hi guys,

I got my Byond installed nearly two weeks ago. New grey dish, decoder, card, hdmi cable. Subscribed to Sports initially, but later added Learning. The problem i facing is that the decoder freezes/hangs randomly while watching astro. Happens in variety of channels. First I thought may be its the heat, but still same if using air-cond and leaving the TV cabinet cover wide open. The freeze happens at random times as well, some times within 10 mins of starting Astro, sometimes after 1 hours. The LED on the decoder will also freeze, for example "C831" will be come "C" or "1" or "3". At times when I off and on the Astro decoder, it even hangs when booting, so the decoder will show "b" or "t", for example. The installer came and did update, and he stayed for 15 mins - no problem. But the problem recur again about 1 hour after he left. And still recurring daily, few times a day. I usually wait 5 or 10 mins before switching on the decoder again and the problem sometimes recurs.

TV is LCD 42" LGLF20.

Decoder to TV: HDMI
Decoder to Amp: Red/White cable and Coaxial(used during HD channels). Problem occurs even if use the red/white audio cable only (coax unplugged).
Software date 23 Dec 2009.

Anyone else having same problem?

This post has been edited by poobalanm: Jan 10 2010, 03:51 AM

Try direct hdmi cable to your tv n unplug the connection to your amp, see whether the problem exist, if still same then ask for a change of the decoder.

I really hope that in future time, astro byond will make come back for the Video Mosaic functions that already absolute since 2006 if i'm not mistaken...

Starhub cable and DirectTV also have that functions...


This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jan 10 2010, 10:49 AM

MTVN HD is already available years ago lol.... its MTV Networks HD which has mix of programming from music videos to nickelodeon and this channel caters mostly europe region.

Take a look =P

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Added on January 10, 2010, 11:22 amI guess RTM is working on it, ever since the olympics hd broadcast in h264 via dvb-t. The only question is... when are they prepared to fully broadcast them :/


MHD actually stands for Music:High Definition

In US, MHD has rebranded themselves by changing their name to Palladia. They have started to include more live concerts which are shot in hd. Their most recent videos shown are really amazing but I'm not sure if they are upconverts, but usually their upconverts has those interlaced artifacts, their recent ones are very sharp without those artifacts, of course those recent music videos, not years ago...



This post has been edited by kaspersky-fan: Jan 10 2010, 11:22 AM

UPDATE:

HD Channel Wishlist


1. Disney Channel HD
2. Discovery HD
3. Astro RIA HD* (Maybe the first Malay HD channel in Malaysia?')
4. RTM HD*
5. ESPNews HD
6. STAR Movies HD*
7. Cartoon Network HD
8. Palladia
9. TVB Jade HD*
10. AXN HD
11. Travel Channel HD
12. NHK World HD*
13. STAR Sports HD

*Not available in HD.

This post has been edited by azrin_kiko: Jan 10 2010, 12:16 PM

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More info on this sole cute & pretty truck driver.. i dun think any such heavy duty pretty girl on truck here in Asia!
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4819-Ca...e-Road-Truckers

More on this pretty daredevil lady:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/t...ure_on_ice.html





This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 10 2010, 12:18 PM

WHY NOT AVAILABLE IN HD?

wahhh..pelik gak..aku tanye astro untuk dapatkan channel HBO HD kena subscribe movies package..demm

sure lar..... it's one of the channels in movie package mar.......

Sorry JOR23N

UPDATE:

HD Channel Wishlist


1. Disney Channel HD
2. Discovery HD
3. Astro RIA HD* (Maybe the first Malay HD channel in Malaysia?')
4. RTM HD*
5. ESPNews HD
6. STAR Movies HD*
7. Cartoon Network HD
8. Palladia
9. TVB Jade HD
10. AXN HD
11. Travel Channel HD
12. NHK World HD*
13. STAR Sports HD

*Not available in HD.

Hey why u cut off my MTVN HD channel???

UPDATE (With Suggested Packages):

HD Channel Wishlist
1. Disney Channel HD (Fun)
2. Discovery HD (Learning)
3. Astro RIA HD* (Family)
4. RTM HD* (Family)
5. ESPNews HD (Sports/News)
6. STAR Movies HD* (Movies)
7. Cartoon Network HD (Fun)
8. Palladia (Variety)
9. MTVNHD (Variety/Fun)
10. TVB Jade HD (Dynasty/Emperor/New Emperor)
11. AXN HD (Family)
12. Travel Channel HD (Family/Metro)
13. NHK World (Premium?) HD (Dynasty)
14. STAR Sports HD (Sports)
15. KBS 1 HD (Oriental**)
16. SBS HD (Oriental**)
17. MBC HD (Oriental**)

*Not available in HD.
**Self-made package.

This post has been edited by azrin_kiko: Jan 10 2010, 02:06 PM

Does this tagged HD?

Youtube

I don't know if they want japanese version of NHK World or English one?

I wished for English version.

mebi sebab aku ade langgan ABO movie..952 & 953

ps : byk cite seram & thriller aka bini yg gemor tengok

nhk world usually broadcast in English or with english sub-title, some programs have dual language, can switch to english or japanese
nhk world HD is available on Intelsat 8 166.0°E unencrypted


This post has been edited by neb: Jan 10 2010, 02:43 PM

Astro took only NHK World Premium, which is encrypted...

17/5 = 4 transponders needed lol... how many astro has again? lol

I planned to buy component cable for my astro byond...
should i choose monster cable or just cheap one that was selling in Giant - (if i'm not mistake, the price that I saw yesterday not more than RM50) ??
since component was analog signal, not digital like HDMI... maybe the cable quality will make difference?

* just wanna try whether my component output was having problem or not like others here talking about it...

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jan 10 2010, 03:35 PM