Signal level afternoon was about 175 now at night about 201
Signal quality seem unchanged BER 0.0E-7

Is this considered weak or average ?

Oh yes, now I remembered I suppose to do some sort of volumn-syn thing which mentioned before, ok will go read the manual!

Signal consider weak?! But the disc is already at roof top already?!
So shall I call Astro ?
Will signal get affected if there are also many Astro & B'yond discs around my neighbours?
My area here all got Astro, some 2, this afternoon I saw at least 3 B'yond discs just few houses away..... hope not because of this ...

This post has been edited by klseet: Apr 16 2010, 12:30 AM

D9 quality ?!

Actually I haven't really got time to enjoy those HDs yet, been fighting the remote control with wife just now
Even my wife also say those HD channels "wah, very clear & nice la, when are you going to subscribe those channels 3xx ?"

Please Astro, help answer this one ok?!

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Added on April 16, 2010, 12:36 amWah 240 & above, where u stay er bro ?
88 floors condo ?!

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Added on April 16, 2010, 12:38 amBut seriously:

1. At what signal level should be considered "viewable & acceptable" ?

2. What can we do to improve it ? Call Astro ?!

This post has been edited by klseet: Apr 16 2010, 12:38 AM

After going through the manual on how to setup Byond controller for TV, it's actually come with some pre-set TV remote controller codes. I think it's a bit troublesome, even the correct code work, it can only control very basic functions.

That's why I used this to learn & map all remote controllers:
http://www.chunghop.com/en/products_view.asp?id=137
http://www.chunghop.com/en/products_view.asp?id=313
So I just hold 1 remote controller for TV, Byond, DVD, Aircon ......

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Added on April 16, 2010, 1:10 amSo does any B'yonders have the sound level a bit low issue?
Is it because of signal quality ?




This post has been edited by klseet: Apr 16 2010, 01:10 AM

Sorry bro not sure whether can find here or not....
I bought it sometime ago in Shenzhen "accidentally" while trying to find replacement for my old Yamaha AMP.
Before this, I don't even know got such thing, now I can almost learn & map most of electrical remote controls... it's very useful for lazy ppl like me

Yes, I must say I got lots of help from many sifu here as well as other topics within LYN, a very big thank you !!

But I just don't understand why they want to "lower" down?
Sometime when we switch to other inputs (eg, DVD, normal TV, etc), suddenly it become so loud and we terkejut
I must say the Byond HDMI sound level is the lowest compare to all my other type of inputs .... so we have to be very careful to lower down TV volumn before switching to another input.... kind of inconvenient .... again for lazy ppl like me

Bro, you sure can change like this to improve signal ? Got "side-effect" or signal suddenly disappear ? Or suddenly can get other channels ?! (big hope)
Ok, will try this out later at night.

But so far even afternoon about 17x something at night 20x, it's still crystal clear and it seem like no difference to me....
So my question is what should be the average signal level and what's max ?

This post has been edited by klseet: Apr 16 2010, 03:23 PM

Is it? How come I didn't notice that? Which HD still got 4:3 source?

Is it true bro ? When when when ??

I noticed this problem as well, if I'm not wrong, it seem like it happened for all channels, with HD channels slightly more.
Could this the problem relate to the unusually low sound level ?!

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Added on April 19, 2010, 5:00 pmBro, you sure the lag so bad meh ....
I thought ppl start to shout even before it goal, so is this "lag" also

Anywhere, it does lag, no doubt!

This post has been edited by klseet: Apr 19 2010, 05:00 PM

Wah, I was only away for 1/2 and now has grown from 30+ to 50+ pages, an additional 20+ pages
Did I miss out something important

Really "Astro-sick" when I was away, can't wait to watch it the moment I reach home, still feel the excitement

I noticed somehow the voice level & lagging has improve a bit, it is true ?
Another question, why the ESPN-HD always nothing and keep showing next show schedule ?
I always like to watch NatGeo & History, really impressive with the HD quality!

Hmmm strange, just about 1/2 month ago upon received my registration, their Astro Beyond team actually contacted me within 24 hours and installation took place the next day. Astro support center actually promised this, at least I got mine within 5 days as claim by them.

Why now they need 10 days? Is it more ppl applying now ??

I suggest you call and ask them again la, tell them you desperately need it

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Added on May 4, 2010, 3:48 pmYaloh, I'm really hoping if all 4:3 will convert to become 16:9 how nice
But don't know when that will happen ler

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Added on May 4, 2010, 3:52 pm1/2 month increase by about 20+ pages still consider dying meh ?!

I think ok la compare to many others .... may be they are too busy watching HD now

This post has been edited by klseet: May 4 2010, 03:52 PM

Bro, many had complained before for bad response through email subscription.
Just CALL them and they are quite helpful.
For my case, I live in Shah Alam, I CALL them to confirm my registration, next day morning the installer call, then the following day install, all within 3 working days only!

May be now Worldcup is so near, I think many ppl also rushing to install, that's why delay a bit ....

Again, just CALL & CALL to re-confirm, good luck mate !

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Added on May 4, 2010, 10:00 pmAiyah, I thought I miss-out something HOT for the past 2 weeks ....
Never mind la, let's chit-chat more .... so hopefully like the "BluRay" topic, which has just hit 100 pages and now V7 threat
hmmmm, don't know what "Blue" disc can talk until like that ..... I'm very sure this topic can talk more since we got so many channels

May be we should start more detail on those HD channels in detail ... let start with the NatGeo HD.....
This evening, after watching so very detail & so very enlargement on those home insects, my wife was so surprised why I suddenly eat so little, somemore with green face .....
Bloody hell, those insects are soooooo real, never in my life see so fine detail, really feel like vomit

Not bad for a weight-loss program

I actually ask about the 2nd Byond box whether is 1/2 price, unfortunately not ....
They say will contact me once the offer is available .... I think need to wait for quite sometime la ....

This post has been edited by klseet: May 4 2010, 10:00 PM

Those cockroaches skin kilat-kilat one like after polishing, and those hairy legs .... so detail that I didn't know cockroaches can be so "handsome" looking
Now look at my bed also feel a bit uneasy after soooooo detail magnifying those bed bugs .....

Anywhere, it's really awesome, truly HD experience man!

Yes I do believe LIVE match experience is definitely different feeling altogether, nothing else compare to present physically

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Added on May 5, 2010, 4:59 pmWhat an EXPERIENCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE, very true indeed
Really, just wonder how & what kind of equipment they use to capture it .....

Local channels in HD, got meh ?
Yaloh, if can see their faces close-up, another 5kg gone .....

Arrrrghhhh this is horrible, this 1 can eat meh?
So after eating, perhaps can run faster or legs grow more hairs

Hi cam40729, nice to see you here!
You are the 1 who help mine Byond to be installed within 3 working days, thanks mate

This post has been edited by klseet: May 5 2010, 05:03 PM

Waoh, seriously didn't know this thing can be used for medicine treatment
You mean just to swallow it ?!
[Ooops off topic liao .....]

Er, you mean may have to change the Byond box if want to record ?
I'm currently using another DVD recorder box to record also can set timer, what's the different compare to the Astro DVR?
Hmmmm, not sure how much Astro will charge again .....

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Added on May 6, 2010, 2:01 pmI'm going to miss it again since I'll be away this weekend for 1 week .....

This post has been edited by klseet: May 6 2010, 02:01 PM

Sorry bros, the more I read the more I get confused now .....
So is it so sort of "firmware" upgrade to the current Byond box withe the "record/burn" application, so we just plug in HDD through USB and press "Record" button? What format? Can later play on PC? So we just leave the Byond on 24 hrs from now to update??

If really like then will be very convenient, at least I don't need the DVD recorder anymore!
But then may have to buy external HDD ler, also don't know whether Astro will charge ...

Oh ya ah, TallJustin's new born baby should be full moon liao right ?!
Hope he can help to clarify further.


Please la bro, get an external HDD and record "gao-gao"

Er, I not sure whether it would be waste of money or not, since I'm still very blur on the Astro recording thing & also unsure how much they will charge......

My current DVD recorder bought few years ago in HK with ACL brand name.
It come with 80G HDD can support up to 720p resolution, got many types of inputs. It record directly into the HDD, then can watch it from HDD, or from the menu can do some simple edit/combine/rename, after that can burn into DVD.

Many years ago before the DVD recorder, I was using some kind of video capture device/card to record into PC, but it was expensive and the result is not so good. With technology advancement, I'm trying to check around what kind of PC recording solution which possibly can either replace my current setup. But that will take time, so definitely I'll keep my recorders for time being.

Hope some sifu out there also can provide some idea/suggestion on movie/video recording solution

I always prefer NTFS over FAT32 due to New Technology mah ....
Anywhere joke aside, correct me if I'm wrong, I noticed FAT32 performance is slower for big HDD size and have problem handle single file >4G.
With HDD size become bigger & larger now a day, I always format it to NTFS.

So, you are going to by 2TB to record Worldcup?!

True also, without more details, still don't know when is available, how to update, how to record, on what format, whether can use external HDD through USB, can support what file format (NTFS/Ext2-3/FAT) ..... so many question marks ......

I think I still use my recorder for time being .....

If Astro want to charge extra, if just few ringgit may be don't mind, otherwise I'll need to re-consider again .....
With DVD-HDD recorder become more affordable & loads of features+functions now a day, I seriously doubt I want to pay another fix monthly fee again la....
Most likely I'll invest on another piece of recorder device seem to be more viable since it's 1-off investment only, furthermore can move around and also use it for other purposes.

But my personal view is that, Byond box should have come with the recording function with the already RM20 monthly charges.
Without that, it seem to render Byond box as "incomplete", it's really hard for me to say "you complete me" in terms of TV viewing experience

Just my 2cents

Me too, so far I didn't manage to watch ESPN HD yet as most of the time I'm rather "lucky" to see "next programe schedule ...."
So after sometime I almost forgot this channel

Er, I don't think you can use the TV remote to control Astro, unless you get some kind of "all-in-1" universal remote control, eg like this type:
http://www.chunghop.com/en/products_view.asp?id=137
That way you may keep all remote controls and just use 1 to control all

With regards to the volumn, I asked the same question before and was told by forumer here that the Astro volumn control has no impact if output through HDMI.
So you only need to use Astro volumn control if you are not using HDMI output to your TV.

This post has been edited by klseet: May 9 2010, 02:02 AM

Very happy to see you again TJ!

If just a firmware upgrade and we can record Astro, that would be great and I think ppl will definitely like it since we can record and watch later.
Really hope it's very user friendly and can just plug-in external HDD/USB will do
But don't know what format is that and whether Astro will charge extra ?

Thanks for the Pinnacle recommendation, will check it out soon!

That is interesting, but can the Byond box process it properly due to high compression ratio?

Friends of mine also suggesting me to go Mac for multimedia purposes (eg, video, imaging, etc), but I'm worry about the learning curve since I only familiar with Microsoft OS
Hmmmmm, may be it's time to consider an entry level Mac machine setup .....