Thread: Tech Info needed for AZBox Satellite Radio

I am using the AZBox Premium and found a problem.

I hadn't been listening to the radio channels until tonight. One of my fav's is the Bluegrass Channel on 97.0'W (Test 243 ch on TP 11991 V) so I dialed that channel in.

The problem that I detected is that the audio drops out every ~10 seconds.

I have both the HDMI cable and the SPDIF digital audio connected. They both drop out. I connected to the standard analog stereo outputs and that signal is dropping out, too.

If I check other radio signals on other sats, the audio from them is also dropping out, so it is not a problem with one particular satellite. This problem is also not present on the TV channels, it is only on the audio (radio) channels.

I have my Coolsat 5000 connected to my loop out from the AZBox and can monitor the signal level and quality. These are stable. Also, I moved the analog audio phono cables from the AZBox to the Coolsat and the audio is fine and stable.

This is definitely a problem isolated to the AZBox, but I don't know if it is the current image file (I have 0.9.2880 installed) or if there is something else to be concerned with. I did try to simply reboot the AZBox, hoping that it was just a temporary glitch, but it was not.

Is anyone experiencing audio drop outs on the satellite Radio (only) channels with your AZBox?

This is a must for me to repair. If you have any information on this defect, please let me know.

RADAR

I just dialed up a couple of stations on G16 C-Band
Q-tones
Pulse FM

I only have G16 C-Band radio in there. Had through HDMI cable and no dropouts on either one. Listened for 5 minutes each

the rest are split between L & R audio and the HDMI cant distinguish the difference so I hear both at same time

Its a known issue, Weatherman....depending on your firmware. This week I upgraded to the latest beta firmware that ended up being a general release ( I don't have the number handy, sorry), I am listening to radio right now, no problems. A couple of firmwares had the problem.

0.9.3281 is the latest Firmware

and thats what I'm using for software

Originally Posted by Iceberg

I just dialed up a couple of stations on G16 C-Band
Q-tones
Pulse FM

I only have G16 C-Band radio in there. Had through HDMI cable and no dropouts on either one. Listened for 5 minutes each

Originally Posted by stogie5150

Its a known issue, Weatherman....depending on your firmware. This week I upgraded to the latest beta firmware that ended up being a general release ( I don't have the number handy, sorry), I am listening to radio right now, no problems. A couple of firmwares had the problem.

Originally Posted by Lak7

0.9.3281 is the latest Firmware

Originally Posted by Iceberg

and thats what I'm using for software

I have 0.9.2371 in mine (it was most current when I bought mine, and I haven't seen anything that the newer versions added that I was interested in... just waiting for them to fix high bitrate recording). But I just tried the stations that Ice mentioned, and they work fine for 2371 too, so I would have thought that they should work with the 2880 that the OP has, since it's newer.

Originally Posted by Iceberg

the rest are split between L & R audio and the HDMI cant distinguish the difference so I hear both at same time

Those split channels were an interesting demonstration that stereo DOES work when using the HDMI as they were definately coming out of the R & L channels respectively. Another poster has been looking for a fix for the lack of stereo in the L/R RCA audio outputs. I haven't tried the SPDIF output, but I'd assume that it was the same as what's in HDMI, so until a fix is released, it seems like a Sonic Voom, would cure the stereo issue for that poster.