Movies! test with X2 Premium hd

[pro96]

Just did a comparison between my satellite receivers at SES-1 CBAND 101W with the new and popular channel MOVIES!

Here are my results.

http://youtu.be/7bNo-xL6yhE

 

[primestar31]

I don't have any problems getting MEtv or Movies! with my MicroHD. Me works fine with no editing after scan, while Movies! works the first time, then goes black after exiting to Me, then going back to Movies! Unless you change the sid with a editor to 0 (zero) for Movies! because of the frequencies of each channel being so close to each other, and the MicroHd scans a little wider then it probably should.

This is with a 10ft dish and orthomode feedhorn. What size is your dish?

 

[kodaz]

saw The video, you didnt change channels and then come back to it, try that and let us know.
also my micro hd scanned in in fine till i changed channels, no problem, i made a dif satellite for it and just used the same switch info, scanned it in and it works fine.

 

[pro96]

Used my 6ft dish but it dont matter as the signal is plenty and didnt get video/audio on the micro.

X2 did and so did my openboxes and azbox elite using same sized dish.

You guys think a 6 footer for CBAND is too small???? Not for me and my testings and or searching/ watching DVB-S2

If it was then my x2/azbox/openbox would not get a signal/picture on MOVIES!

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[primestar31]

Nope, I'm not saying 6 ft is necessarily an issue, but I have to wonder just WHY you can't get MEtv on the MicroHD as a lot of us are watching it. What firmware is your MicroHd running? Let's try to narrow this down instead of just saying there's a global problem with the MicroHD.

I had a 6 ft dish, and could NOT keep MEtv up and running (with my MicroHD, but it DID scan in fine and work the first time) I swapped to the 10 footer, and now no problem with it 100% of the time. The issue back then (last September) was finally figured out to be that there is/was (not sure if still a problem for 6 footers) a strong sports transponder on an adjacent sat that fires up periodically, and overwhelms MEtv. The 6ft dish scans so wide a field, that the sports transponder wiped out MEtv.

Please don't think I'm just being blindly "protective" of the MicroHD, because I am not. It is at present my primary receiver, but it does have a few quirks that annoy me to no end. That being said, it does an excellent job 97% of the time with what I need done. It's still a work in progress. I am a technician, and like to figure out issues and fix them. The more info we have, the easier that is to accomplish..

 

[pro96]

Nope, I'm not saying 6 ft is necessarily an issue, but I have to wonder just WHY you can't get MEtv on the MicroHD as a lot of us are watching it. What firmware is your MicroHd running? Let's try to narrow this down instead of just saying there's a global problem with the MicroHD.

I had a 6 ft dish, and could NOT keep MEtv up and running (with my MicroHD, but it DID scan in fine and work the first time) I swapped to the 10 footer, and now no problem with it 100% of the time. The issue back then (last September) was finally figured out to be that there is/was (not sure if still a problem for 6 footers) a strong sports transponder on an adjacent sat that fires up periodically, and overwhelms MEtv. The 6ft dish scans so wide a field, that the sports transponder wiped out MEtv.

Please don't think I'm just being blindly "protective" of the MicroHD, because I am not. It is at present my primary receiver, but it does have a few quirks that annoy me to no end. That being said, it does an excellent job 97% of the time with what I need done. It's still a work in progress. I am a technician, and like to figure out issues and fix them. The more info we have, the easier that is to accomplish..

MeTv comes in fine on my microhd..

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[primestar31]

MeTv comes in fine on my microhd..

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Sorry, my eyes must be dyslexic tonight. I watched your video and thought you were scanning in MEtv first and not getting video.

Brian figured out that the MicroHD's tuner was scanning slightly wider than it should and that Me and Movies! were too close in frequency. That caused the parameters for Movies! to update to the same as Metv, making it go black. He's planning on modifying the firmware to fix any further issues due to that. I fixed mine by changing the sid for Movies!

 

[pro96]

Sorry, my eyes must be dyslexic tonight. I watched your video and thought you were scanning in MEtv first and not getting video.

Brian figured out that the MicroHD's tuner was scanning slightly wider than it should and that Me and Movies! were too close in frequency. That caused the parameters for Movies! to update to the same as Metv, making it go black. He's planning on modifying the firmware to fix any further issues due to that. I fixed mine by changing the sid for Movies!

yeap it happens to all of us sometimes.. but yea x2 scans both metv and movies without any troubles and that's what this thread is all about.

 

[eurosport]

Good info for those making purchase decicions.

 

[SatelliteAV]

And for Paul Harvey fans, "Now for the Rest of the Story" about what is going on with the MEeTV, Movies! and This TV channels on 101w for interested members who may have missed this thread in the Receiver Support forum: http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads...w-Movies!-Channel-on-101w-C-band-TP-Freq-3961

New firmware has addressed this and should be released next week after the testing is completed. :

 

[Anole]

What? You're gonna TEST it?!
no wonder it takes so long. :up

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah god forbid they test it before releasing it

I think some other companies should take notes