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  1. Larry1

    AMIKO Need replacement for Amiko 8240

    A UPS is great for protecting the equipment from power problems. Just make sure to periodically check the batteries as they only have a certain life span. The life span can be short or long depending on the number of charge/discharge cycles they go through as well as age
  2. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Multiple timed recordings fail on a Mcro HD?

    If you get ambitious and wanting to play with it again, try deleting the channels and manually adding them back in...... but this is just a guess. I have had problems with channels that were solved by this. But as you said " It is what it is and I'll just deal with it!".
  3. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Multiple timed recordings fail on a Mcro HD?

    Are your timers for different channels, different satellites? I will record 3 or 4 shows a day from COZI on Ku and even have overlapping recordings. I do not have the microHD power off after the recording, as the time was going out of sync for me. I also do not set the time by the satellite, but...
  4. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Micro HD With No Horizontal Channels?

    Is your LNB set for a stacked LNB?
  5. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Restarting MicroHD to get signal to return?

    I had strange channel switching issued that were never completely solved, but did get better if I changed the transponder frequency up/down by 1. Also played with changing various other settings up/down 1 or 2. (i.e. symbol rate, etc) Channels would lock if going in one direction but not the...
  6. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Micro HD Won't Record By Timer?

    Even though you said you had it set to record, are you sure you did not have it just setup to change channels only? (I've done that before) Very easy to overlook when think the problem is elsewhere.
  7. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Micro HD Won't Record By Timer?

    Try loading ALL THE FILES as one of the other files may be affecting your unit even though it does not seem to be related. Backup all the different files from your working unit and restore them on the bad unit. Also, try adjusting the transponder settings, even if it works in the other unit...
  8. Larry1

    Openbox Multiple Recording Failure??

    Are you formatting the hard drive or USB stick from the microHD format command in the DVR menus or from a computer? I always will reformat using the microHD format, even if I have just formatted it on my PC. Also I always use NTFS and not FAT.
  9. Larry1

    GEOSATpro Micro HD Won't Record By Timer?

    If you want to try a test, I will post my load with only 103Ku for testing, only COZI-TV channel. Please note, one of the channels does not work, view the channels first to verify that they work for you. I will also post what version of firmware I have at the moment. Sorry, but at the moment it...
  10. Larry1

    Openbox Multiple Recording Failure??

    If the back to back recordings are on the same satellite and same channel, then you can create a second, or third, or fourth duplicate of the channel, and change the SID of the channel to an unused or different one for each. Then record each show as a different channel and even have overlapping...
  11. Larry1

    Openbox Multiple Recording Failure??

    Try recording on a USB stick to see if it is related to the hard drive going into a low power mode. I record multiple shows from the same satellite, same channel with no issues (COZI-TV on 103 MicroHD) Another issue is try setting the clock manually and not have it set the time from the...
  12. Larry1

    OTHER Best KU LNB

    These are very good LNBF's. A PLL LNBF can give a little better performance, but then again may not. You will probably get the maximum return for the effort in very precisely peaking your dish. Also check that your LNBF is not flexing the arm holding it moving it out of the precise spot for...
  13. Larry1

    GEOSATpro GEOSATpro microHD Support

    The Clarke Tech Editor Studio works well with the MicroHD and has a lot more options than the Ali editor. Version 3.23 is the newest I could find. The cable for the MicroHD is simple to make. It just needs the signal levels converted from TTL to 232. (and you will need a serial port on your...
  14. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD: Video to go!

    The recorded file chunks can be added back together to make one file of the program. Each chunk has a duplicate, set number of bytes from the end of one chunk that are also in the next chunk. If you simply just add the files together, there will be a blip in the recording when you play it back...
  15. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD Recording Issues

    The fix for this is to create a duplicate channel with the same parameters. Then have the first timer record channel 1, and the next timer record channel 2. This way you can even overlap (start early, end late) your timers and they will still record.
  16. Larry1

    GEOSATpro GEOSATpro microHD v2 feature requests

    How do you set timers for Monday - Friday? Five separate timers? If you have a few Monday to Friday shows that you record, it takes a lot of timers. Deleting the sat sun recordings is an option as long as it does not conflict with a weekend timer.
  17. Larry1

    GEOSATpro GEOSATpro microHD v2 feature requests

    Each timer should have boxes to check to indicate recurring timers. The boxes should be like Monthly Weekly Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun This way if you wanted a timer to occur every Tues thru Friday, you would check off Weekly Tues Wed Thurs Fri If Monthly or weekly is not checked, then it is...
  18. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MICROHD Reboot/loop fix instructions

    I looped my microHD and had no cable, so not wanting to wait for one to be shipped I made a cable. My drawing is in the post. The one difference I made was I used a 9 volt battery and a 7805 voltage regulator to power the circuit. The RS232 to TTL can also be done with a couple of transistors...
  19. Larry1

    GEOSATpro External Hard Drive Enclosure that will work with the microHD

    At one time I used SwissKnife for formatting hard disks, but after having problems with it with large hard drives I found HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool V2.1.8 It has worked great for me formatting hard disks and USB sticks, however, so far I have only used USB sticks in my microHD.
  20. Larry1

    MicroHD - Editor/DVD Burner for DVR-MS Files

    The files recorded by the microHD are TS files, broken up into chunks. One problem with trying to create a DVD from these recordings is that the last 48128 bytes of the first file is repeated in the next file. (and so on for the remaining chunks) You can simply add the files together, but there...
  21. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD recording issues

    It can make a difference as the longer the USB cable the more timing and noise problems can occur. Only writing to the drive by the microHD may help prevent file corruption issues. (when deleting the drive is being written to) Also, use the safely remove hardware routine in Windows before...
  22. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD recording issues

    This thread contains the info about the file overlap. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/301880-HD-DVR-Recording-Playback-Problem/page5?highlight=There+is+an+overlap+between+the+two+files.+There+are+256+packets%2C+48128+bytes I have also tried using one of the shareware file cutter programs...
  23. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD recording issues

    The recordings on the microHD are broken up into multiple files. The files can be added back together but there is an overlap as a chunk at the end of the first file is repeated at the start of the second file. (there is an old thread about this) So far I have only found TS-Doctor (a Windows...
  24. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD recording issues

    If needing to re-format the drive, try the HP USB stick format tool (works for hard disks also) and use the quick format.
  25. Larry1

    GEOSATpro MicroHD won't display video

    The component input supports 480i~1080i (pg 51) if you have or get a HDMI to COMPONENT adapter. The DVI input appears to be for connection to a PC.
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