thanks, very clear

any reason that makes you keeping the old astro box?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...uit-local-laws/
here we go astro's anticipated reply!

Looks like Assthrow doing favor to ruling gov Bee End...

Very soon Mr.Rise wll rise to defend and support asstro,perhaps another award!?

This post has been edited by smileguy: May 2 2012, 11:35 AM

Wow..didn't realized the censoring of Al Jazeera on Astro. I saw the full report of Al Jazeera news on HyppTV including mention of camera being smashed to the ground. All that were still available on HyppTV catch-up tv on 428 night. Currently there is no censorship on HyppTV then.

That's good. Being neutral of both sides. Unlike Assthrow...

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...sih-clip-shown/ There we go Mr Rise is here as I said in my earlier post ! So why shld asto bother!

This post has been edited by smileguy: May 2 2012, 06:11 PM

"He stressed that each television station had the right to “edit” news at their discretion as such items could “run into hours”."

The full clip ran just over 2 minutes!!

looks like relationship between BBC n astro may be strained.....they may just junk BBC and take Sky News or a less censorship required channel like NHK World TV...just thinking...

This is why we don't want people like him running SKMM.

This censor, that censor.

*checks* nope, still haven't forgiven him implementing Internet censorship!

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: May 2 2012, 09:55 PM

Hi guys, I need some advise here.

I just bought a HDMI Wireless transmitter and a switcher (3 in, 1 out). The purpose is to share my decoder which is on living room so my masteroom can view the same channel via transmitter. However I do not know how to configure which in and out on this switcher hence need some advise here on which to out and in.

Any advise sifus?

EDITED
I have now removed all my original comments here. Fubar20 have replied with his opinion that my comments in this post here should be posted in other places which is/are more appropriate for such non technical issues. I will not express my personal opinions here anymore about non technical issues concerning Astro and other satellite TV topics.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: May 3 2012, 09:31 AM

I love seafood but I am not a sifu, only someone who knows a little.

Are you using SAROWIN HD-10 Wireless HDMI Transmitter & Receiver Kit ? You did not mention what brand.

Anyway, it does not matter what brand you use because the connections should be the same. From your explanation, that means you are using 3 different component units... 1 transmitter unit, 1 receiver unit and 1 switch unit.

As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words so I have drawn this illustration graphics to show you (inside spoiler)...

Actually, different brands call the transmitter, receiver and switch units with different names but I think you can easily identify which is which from my graphics shown above.

If you have the Sarowin HD-10 Kit, there is also a fully compatible Sarowin HDMI Switch (4 In/1 Out) which can directly be joined together without extra HDMI cable connection.

Since you mentioned that you are using an HDMI Switch (3 In/1 Out), that means you are not using the Sarowin HDMI Switch (4 In/1 Out).

You did not mention anything about whether your HDMI Wireless transmitter OR the switcher support relay of IR signal which allow you to use your remote control from your master room. As you already know, you can connect 3 different sources such as Byond box, Blu-ray Player, Dune HD Mediaplayer which have HDMI outputs to your Switcher. Do your Switcher have IR signal cable which can be stuck in front of your 3 sources ? Or do your HDMI Wireless transmitter have this IR signal cable ?

If only your HDMI Wireless transmitter have this IR signal cable and connected to Byond, then I am not sure whether you can or cannot use the remote controls for the other 2 sources as shown in my graphics above... only your Byond remote control can be used in your master room. I am only guessing because you did not give very detailed info about your HDMI Wireless transmitter and Switcher.

So there are also the IR (Infra Red) connections which are needed to allow 3 different sources (including Byond) to be used with each of the 3 different sources remote controls in your master room !

I can show the IR connections using the Sarowin HDMI Switcher (4 In/1 Out) as an example...

... as you can see, there is an extra IR cable connection to the "IR Extender Box" which have 4 different IR transmitter cables put in front and pointing at the IR sensor of each source such as the Byond box, Blu-ray player, etc.

The connections become more complicated when an AV Receiver amplifier is also used with 4 sources connected to it and want to share these sources in another room ! Not possible unless the AV Receiver support HDMI signal passthrough when switched off. There are also other methods too, such as using media streamer boxes, network cables, etc. Mmm... I will not explain and just leave this out now, hehe.

I hope I did not confuse you with my explanations. Actually you should ask the person who sold you the HDMI Wireless transmitter and a switcher for help because that seller is the best person who knows the product well. Also, many people may not understand the manual or... hehe... many don't actually read it. I always read all my product manuals when I purchased them.

If you have anymore questions or anything you still don't understand, you can ask me again BUT please give more detailed info about your units. I cannot promise to be able to answer everything correctly and may be late a few days to reply. Hope I have helped.



ADDITION
I almost forgot about 3D ! Assteruk sometimes broadcast live football matches in active shutter 3D. If you have a 3D HDTV, you can watch such "3D" matches. Also, 3D blu-ray player also play 3D blu-ray discs. BUT all the equipment must support HDMI 1.4 standard so if your HDMI Wireless transmitter and switcher is only HDMI 1.3c ready, then you will not be able to get 3D in your master room with a 3D TV ! There is also a sync signal for left and right eye that need to be relayed too and HDMI cables that support the HDMI 1.4 Standard must also be used.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: May 3 2012, 08:26 AM

First of all, I enjoyed your postings regarding the technical aspect of Byond decoder and Satellite TV.
However, some of the rantings have crept in with some non technical issues.
I believe there are some threads in RWI for you to express that instead of posting it here. Just my opinion only.

Yes, you have the right to express your personal opinion about my posts. In future, I will not express non technical issues here and express them in other more appropriate places. I have no offense to your comment regarding the non technical issues and your advise is duly noted so no problem for me, hehe. Thanks. Hope my "rantings" have not offended you. By the way, may I know what is RWI so please forgive my ignorance.

I was ??? also about RWI...then I checked the forum list...then I think he meant "Real World Issues"

Thanks for your clarification on RWI. I was replying to Fubar20 and you answered my question, hehe.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: May 3 2012, 09:14 AM

Hi James,

Wow, thanks for your detailed explanations.
If you are someone that knows a little then I'm someone that knows almost nothing

Anyway yes, I bought Sarowin HD10 but however I did not purchase the switcher as he ask me to try if the signal is good enough between living and masterbedroom as claimed by him the best distance shoulds not exceed 7 metres. So I fix the thing and after trying various positions for both the items by running up n down in my double story house and finally I found the spot which could provide at least watchable quality and minimal distortion. Then yesterday night as I do not wish to wait for another day to drive all the way to get Sarowin splitter, I bought a switcher at SenQ for the 3 in, 1 out and try to fix it but couldn't get it works.

From your diagram, you stated that the hdmi must in from astro beyond to wireless transmitter while the transmitter out to switcher. As for the HD10, the transmitter only has 1 hdmi port so how can I have 1 in and 1 out fm the transmitter?

Sorry for sounds like a noob with this questions but I'm really sucks on this as this is first time I try to fix myself

Thanks for answering. Here is a thread from RWI for Astro monopoly.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2270465

Yes, I understood what you meant when the Sarowin HD10 Transmitter have only 1 HDMI In, NO HDMI Out. I do not have the Sarowin Kit and did not read more info on it so I downloaded the Sarowin manual and read it.

I will redraw my graphics to show different connections which uses only 1 HDMI IN to the Sarowin Transmitter.

Ok, I have redrawn my graphics for the connections (inside spoilers)...

Since your Sarowin HD-10 Transmitter only have 1 HDMI IN, the HDMI Switcher (3 in/1 out) cannot be used because you need to connect your TV in the living room too. Refer to my redrawn graphics and you will see why you need to have a Switcher with 3 In/2 Out !

Here is another graphic showing the actual Sarowin Transmitter (1 In only) + Sarowin (4 In/2 Out)...


According to the Sarowin manual, the Sarowin HDMI Switcher actually have 2 HDMI out... one connect to the Sarowin Transmitter and one connect to the TV.

Mmm... are there other brand HDMI Switchers that have 3 In and 2 Out ?

From the manual, the Sarowin Transmitter also have IR sensor BUT I am not sure whether all the remote controls can work or not for all 3 source (Byond, Blu-ray Play, Dune HD Mediaplayer) connected to another brand HDMI Switcher (3 In/2 Out). You may find that your 3 remotes cannot be used in your master room with the Sarowin Receiver. This is because you need to have the Sarowin IR Extender box (with A/C adapter) to connect 3 IR signal transmitter cables with the Sarowin Switcher. Sarowin is very clever because the Sarowin Transmitter do not have IR port to connect to the Sarowin IR Extender box, only the Sarowin Switcher have the IR port connection.

So... you cannot use your other brand HDMI Switcher (3 In/1 Out) and there is no IR port at the Sarowin Transmitter. Only after you are completely satisfied with only 1 Byond connection to your Sarowin first, then you have no choice and my best advice is for you to grab the Sarowin HDMI Switcher which comes together with the IR Extender Box and all the IR transmitter cables. I guess you can use the other brand HDMI Switcher (3 In/1 Out) for other purposes.

I hope I have finally answered your questions.

No problem to ask any noob questions as nobody knows everything, including me.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: May 3 2012, 11:29 AM