Bro..some might say they have signal strength of 214-250 right?
Thats maybe because they have might have changed the satellite entry point..
I'm not sure whether u have done it or not but u can try change urs
Try

Home>Settings>Installation Settings>Enter PIN code (0000)>Satellite Settings>LNB Type>Change to #18 MEASAT 3A(VH)

Someone here said its just changing the signal strength number
But signal quality is the same
So if u just wanna get the same signal strength number so others here, just do the above
Hope it helps

just to share with regards to 3D:

Samsung issues 3D TV warning

Television viewers will soon be able to watch sport and films in 3D format, but a stark safety warning issued by the world’s largest TV maker may turn some would-be buyers from the technology.

Samsung Electronics said in a long safety guideline on its website that viewers of 3D TV could suffer epileptic seizures and strokes.

It also said sleep deprivation or consumption of alcohol while watching 3D programmes could be unsafe. The South Korean company said on its Australian website pregnant women and the elderly should avoid the 3D function, and children and teenagers were more susceptible to health risks.

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/ar.../704159923/1133

This post has been edited by sn4: Apr 16 2010, 10:16 AM

Hi, I am impressed with the HD video quality from the A.Beyond that I just acquired.

To connect to my home theatre system, I bought one "Digital Audio Cable" from Ace Hardware (with ACE p/n 3173242) but it ended up to be a wrong connector.

Can someone pls tell me where to buy a ready-made "Digital Audio Cable" for Astro Beyond? Can a coaxial cable labelled as "75 ohm coaxial RG59/U Video" used for digital audio as well? I found one with matching connector for A.Beyond set but unfortunately the cable is labelled as "Video use".

Pls advice. Thanks in advance.

i also read something similar about UltraHD...

apparently there are limits of amount of information a human being can take for watching television....

You can use nomal RCA cable for video/audio, no harm

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

yes.., surely you won't notice any difference...
the concept is same as HDMI..
Astro was transmitted using digital signal....
so, if the signal is "strong" enough, you can get the same PQ even your signal was at highest level....

I am currently using the normal red/yellow/white RCA cables which only produce stereo sound. In order to get Dolby 5.1 (or higher) quality of sound, Astro's manual suggested "digital audio" cable. Can someone pls let me know where to get a ready-made cable that suits the connector in Astro.Beyond box? Tx

What i meant is, you can use RCA cable (audio/video will do) for digital audio cable & you can connect to receiver that capable to decode DD from digital coax input.

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Added on April 16, 2010, 5:17 pm
There are some universal remote control you can find out there, the popular one is Harmony
You can check at here, here or here

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Added on April 16, 2010, 5:26 pm
Changing entry point doesn't change your signal strength, actually it just measure signal at different transponder.
You can check post from AstInst back in V3, pretty good explanation there.

This post has been edited by eMKs: Apr 16 2010, 05:26 PM

you need avr to get dolby digital sound, you can use any RCA cable to connect from your byond box coaxial digital output to avr

actually HDMI cable also carry digital sound, so you do not need to connect coaxial digital output, using HDMI cable connect from byond box to AVR then from AVR to HDTV

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 16 2010, 08:18 PM

correct no need to buy digital audio cable.. HDMI enough already

I am currently using Yamaha DVX-s100 sound system which does not hv HDMI port.
I have tried to use existing RCA cable (i tried on red-coloured cable, then yellow) but it doesnt produce any sound. My Yamaha dvx port is labelled as "coaxial" and I just wonder what did I miss out for a normal RCA cable to work.

Tx in advance for any suggestion.

frm what i understand, only by using coaxial u will get true digital 5.1 surround

did you set the audio setting to dolby digital 5.1 in byond box?

There is no topics to discuss?
Aiyaaaaa..so sleepy la this thread now

yes i did set it to db5.1 but it didnt work.
btw i had tried to use rg59u rca cable (labelled as for video) from Ace Hardware but it failed to produce any sound too.

pls help. tx.

How many SD channel on Astro are broadcast in widescreen format in other country?

Did you remember to change the input to MD/CD-R? Because that's where the digital signal input is going to play in.


fuad

.By S Navalan

PUTRAJAYA: Amidst news of takeover plan and surging share prices for Astro, a tough stand taken by the Singapore government on pay-for-view channels yesterday is hardly good news for the Malaysian pay-for-view television operator

Plenty of complaints have been made about the high prices viewers have to pay to watch special events such as cricket, wrestling and boxing events and both the Singapore and Malaysian governments last month announced that they will review certain rules and regulations on exclusive content.

But the Singapore government has taken its first step in reviewing such contracts. Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is investigating the conduct of pay-TV operators over the issue of exclusive content here yesterday.

StarHub and SingTel are the two main pay-TV operators in Singapore.

That news may dampen some spirits in Astro as income from special events definitely helped when it announced a net profit of RM232.97 million two weeks ago for financial year ended Jan 31, 2010, after an impressive revenue of RM3.258 billion recorded in 2009.

However, despite the setback and Astro awaiting the Malaysian government's move following the Singapore’s decision, news filtered through that Astro’s majority owner, billionaire Ananda Krishnan, offered RM2.4 billion to buy out minority stakeholders and take full control.

Krishnan, Malaysia’s second-richest man, and his affiliates through a holding company collectively hold about 73 percent of the pay-TV company Astro All Asia Networks Plc.

Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd has offered to buy out the minority shareholders at RM4.62 a share, representing a 28 percent premium over Astro’s average share price over the last six months.

The news pushed Astro shares up by an impressive 18 percent this week.

Attractive offer

Astro Holdings said the takeover would accelerate the pay-TV company’s overseas expansion, especially in India and China as well as boost new initiatives in Australia, Middle East and North Africa. “Astro Holdings is offering the minority shareholders the opportunity to exit at an attractive premium while not subjecting them to the associated risks of the company’s next growth phase,” the statement said.

Maybank Investment Research said in a report that the offer price was above fair value and attractive. But it added that there may be “unhappy minority shareholders” since the offer price was only about six percent above what institutions paid in the company’s initial public offering back in 2003.

Despite its profitable Malaysian operations, Astro posted a net loss of RM529.18 million in fiscal 2009, dragged down by losses at its overseas operations in Indonesia and India.

Astro has a 20 percent stake in India’s Sun Direct TV. Its pay-TV joint venture in Indonesia ceased operations in late 2008 after a contract dispute.

Krishnan, 70, a self-made billionaire, also controls satellite operator MEASAT Global, top mobile phone company Maxis and power producer and numbers-betting operator Tanjong PLC.

In 2007, he had similarly bought out Maxis for about RM15.84 billion to accelerate its regional expansion. Maxis re-listed its domestic operations in November 2009 to raise RM11 billion in the biggest share sale ever in Southeast Asia.

However, yesterday’s news may bring some twist to the takeover deal, especially with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak hoping the business climate in Malaysia will be friendlier to the people and his team taking note of what took place in Singapore.

"MDA is concerned about reports that operators have rushed into locking up exclusive content before the effective date of the cross-carriage measure," said Singapore’s MDA's head of competition and market access, Eileen Ang, in an interview.

"Hence, MDA is investigating the matter to determine if this is indeed the case."

Ang said MDA has exercised its statutory powers to get operators to provide MDA with relevant information for its investigation.

Hefty fees

The problem has cropped up in Malaysia and Singapore where events like wrestling, cricket and world-class boxing have come under the special sports category whereby subscribers have to pay hefty fees just to watch a three-hour show.

Special cricket competitions have also come under scrutiny in Malaysia as viewers may end up paying more than RM200 just to get a chance to watch top Test matches live. There is also an extra fee for viewers to watch the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in HD.

But both Singapre's StarHub and SingTel said they would cooperate with MDA in its investigations. In Malaysia, Astro is currently the only pay-for-view channel around although that may change soon as the government is expected to end its exclusive rights in two years.

According to media reports yesterday, Singapore’s Acting Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts, Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew, had revealed in Cannes that the government was investigating the last-minute flurry of exclusive deals, which were signed before the new ruling that exclusive content must be shared was announced on March 12.

Like in Malaysia, the Singapore Government had taken care to hold only “limited closed-door consultations” to try and prevent leaks ahead of the March 12 announcement, which overhauled how pay-TV content is bought, sold and distributed in Singapore. And the Malaysian government's move on this latest development was followed by Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand.





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PUTRAJAYA: Amidst news of takeover plan and surging share prices for Astro, a tough stand taken by the Singapore government on pay-for-view channels yesterday is hardly good news for the Malaysian pay-for-view television operator

Plenty of complaints have been made about the high prices viewers have to pay to watch special events such as cricket, wrestling and boxing events and both the Singapore and Malaysian governments last month announced that they will review certain rules and regulations on exclusive content.

But the Singapore government has taken its first step in reviewing such contracts. Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) is investigating the conduct of pay-TV operators over the issue of exclusive content here yesterday.

StarHub and SingTel are the two main pay-TV operators in Singapore.

That news may dampen some spirits in Astro as income from special events definitely helped when it announced a net profit of RM232.97 million two weeks ago for financial year ended Jan 31, 2010, after an impressive revenue of RM3.258 billion recorded in 2009.

However, despite the setback and Astro awaiting the Malaysian government's move following the Singapore’s decision, news filtered through that Astro’s majority owner, billionaire Ananda Krishnan, offered RM2.4 billion to buy out minority stakeholders and take full control.

Krishnan, Malaysia’s second-richest man, and his affiliates through a holding company collectively hold about 73 percent of the pay-TV company Astro All Asia Networks Plc.

Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd has offered to buy out the minority shareholders at RM4.62 a share, representing a 28 percent premium over Astro’s average share price over the last six months.

The news pushed Astro shares up by an impressive 18 percent this week.

Attractive offer

Astro Holdings said the takeover would accelerate the pay-TV company’s overseas expansion, especially in India and China as well as boost new initiatives in Australia, Middle East and North Africa. “Astro Holdings is offering the minority shareholders the opportunity to exit at an attractive premium while not subjecting them to the associated risks of the company’s next growth phase,” the statement said.

Maybank Investment Research said in a report that the offer price was above fair value and attractive. But it added that there may be “unhappy minority shareholders” since the offer price was only about six percent above what institutions paid in the company’s initial public offering back in 2003.

Despite its profitable Malaysian operations, Astro posted a net loss of RM529.18 million in fiscal 2009, dragged down by losses at its overseas operations in Indonesia and India.

Astro has a 20 percent stake in India’s Sun Direct TV. Its pay-TV joint venture in Indonesia ceased operations in late 2008 after a contract dispute.

Krishnan, 70, a self-made billionaire, also controls satellite operator MEASAT Global, top mobile phone company Maxis and power producer and numbers-betting operator Tanjong PLC.

In 2007, he had similarly bought out Maxis for about RM15.84 billion to accelerate its regional expansion. Maxis re-listed its domestic operations in November 2009 to raise RM11 billion in the biggest share sale ever in Southeast Asia.

However, yesterday’s news may bring some twist to the takeover deal, especially with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak hoping the business climate in Malaysia will be friendlier to the people and his team taking note of what took place in Singapore.

"MDA is concerned about reports that operators have rushed into locking up exclusive content before the effective date of the cross-carriage measure," said Singapore’s MDA's head of competition and market access, Eileen Ang, in an interview.

"Hence, MDA is investigating the matter to determine if this is indeed the case."

Ang said MDA has exercised its statutory powers to get operators to provide MDA with relevant information for its investigation.

Hefty fees

The problem has cropped up in Malaysia and Singapore where events like wrestling, cricket and world-class boxing have come under the special sports category whereby subscribers have to pay hefty fees just to watch a three-hour show.

Special cricket competitions have also come under scrutiny in Malaysia as viewers may end up paying more than RM200 just to get a chance to watch top Test matches live. There is also an extra fee for viewers to watch the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in HD.

But both Singapre's StarHub and SingTel said they would cooperate with MDA in its investigations. In Malaysia, Astro is currently the only pay-for-view channel around although that may change soon as the government is expected to end its exclusive rights in two years.

According to media reports yesterday, Singapore’s Acting Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts, Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew, had revealed in Cannes that the government was investigating the last-minute flurry of exclusive deals, which were signed before the new ruling that exclusive content must be shared was announced on March 12.

Like in Malaysia, the Singapore Government had taken care to hold only “limited closed-door consultations” to try and prevent leaks ahead of the March 12 announcement, which overhauled how pay-TV content is bought, sold and distributed in Singapore. And the Malaysian government's move on this latest development was followed by Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand.













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This post has been edited by smileguy: Apr 17 2010, 06:02 PM

Fixed.

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Apr 17 2010, 06:38 PM