Recent content by drboyddrboyd

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    AZbox won't play .avi movie files?

    Whaaa?:confused: I had moved a bunch of .avi movie files to the AzBox drive and I tired to play them last night - "Unknown Video codec" They play fine on my PC in that format... what format do I need to change these movies into to get them to play on the AzBox? Thanks!
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    IPTV Users...

    OK, I'm an idiot. What is UDP streaming? :confused:
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    Azbox Ultra hardware blind scan test

    I just leave a composite cable hooked up from the Ultra's composite output to the composite input on my TV. The composite always works, at least enough to figure out where you are on the menu.
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    FTA help needed

    Unfortunately, being off by one degree will kill the deal, so you have to be uber-accurate in how you're aiming it. I recommend a Wixey digital angle meter for the elevation and probably the North Star for the longitude measurement.
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    pics of the dish farm...post yours too :)

    Here's some pix you've probably already seen of mine.... and how I tackled a tile roof....
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    beefing up a j-pole

    If you decide to go the threaded pipe route, the threads will be wanting to come unscrewed with the torque. You could either (a) have Bluto tighten them with The Big Wrench, (b) have Bubba the welder run a couple of tacks, or (c) put them together with red LocTite....
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    Custom Pole Mounts

    How far out from the brick does it need to be? If it's only an inch or two, you could use Unistrut and Unistrut pipe clamps pretty easy to do that.... My installation uses Unistrut and U-bolts...
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    Azbox HD Premium Plus

    Is IPTV actually working?
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    Azbox Ultra Firmware

    I've got an Ultra, too. I'm not going with the latest, but the one before that is OK. 4890, if I recall correctly.
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    My new Ku dish

    My suggestion is to ignore the numbers stamped on the brackets. Those numbers stamped on the mounting brackets are pretty much "cartoon quality." There's enough there to pretend the dish manufacturer did something, but they're certainly not going to get you to the one tenth of a degree...
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    new HH motor and Azbox

    I have no problems with USALS at all. It's nice to have at least one part that's working well...
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    Good news - confirmed wireless keyboard working!

    Good point! Who knows what this thing wants? :confused: Why would numbers work fine in one field, but not work in another field? I'm not even gonna bother asking in the official AzBox forum, but if someone else feels inclined, please let us know how it turns out...
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    TP shows "locked!" but no channel shows up

    So, I can see that some of the TPs have good quality, but they don't show up as channels. I can't believe that they're scrambled, since they show up as horizontal or vertical, and I unchecked "scrambled" in the search. Am I missing something here - a magic box to check in the double secret...
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    Good news - confirmed wireless keyboard working!

    Well, it's odd, now that I've had a chance to mess with it more. The number keys work in some screens, but not others. The space bar mutes the sound instead of producing a space. (I use an underscore, seeing as how I have no idea how to make a space appear) The arrow keys and the enter key...
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    SG9120 Problem

    Yeah, that's an issue. I used 90 degree fittings plus I cut those bolts back.