philips Support
Plug in the cam, windows will find the device and installs. Job done!

You need to have a webcam capture program running (WxAstrocapture,
Craterlet etc) while running the WcRMac.
Takes less than 2 mins.
NOTE: This must be done on a XP machine....No- It doesn't work under Win7

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Old 17-09-2010, 05:56 PM
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Thanks again Ken.

I've downloaded all the files ready for when the camera arrives
After reading all the instructions though I'm tempted to leave the camera as is

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Old 17-09-2010, 06:05 PM
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Its very straight forward, even a BoF like me managed it first time!

1. Copy the .inf file from Morgans to a temp folder
Download the WcRmac and binary file
Copy binary file to the /8116 directory
Down load the Philips 900nc drivers (ready for step 9 below)

2. Connect webcam and let Windows install
3. Open Craterlet/ K3/ WxAstroCapture etc
4. Open WcRmac
5. Click on DS connection, and tick "accept responsibility"
6. Highlight 900nc binary
7. Click "Download binary to camera"
8. Remove and insert camera
9 Let windows install the new Philips drivers
10 Have a beer - job done!
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Old 18-09-2010, 05:38 PM
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suggest this goes to "Beginners Astrophotography" , for those most likelt to benefit.
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Old 20-09-2010, 10:37 PM
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Has anyone received shipping confirmation ?
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Old 20-09-2010, 11:18 PM
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Most of the interested people have ordered direct from Morgans....
So there's probably no need for me to offer to buy and ship.
Everyone over here in the UK who has purchased from them is extremely pleased with the outcome!
I can honestly recommend them as a source for cheap SPC900nc webcams. I believe they still have hundreds in stock!!
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Old 22-09-2010, 01:42 AM
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OK, only two members want me to buy/ flash and ship.
If I don't hear from any others I'll purchase the cameras tomorrow. Should be delivered and shipped to Oz by the weekend.
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Old 23-09-2010, 10:47 AM
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Anyone recieved theirs yet ? Or even a shipping confirmation ?

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Old 23-09-2010, 11:03 AM
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Anyone recieved theirs yet ? Or even a shipping confirmation ?

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No, but I see that my CC has been billed.
I wasn't expecting it overnight, but a shipping confirmation would be nice.
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Old 23-09-2010, 11:32 AM
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They took my money on 17/9. The email theey sent said it would be despatched within 24 hours. Not arrived yet.

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Old 23-09-2010, 11:41 AM
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Correction all,

The post has just arrived and the camera was with it.


Now I'm about to embark on stuffing it up!

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Old 23-09-2010, 11:54 AM
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Mine was processed on the 20th, hopefully it will arrive in the next couple of days.
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Old 23-09-2010, 12:10 PM
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Have it running under XP, It's a stylish unit, now for the major surgery. Will do that after lunch as I think I need a full stomach for that.

I have just been back to the Morgans site and they are now 5.95 ex VAT, I'm sure I paid 9 pound something

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