Recent content by MasterOfNone

Is there an FTA tuner that has a network port on it, which can be completely controlled over the network? I am looking for something similar to the HD Homerun tuner that I user for terrestrial broadcasts, where you send some commands to it, and it returns a video stream that you can watch...

One more thing-- make sure you have the latest firmware upgrade on your SV-360. The SPDIF output didn't work correctly with the May'08 release.

I have the single tuner premiere box and my advice would be for you to keep looking for another manufacturer. It has problems with the digital sound output, recording stopping if there is a glitch in the signal, memory management of channel info, and a few other minor quirks. These problems...

I agree... You need to use the power switch almost daily to reset the Sonicview Premier. The normal failure I have seen is that the display will freeze showing a single digit... You also may want to check that you have the 0105 version of the firmware (even though that version has been out for...

No, I never found an answer to the AC3 problem. There is an "Auto Dolby Select" option in the configuration menu, but it does not make any difference what it is set to. If you record a program that has AC3 sound on the SV Premier, the displayed picture will freeze while it is recording, but...

Oh yeah, I was ready to go with a top-of-the line receiver, but the more I read, the more I found that they all seemed to be missing something. My ideal FTA receiver should be able to record from satellite and ATSC tuners to an external disk, not have problems hanging up, be able to do a blind...

My first exposure to FTA was from a friend in college who was building his own satellite receiver. He aso built his own BUD as a project in one of our classes. I lost interest when I heard that most everything on satellite had been scrambled. I also didn't have anywhere to set up a BUD...

I'll go even one better. It is a Good idea to use a GOOD motor to motorize an FTA Dish. If you use a bad motor, you'll have weak channels that come and go because the motor doesn't always return to the same spot, or the wind will be able to move it out of alignment.

Is anyone else out there having problems with their Sonicview 360 Premier tuner? Mine is loaded with apparent software bugs that render it only partly usable. I'm running the latest (0105) firmware, and all the replies from SV support seem to be 'canned' responses, like "reformat your disk...

I'm getting ready to put my new dish up on the roof. One thing I don't see in all of the instructions I've found on the web for installing a motorized FTA dish is where to mount the LNBF along the feedhorn throat. I have an Invacom QPH031 that is currently mounted with the end of the feedhorn...

So now that we know where everyone lives from last week's question, we find out how old they are this week! Our first "entertainment center" was a (Stromberg Carlson?) b/w TV. What made it an entertainment center was that it had a mono audio input on the back where we could hook up a phonograph...

I want to win. nothing, absolutely nothing

I live in Bountiful, Utah and I receive 21 over-the-air digital channels. Which of these are actually worth watching would be a completely different discussion...

I don't have a satellite dish :(, BUT I have a 1 5/8" pole mounted to the south gable of my house currently occupied by an obsolete sprint broadband antenna that is just waiting for a dish to be installed on it.

My favorite FTA channel is MHZ Worldview because of the diverse programming and Aussie Rules Football. I receive it as a secondary channel to my local PBS. I hope to win this contest so that I can watch more than just 1/2 hour snippets of Russia Today and DW TV.