HDMI splitter, make sure you get the external powered type, visit big electrical store to see how they connected multiple HDTV together

HDMI splitter

one of the USA sat TV operator is using Ka band, benefit is wider bandwidth, smaller dish size


This post has been edited by neb: Feb 4 2012, 01:05 AM

may be higher power output and bigger dishes will reduce rain-fade for Ka band transmission

below is the footprint from a single Ka band satellite multiple spot beams

here you are, 90cm offset-focus dish

http://www.satlink.com.my/services.htm

This post has been edited by neb: Feb 5 2012, 02:10 PM

decoders upgrade is FOC, however you need to add additional RM20 for HD service for each HD decoder

details are on astro website
http://www.astro.com.my/byond/articles/art_6121.html

your installer took the hdmi cable, call the installer to return your it, the cable is bundled FOC inside every byond package

tell astro to add one more option
option C : upgrade to byond FOC without HD service

astro wants to migrate every subscriber to byond may be because they want to convert all channels to mpeg4 format, old decoder can only decode mpeg2 video

astro max users were allowed to upgrade to byond PVR free of charge and without adding extra RM20 HD service

old CRT tv can be connected to byond's composite video output

to watch astro using byond, connect HDMI out/composite video out to your TV
to watch terrestrial TV, connect fish bone antenna to your TV

if you got byond box + RM20 HD service + pay for "box office", then you can watch all the channels above

rojak programmes, macam macam ada, refer here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIX_%28TV_channel%29

you are right, byond box can do new channels update simultaneously even when the box is switch on, you can experience such update when channel switching exhibit a strange behaviour

byond decoder uses both high and low LO(local oscillating) frequencies, currently all SD channels are allocated to low LO, and HD channels to High LO frequency

my guess is that the flat's shared dish usually provide low LO only, and High LO is disabled

so technically if byond is connected to flat's dish, you can still view SD channels

if shared dish does not have device to disable High LO, your byond tuning to HD channel will interfere with other astro viewer watching SD channels, may be that is why your management said byond is not suitable for shared dish

This post has been edited by neb: Mar 6 2012, 10:10 PM

wonder why astro took watv off-air, pretty good programming most of it taken from china's provincial FTA satellite TV stations , astro should give us a replacement channel for watv

This post has been edited by neb: Mar 7 2012, 10:22 PM

so did you get your problem fix?
if not, call them again and this time ask to speak to supervisor or manager to escalate your case

astro will replace your existing LNB with the a dual-output LNB, 2 cables will be wire from dish to byond pvr

alternative way of wiring by using single cable is to get a stacker-destacker, I heard it will cost you RM300~RM400

are your byond connected directly to HDTV via HDMI cable?

try changing to another HDMI cable

if still no go then the next step is to ask your installer to change the byond box

do you have any error message on screen when your HD channel blanked out?

how about other SD channels? can you list out which channels are OK and which channels are experiencing problem

it seems like you are not set to HD resolution

go here to set:
on remote control, press home/settings/installation settings/password 000/HD settings/set to 720p/ok/yes continue

for aspect ratio conversion setting:
for HD, TV settings/High Definition/16:9/pillar box/blue button/return
for SD: TV settings/santard definition/4:3/fit to screen/blue button/return

press return button a few more time to go back to channel display

also make sure that your HDTV is displaying HDMI source instead of composite video

since you have HDTV with HDMI port, you can disconnect composite video(yellow coloured plug) from byond to HDTV

This post has been edited by neb: Mar 18 2012, 04:33 PM