Inexpensive HD FTA receivers from Far East on e-bay
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I dunno, my FireTV plays the 4:2:2 with KODI just fine through the android app (Big2Small). I paid $79.oo for it.
Looking to buy a receiver to receive RTV from 87W. Where are you guys buying receivers listed above from? Thanks
Polgyver,
With this new receiver i am not getting any Audio on the ION HD channels on 103 w . I am getting Audio on the SD ION channels, i am using the HDMI cable to the tv. I try DW on the same satellite and the AC3 Audio does not work.
Any help will be appreciated .
With this new receiver i am not getting any Audio on the ION HD channels on 103 w . I am getting Audio on the SD ION channels, i am using the HDMI cable to the tv. I try DW on the same satellite and the AC3 Audio does not work.
Any help will be appreciated .
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If it has the audio settings in the menu like the microHD, make sure the LPCM is selected to decode the AC3 not bitstream selection.
That chipset is available with and without Dolby license. Are other Dolby audio services decoding?
I wanted a cheap receiver to take to the dishes this Spring so I bookmarked one of those on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/131409040785 (out of stock now). Near the end of the listing the description states:
- License: Optional DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, RM/RMVB, Divx License.
This is from the place i got the receiver http://www.ebay.com/itm/391034591794
This is the info they have on the receiver.
Audio Decoder: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (Layer I/II), MP3, AC-3 (Dolby Digital), AAC-LC, WMA
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) decoding HE-AAC 5.1 multi-channel decoding.
This is the info they have on the receiver.
Audio Decoder: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (Layer I/II), MP3, AC-3 (Dolby Digital), AAC-LC, WMA
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) decoding HE-AAC 5.1 multi-channel decoding.
That's definitely the same receiver I have bookmarked, just from a different seller. If you scroll down, their description for the one you bought has the same optional statement (License: Optional DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, RM/RMVB, Divx License). Hope it's just a setting somewhere that can be resolved but maybe not if they didn't pay the extra fee to license the Dolby technology.
I had to switch to HDMI to get it to work, as it didn't run on the RCA. It goes to a RF modulator so its definitely the STB doing the decoding.
Here is the one I bought:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/391004471164?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Sorry I only have KU here, so can't test the ION.
If the audio plays with HDMI connection, but does not play with RCA connection, the STB IS NOT decoding the digital audio.
The RCA jacks carry whatever audio the STB is decoding. If the audio is present on the RCA connection (the modulator doesn't matter) then the STB is decoding the digital audio.
The RCA jacks carry whatever audio the STB is decoding. If the audio is present on the RCA connection (the modulator doesn't matter) then the STB is decoding the digital audio.
Correct, because these STBs have an on-board Dolby/AC3 decoder. STBs without Dolby/AC3 decoder must pass the digital audio out to an external device to decode. Many inexpensive STBs control the build cost by sourcing the hardware without decoder.
True, you just discovered serious flaw of this cheap receiver.
I scanned 125 W with two 120 V receivers, and found out, that only Montana and another TV has audio, as they are not Dolby.
All other programs, (including Create), which use Dolby, do not have sound on these receivers.
Schlever is lucky as his rec has sound.
Cheers, polgyver
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