MicroHD manual PIDS

[Mr Tony]

I dont understand what one has to do with the other?

From what I have seen in PM's and what Brian has posted (this was the 1st thing I brought up when I started testing mine) is that they want to try and fix it. But it isn't something as simple as a quick fix. If I understand a lot of receivers do the exact same thing (a long "dish moving" screen). I really didn't try many other receivers motor functions because they sucked and wouldn't stop in the proper spot. But I know my Coolsat 5000 did. It had a real long "moving dish" screen too. That one never got fixed.

At least SatelliteAV is TRYING to make it better for us. In the mean time, a simple press of the "exit" button removes that pop up quicker

 

[Pixl]

At least SatelliteAV is TRYING to make it better for us.

Well that is gallant of SatAV, so has everyone else in recent past developing a ALi product pledged "TRYING" to make it better.

I can imagine that the people capable of writing code are not in touch with the real world. I.E. severe nerds. Bad enough with a code developer here in the U.S.
Now try to get your ideas thru to a code writer on the other side of the planet and in Chinese. I don't know how it can be done at all, at the very best in a limited result.
Maybe STI or one of the other chip mfg. should have been used for the Micro if we still have to live with the legacy ALi hand cuffs. I didn't ask for a $125 receiver, a $225 receiver without the ALi hassles would have been my ticket.

 

[Wescopc]

Pixl-
Sounds like you need to find a box that will fit your need(s). There were many requests and specifications that were asked for on this forum. As an Engineer you probably have noticed that the world is full of compromises - I think Brian did a Herculean job getting most of the features asked for in a $125 box.
IMHO
Bob

 

[Mr Tony]

Pixl-
Sounds like you need to find a box that will fit your need(s). There were many requests and specifications that were asked for on this forum. As an Engineer you probably have noticed that the world is full of compromises - I think Brian did a Herculean job getting most of the features asked for in a $125 box.
IMHO
Bob

agreed 100%.....and like its been posted a few times...just hit "exit" button to remove it if you dont want to wait 15 seconds

Brian did a great job with our requests when it was in the planning/building stage. There are some things on the MicroHD that no other receiver has (the ability to set timers for 2 shows on same TP and overlap times is one huge one. The 4 pages of LNB LO's is another). When I got mine I ran it through the ringer for 3-4 days and gave Brian my laundry list of issues I came up with. Those little minor issues have been fixed already so when folks get theirs alot of the bugs are already worked out (as long as you load the newest software)

If you wanna pay $100 extra to have something as simple as the "moving dish" screen go off quicker so you dont have to press a button go ahead. Its your money

 

[toucan-man]

If you wanna pay $100 extra to have something as simple as the "moving dish" screen go off quicker so you dont have to press a button go ahead. Its your money

Can I get a box that has a "Switching LNBFs on the Toroid" screen that stays on for a while?

 

[rv1pop]

Pixl, I have not gone back through the many pages of requests to see if you asked for anything during the discovery phase of this project. I will get what I asked for - I hope it gets here soon. Number 1, micro size; number 2, 10.4VDC operation. If I remember right, Mom and I offered Brian about what you are willing to pay for what you are asking for; for this unit. I was not interested in dish moving at all. If I want to move the dish (100 to 5000 miles), I just move the motorhome - I have a $300,000 dish mover and a $27,000 dish mover. At "home" the wind moves our dishes - so I have multiple fixed dishes.

Your comments sound to me like you have a vested interest in a competing company. Arm chair quarterbacks always have "couda-shuddas".

 

[Pixl]

Ok, nuff said. I do like it and I have found many improved features over the Openbox.

 

[SatelliteAV]

Sorry to jump in my friend, but if the featute is there it should be work out even if you or other dont needed. It is something I being pushing. So instead of going around justifying the Micro, Recomendations should be received and analyze and implemented if feasible. How about Yes , this feature doesnt work and will take a look and see if we can fix it in our next firm realease!! Again, sorry but I guess this is what i expect to hear from the micro staff and I guess others.

If no one reports a bug, it won't be fixed! No one reported this bug before, so how would we have responded?

When a user finds a suspected issue, document it, replicate it and report it. We will respond to bug reports and make every effort to correct.

There is a major difference between a bug and an operational preference. Failure to log a h.264 channel is a bug. "Dish Moving" is an operational issue that is there by design, whether we like it or not....

The microHD is not perfect, but it is 99% operational out of the box. Updates are addressing new discoveries, but the microHD is far ahead of the competition and getting better! We wanted a simple box with reliability and stable features. The microHD is meeting our expectations and we are receiving excellent reviews from early testers and broadcaster's engineers!

 

[cyberham]

havent really run into a time where this is needed...

Sometimes manual PID entry is required when attempting to receive Dish ITC signals. The blind scanned PIDs may not allow viewing until the PIDs are revised. However, if manual PID entry works for SD signals, then there's no problem for this situation.

 

[stargaze]

havent really run into a time where this is needed. Now that CW (on 91W) logs properly I dont really need it (manual PID entry)

With all due respect, you have not put in everything into your receiver then.

Within the first 20 minutes I found I had to use manual pid entry on a freq at 99.0W Galaxy 16 C-band.
The blind scan will not put in certain signals if they have it set up a certain way on satellite.
Only manual entry will work.
The manual pid entry is a bit tricky but does appear to work most times.
it also brought in a second freq on Galaxy 16 that said failed on blind scan but when it came up the picture looked like a high def picture on a 920 4DTV receiver without an HDD-200 box. (blocked into squares and rolling and pixelated). Not sure why yet but will check it out later when time permits.
But so far the manual pid entry is working where I needed it. Was a little time to find it since it is not listed as manual pid entry but something a little different. (not at the box right now to say what exactly it says for this menu).
Appears you only have to enter Freq, SR Video pid, audio pid and pcr for it to pull it in.
Receiver will not "always" show you what is found "on the screen" you are in at the time you manually scan but when you go to the channel list I did see they were in the list and needed to be renamed properly.

 

[Mr Tony]

With all due respect, you have not put in everything into your receiver then.

I'm pretty much KU only. I have a C-Band dish that I wheel out of the garage when I want to tinker with that
So I dont have every single station out there on mine

 

[stargaze]

I'm pretty much KU only. I have a C-Band dish that I wheel out of the garage when I want to tinker with that
So I dont have every single station out there on mine

Well at least you know the context for the way I put that.
Since you said you did not have to do manual pid entry too much you explained it well that if you only had yours hooked to ku then you would not have to do it too often I guess.
Looking at your listing you posted I saw many C-band signals from Galaxy 16 on your list so I just assumed you also had C-band but noticed what was not there.
And what was not there (on the list you posted) needed some manual pid entry to pull everything in.

Not much different than some other receivers I have tested here, but the Azbox always pulled them in with no problem.

I do like the way it plays eScapes, much nicer then some other receivers. No more jerky picture there.

 

[Mr Tony]

Well at least you know the context for the way I put that.

I understand

Since you said you did not have to do manual pid entry too much you explained it well that if you only had yours hooked to ku then you would not have to do it too often I guess.
Looking at your listing you posted I saw many C-band signals from Galaxy 16 on your list so I just assumed you also had C-band but noticed what was not there.
And what was not there (on the list you posted) needed some manual pid entry to pull everything in.

Yeah I use to have a C-Band at 99W when it was on the deck....but the table it was on (needed that to clear the roof) collapsed so I pull out the dish from the garage when needed
So I pretty much aim the dish then scan. Sometimes I leave it out for the night (during college hockey season)

I wish I could plant a dish in the yard but living in a townhouse I can't

I do like the way it plays eScapes, much nicer then some other receivers. No more jerky picture there.

I agree.

 

[Mr Tony]

Guys lets try and keep it on topic. It seems like threads lately have turned into "what I want on the MicroHD" when we already have a thread like that (the feature request thread) or a pissing match between folks.

Thanks!