Posts by shakin1234

  • thinking of buying a FBOX2

    hi guys


    had an email from sponsor today about the FBOX2. i noticed it can play a lot of video files. I am after a media streamer that will be able to pass dts-hd to my amplifier, does anybody know if this box will do it. i have googled a few players, and looks like the Dune 303D is capable of doing this, but really hoping this FBOX2 does it.


    any help, is always appreciated

  • ppv fight tonight


    a big thank you superdazza, you truly are super!!

  • Issue with Hd1 & motor over shooting the satellite

    ok, so i have fixed the issue, thought i would share the info, but it is very strange….


    so no matter what i did or how many re-flashes i tried, the dish was shooting passed wherever it should of been. the dish has never moved and it is plumb straight. the only thing i did change was to the latest catseye settings. so, i decided to try vu solo with latest vix image, that i had on a static 28.2 setup, i had the latest 03-08-14 catseye installed, setup with same usuals in the tuner config and the same thing happened as the Venton, it over shoots by about 1cm at a guess.


    so the only way i could sort, was to leave it where the motor finished off at say 28.2, then unscrew the dish and move it back about 1cm where it was then in-line, and then now i can get 100% of the sats as i could before.


    very strange problem, which was not affected by images or hardware, so only thing was when i updated the channel lists, and on the venton, i did this through the linuxsat plugin, and on the solo i uploaded via dreambox edit.


    very odd, but is working, and i thought i would let you all know.


    cheers

  • Issue with Hd1 & motor over shooting the satellite

    Thanks for the reply


    I have never had to scan in a satellite before adding the catseye list


    If I try to scan in a satellite, it won't lock on, because it goes passed the satellite by at least 10 fine movements to west from the postioner setup


    I guess I could move the motor manually to 28.2east and then set the receiver to single satellite and then scan the channels in. Then I would change back to usuals to try to go to say 28.2 or 13 but I am sure it will not lock on, it will go passed where it should stop


    Very odd

  • Issue with Hd1 & motor over shooting the satellite

    hi all


    having a strange issue, where i have got it on latest vix image and latest cats eye listing from the linuxsat add-on, when i rebooted , the motor now goes passed the satellite by a far amount so doesn't lock on.


    i have reflashed, tried different tuner, i am using usals.


    do you think this is all of a sudden a box or motor problem, previously was working fine.


    cheers

  • thinking of add a usb free view tuner - will this solve my issue?

    Quote from dazzza19

    the little white box on the beam looks like a distribution amp it needs to be powered usually a power supply will be in one of the rooms you have the aerial this is plugged in the mains and powers the amplifier enabling more than one set to use your aerial


    http://www.screwfix.com/p/labg…mp-power-supply-12v/80459



    i have definitely thrown that out lol - i am about to go and buy this to see if can get it all working. stupid question i know lol - do i need 1 of these for each tv i plug in?


    cheers

  • thinking of add a usb free view tuner - will this solve my issue?

    dazzza19, you sir are a true gent!


    i have just clicked that link, and a lightbulb turned on above my head. when i moved into this house, i turned off and unscrewed that box from the living room skirting. i will try and find it, although i might of thrown it out. otherwise £11 isn't going to break the bank, if it means i can get this working. i will report back.


    thanks again

  • thinking of add a usb free view tuner - will this solve my issue?

    hi all


    i have been trying to get a resolution to the annoying problem, which is my wife recording crappy soaps and I'm having no free tuner left, obviously a divorce is the simplest option, but most likely the most expensive!


    so i have an aerial in the loft, and when i moved in to this property i cannot get any picture out of any aerial sockets around the house. my guess here is either i need a new aerial to get the new digital free view, or whatever the aerial is connected to will need to be changed over to some sort of new digital distribution box. i will post a picture of said aerial over the weekend. but from memory the aerial connects to a black circular box that says lab gear on it and then that connects to distribution box.


    anyway, back to my dilemma. if i can get free view sorted from this aerial, could i then connect it to a usb tuner to my duo (i have looked at flee bay item 290986118179, will this be ok) - my concern here is that i use cats eye channel listing, so how would the box & wife select her soaps, for then the duo to realise to record on the free view tuner so it would free up tuner 2, which is my motorised.


    hopefully somebody else out there has had this issue and found a solution?



    thanks in advance


    Shakin

  • Guide to stream your VU+ Duo over the WEB using VLC

    hi guys


    sorry to bring up this old thread..


    does anybody know why the newer version of vlc won't work?? i am using the vlc mac version, but having no luck..


    also - i have read that the duo2 can do what this vlc guide is trying to achieve. have people used this feature with their duo2?


    i have setup a VPN and can stream to vlc, which on some internet connections this breaks up, so thats why i was thinking that if i can re-encode to a lower bit rate, then this would solve my issue when viewing outside the home


    cheers

  • Problem flashing Maxdigital XP1000

    Quote from codar

    Been a while since i flashed one but as far as i can remember, you don't see anything on screen until flash has completed and receiver reboots.


    Yep this is correct


    I flashed one a couple of days ago. With the USB stick in the rear, I pressed ch+ on the receiver as soon as I turned it on, and kept pressing it and then I noticed it was doing something, as the USB sticks light started flashing. Once complete, it auto restarts and boots.

  • do i really need a good line of sight to get satellite aligned to hot bird?

    howdy all - i have relocated the dish to the back of the shed and siting almost on the roof apex. i have managed to lock on to 13 with a technomate dish (can't remember exactly the size of it) but i could not lock 13 with sly dish, which is a shame, even though i managed to get 13 with the sly dish when messing about, i could not get it again when attaching it to the pole which is plumb straight, so i reverted back to the technomate and all is good :-)


    hopefully the mrs won't notice on her return lol



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  • do i really need a good line of sight to get satellite aligned to hot bird?

    put motor on it, and got nothing, i think i might give up, i might be able to put it on a pole at the back of the shed, but this will be high enough over the fence, so the neighbour will see it. how many dishes are you allowed on the house? i could put another *** dish up at the front to pick it up, but this would then be 3 dishes. Mrs will go nuts when she gets back from holiday lol