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DW comes in strong even though it's only 78 on quality. NTA is also 78 but has some video pixelation sometimes, although this pixelstion is from crap video encoding, super compressed bad video, rather receive antenna issues.

How about a Good Samaritan from across the state :) I'm in Southwest FL and here is what I get with my setup: AMIKO_Mini_4K_S2X_1.0.56, Channelmaster/PrimeStar 1 meter H2H dish, DMS International ASC321-2 Universal KU LNBF, 0.5dB noise, 55dB gain 12.145 V 84%Q excellent 12.120 H 80%Q good...

---one more tweak for Amiko to consider in new firmware: after completing blind scans, occasinally the box still returns to function with laggy or no video. Turning it on and off resolves the issue. So perhaps the tuner (or something else) is not getting reset correctly after the completion of...

UPDATE: major progress on the Amiko 4k 2sx box. So... the box I purchased apparently had corrupt firmware/channel list combo and that is why it was running out of memory, blind scan issues, and occasional freeze ups were occurring. (BTW, this box was NOT purchased from KE4EST as I did not...

completely agree! theres no free lunch and most of these receivers have some sort of compromise. I will do a bit more testing to be sure anything I report is a real issue and not a passing one or some other hardware or software glitch. Appreciate it!

I can confirm that the dB file from the receiver indeed has the 2 satellite entries AMC 6 and AMC6 as expected when loaded into ali editor. however if I import the abs file into another editor such as media studio or clarktech using the edision mini preset which actually does display the...

yes, it's a very strange thing... I have a sat 139w AMC 6 on the channel file and it doesn't show up. so I manually tried to add it and when I hit ok it said something like "update existing" forgot the exact message, but it didn't add it. then I added it again as 139w AMC6 without the space in...

Some other random thoughts and Firmware suggestions: 1. make the default option for scan mode - blind scans - stick "free" or "ALL" so it doesn't have to be selected everytime. Make the white button default to selectable free or all choices. 2. make all the sat names appear (on the popup small...

Ok one more pet peave... manual, Is there a real manual for this model that addresses some of the advanced functions like f/w updates, default vs user databases, channel editing, etc... thanks goodness for the excellent posts and YouTube videos by a few of our forum members (you know who you...

update: the channel limitations have been somewhat lessened by manually removing all the scrambled channels on SkyMexico 78.8w that this receiver scans in as fta. To be fair that is probably a transport stream mis-reporting issue rather than the receiver wrongly identifying the channels as...

After a long hiatus from the hobby (15 years), I have purchased a new Amiko Mini 4k uhd s2x. These comments apply to the 4k unit only as i dont have the earlier model. Here are my impressions. 1. Channel List and Satellite memory: Insufficient I have maxed out the channel and satellite memory...

To add new satellites to the 100C/200C (if using as a positioner) just take an existing satellite position and then press Menu 1 - use the east west keys to move to a new position, and then press Cancel on remote. A dialogue will pop up and instead of hitting the enter key to store the new...

They are great receivers - I was a Chaparral client - I still have the Cheyenne, Sierra 3, Monterey 55 as well as the "precious" 200C. The first 3 were my home receivers and now need repairs - probably battery or RIFA cap damage (and hopefully only to the GI videocypher boards mounted below...

Oh also is the memory card in the 100/200C a regular pcmci or something special ?