on your byond remote control, press "home", then select "settings", "installation settings", enter password "0000", then select "satellite settings", on LNB type: universal, press "OK", select any entry point from 1 to 18, you will get your satellite signal strength and signal quality, some entry point will not show any signal, this is normal
after viewing your satellite signal, press "back" button a few time to go back to your channel viewing

need to go through many step just to check on satellite signal, not very user friendly at all, they should provide single button press to show satellite signal on the remote

by the way some browser has built-in spell checker, just use it

This post has been edited by neb: Oct 28 2010, 12:45 AM

some lucky new subscribers got their HDMI accidentally turn on by astro

try power cycle your byond, ie. switch off main power, then on again

byond tend to get hot even in standby mode, simply bad design, suggest adding usb powered laptop fan underneath byond

each state in malaysia should develop their own local TV station

capacity limited? measat 3A still have 6 extra ku transponders sitting pretty ready for astro to hire

each transponder is capable of transmitting 13 astro quality SD channel using DVB-S

it is not transponder capacity problem, but more on the fact that there is no return on investment to astro by transmitting religious channels

each transponder onboard measat 3A will cost astro RM7m/year

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 3 2010, 04:13 PM

for sure it will be benefited to astro if all SD channels are using DVB-S2 + Mpeg4 for transmision, saving 30% on overall capacity

but astro must hurry up and change all old DVB-S decoder to byond box

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 3 2010, 04:25 PM

no can do!

byond boxes are purposely crippled to only receive measat3/3A ku band signal, unless you hack your byond box

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 3 2010, 04:33 PM

byond box can't receive C-band signal, as I mentioned previously it is programed to lock in KU-band signal only

why would astro want to do that, doesn't make money sense to them

go buy DVB-S2 box from china, cheap-cheap, 500RMB only

ask around college students from china, they got a complete list of satellite equipments brought over from their home town, for example FTA dvb-s decoder less than RM100, c-band LNB RM50

c-band LNB + 1.8m prime focus dish + FTA C/Ku decoder = RM300

already mentioned the source, yet still asking for supplier

wow! sarawak got better deal

everyone in sarawak can practice their satellite TV hobby super cheap

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Added on November 4, 2010, 6:38 pmcheck out this list of satellites in asia, if their footprint covered malaysia, then we can receive the TV transmission from them, for example asiasat 3s at 105.5°E
http://www.lyngsat.com/asia.html

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 4 2010, 06:39 PM

C-band really need a bigger at least 1.5m dish, 60cm dish is too small for c-band reception

see example from china, this one is all ku band on single dish


from gemany, 14 ku-band lnb on single dish


This post has been edited by neb: Nov 4 2010, 07:10 PM

Cascading DiSEqC switches



This post has been edited by neb: Nov 4 2010, 07:50 PM

that particular wiring is for single decoder usage only

for multiple decoders sharing multiple LNB, wiring need to be altered completely

there is no 13 input for the decoder, but only 2 lnb input just like the astro byond pvr, switches were used to select any one of many lnbs

picture please

I have seen other people's screen capture from thai HD, although in wide-screen but picture quality is very blur not as good as astro byond

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 6 2010, 01:52 PM

in-line rf amplifier is quite useful when there is a very-very long cable run, but make sure it is rated at 2GHz for satellite TV use