restart your box could solve this sort of hiccup

old decoder compare to old decoder and both are bad on CRT?

yes we want all of the HD channels listed above, astro please launch 10 more satellites so that we can glue to our HDTV 24/7

for recharging 2 handphones simultaneously

pvr has 2 tuners, so 2 cables are required, if you want to forced it to use single cable, you need to install stacker-destacker, currently no stock from astro yet, will cost you extra RM300

splitter is not suitable for use with any byond box, because it need to be switch freely between 2 LO frequencies

if you insist on using splitter for both max and byond, when byond is tuned to HD channel, you max will not receive any channel, however both max and byond can watch SD channels with no interference

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 1 2010, 04:23 PM

you know what, I think you can use single cable via splitter to your PVR if you want to sacrifice pvr's ability to tune to both SD and HD channels simultaneously, so both tuners have to tune to either SD channels only or both tuners to HD channels only, try it and let us know

the idea is that when one tuner is tune to HD channels, it will generate 22KHz tone to force the LNB to select High LO frequency, then if your second tuner is also tune to HD channels, the there is no interference between 2 tuners because they are both tune to high satellite frequency, likewise for SD channels but this time no 22KHz is generated by the byond box so low LO frequency is selected and tune by both tuners

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 1 2010, 06:23 PM

I think htc's installation is using splitter, 1 cable in, 2 cable out, but only work for all SD or all HD

work exactly like dual tuner max which only required single cable, but max has internal splitter

if you are feeding 2 cables into PVR box via a splitter, then both tuners can only tune to either ALL HD channels or ALL SD channels, for example if one tuner is tuning to HD channel, then tuner 2 can not tune to any SD channel

is that what you have experienced?

@Great_Cookie
entry point 17 on my byond box shown 252 signal strength, yours 141 sounded kind of low, may be this is the transponder that broadcast ESPN HD, which explain why you have difficulty in receiving this channel, ask your installer to re-align your dish

there should be no problem switching from SD to HD channel, however when switching from HD to SD channels you may have blank screen

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 4 2010, 07:19 PM

so compare to byond, byond PVR has different scale for signal strength?

for byond maximum signal strength seems to be 255, so if maximum signal strength for PVR is 150 then 141 should be OK, otherwise re-align dish for max signal strength

@Great_Cookie
entry point simply show a particular transponder signal receiving status, changing to different entry point will not affect anything at all to the box receiving capability

please note that by going through 2 output splitter, signal strength is reduced in half

one suggestion is to redo F-connector going in and out of splitter, may have metal contact problem

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 5 2010, 12:14 AM

@Great_Cookie
for your case to solve the problem fast fast, why don't you downgrade to byond box and add your own USB hard disk, do you really need 2 tuners?

@hyperbugger
the RM300 device is called stacker-destacker, at that price it is a steal, take it and run fast fast

your 13 years old rg-6 cable however may need to be changed

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 5 2010, 09:46 PM

@rewlie
yes your can use old dish with astro byond box

but watch out for the installation which share single dish with 2 decoders through splitter, it may interfere with SD channel reception

if astro can take advantage of PVR's hard disk and recording function, it will save a lot of transponders from repeatedly broadcasting same AOD episodes

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 7 2010, 07:08 PM

no one cares about astro's 3D broadcast, it has no significance to us, what we want right now is more HD channels

don't know whether it is byond box or satellite feed problem, but channel 314 got annoying and very noticeable sudden discontinuity in audio lasted for about half a second, just like astro digital radio simulcast on FM frequency which sometime got similar audio pause when heard in car radio

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 10 2010, 10:30 PM

most probably astro is getting its world cup 3D feed from satellite asiasat 5, this signal is un-encrypted





the proper phrase is:
I couldn't agree more
or alternatively:
I agree with you completely and it wouldn't be possible for me to agree with you any more. LOL english lesson pulak!

by the way all HD decoders are HD3D ready, we do not even need the HDMI 1.4 specs cable and source device, HDMI 1.3 can support HD3D up to 1080i, as long as you have HDTV with 3D

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 11 2010, 03:01 PM

discovery HD launched in 2005 is available in these asian countries except malaysia :

(Singapore StarHub TV -cable tv) Channel 461
(Philippines SkyCable -cable tv) Channel 164
(Australia Foxtel HD+ -cable tv) Channel 211
(South Korea Skylife -satellite tv) Channel 83
(India Sun Direct DTH -satellite tv) Channel 952
(Hong Kong now TV -IPTV) Channel 208

wow HD3D, LOL