Azbox Ultra hardware blind scan test

**LittleBob** · 03-17-2010 08:56 PM

Just got my new Azbox HD Ultra today (from ebay-$289.95 shipped) and I can confirm that it has hardware blind scan. I tested it on Galaxy 16 C band and it found 10 transponders and 21 channels. Took about 12 minutes but I had it set to the widest parameters so it may be faster with more narrow ones. It did miss some transponders like ABC and some others. It found The Televisa DVB-S2 feeds(scrambled) and My Network TV HD comes in fine. It came with software 4001 so maybe a later version will work better. This box does have it's quirks. It booted up in the Pal mode with rolling screen and unlike the Elite this one does not have a display on the front, just two LED's, one for power and the other for Lan. I ended up going through the menu blindly until I finaly got it to boot in ntsc. Then if you reboot from back switch it goes back to Pal again. It is a nice looking box, more compact and slimmer than the Elite. Has a USB port in front and back. No Scart but it does have S-Video out. You do not have to remove the whole case to install harddrive. It has a cover on top with screws. It uses a 12VDC power adapter that looks similiar to a laptop adapter. Most everything else is same as the Elite. I will report back with additional info after I test it more.

**putney** · 03-17-2010 09:36 PM

Thanks!

azboxusa?

**Scott Greczkowski** · 03-17-2010 09:39 PM

Sounds promising! Keep us informed!

**coisado** · 03-17-2010 10:14 PM

Does it do 4:2:2 ? If so.. this could become a very popular box.

**Iceberg** · 03-17-2010 10:15 PM

it should
the other 3 azboxes do (elite, premium +, premium)

**pro96** · 03-17-2010 11:06 PM

NICE testing my friend ..

**mr3p** · 03-18-2010 01:18 AM

Thanks for the good news, I'll be ordering one shortly

**LittleBob** · 03-18-2010 01:26 AM

Thank you! I tested some more and the box does do 4:2:2 SD. I have'nt found a 4:2:2 HD channel yet but I assume it would do that to. It will also pass AC3 directly through the composite jacks. There are issues with the blind scan. It misses a lot of transponders on some satellites that my Traxis has no problems finding. Tomorrow I will try the latest firmware and see if that helps. I read on another forum that Azbox was going to work on the blind scan issues with the premium plus which should also help this one since they use the same firmware. As the box is now I can't recommend it for the blind scan although otherwise it is a very nice receiver.