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Last reply Dec 15, 2014 · posted in FTA Receiver / Equipment Support

AMIKO Amiko A3 questions - before I buy

I currently have a GeosatPro MicroHD and am looking to upgrade. The MicroHD is OK overall, but I don't like the PVR functionality, the clunky interface (especially getting stuck with the 'moving dish' message when there is no need to move the dish), and the poor quality of the remote control.

While researching the Amiko A3 I looked all over and could not find a PDF of the User Manual. Is there one? I would prefer to read it before ordering.

Also, I read in the A3 Owners thread that someone had an issue with the A3's power supply. Does the A3 provide enough power to run a hard drive AND power a SG6100 dish motor? I'm wondering if anyone here has an A3 working with a SG6100 motor.

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Titanium

Nov 30, 2014

Brettbolt, Understand that we all are looking for something different in our personal STBs when we buy.

Just want to clarify your DVR dedicated keys concern. The DVR start is like other STB DVRs and is a single button press of the remote REC key. The DVR stop function is a two button press like all other STBs. Press the REC key then press the OK key to confirm the stop. No extra keys or additional screens to navigate.

Let us know what STB you decide to buy and how you like it!

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Blindowl1234

Dec 1, 2014

The secret sort of with the "moving dish" on the Micro is as it displays the message I push exit on the remote. It goes away. I don't see myself ever investing in another FTA receiver as I don't use fta stuff like I did 4-5 years ago. If a receiver ever came out that was almost 100% bug free I might consider it. I like the concept of the A3 and android system etc... but not ready to spend that much on something that isn't way better than what I have already.

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N6BY

Dec 2, 2014

Blindowl1234 said:
The secret sort of with the "moving dish" on the Micro is as it displays the message I push exit on the remote. ....

Thanks! That will save me a lot of time when adjusting settings and I don't want to move the dish.

Since new development and refinement of the MicroHD software seems to be suspended at the moment, I wish they would make the firmware 'open source'. The hardware is excellent and there are many developers out there who could fix its existing software issues. Getting rid of the infamous 'boot loop' and fixing the 'moving dish' situation would be the top fixes in my opinion. After that I would want to add some special features for feed hunting and detection of active channels.

Blindowl1234 said:
... I don't see myself ever investing in another FTA receiver as I don't use fta stuff like I did 4-5 years ago. If a receiver ever came out that was almost 100% bug free I might consider it. ...

Much too often it appears that satellite receivers are rushed to market before the software is working as well as it should. Having experienced management nagging and constant 'When will it be dones?" when I worked at my previous job, I know the pressure that software developers have in getting a product ready for release.

Blindowl1234 said:
... I like the concept of the A3 and android system etc... but not ready to spend that much on something that isn't way better than what I have already.

Its hard to not buy an A3 because it does so much! But for the same price you could have a Roku for IPTV and a MicroHD, but without the A3's spectrum display feature which almost make it a must have. I say 'almost' because I already have two software defined radios for that.

Like I said in post #22 here, a TiVo with a satellite tuner would make me happy. I am looking into the possibility of using software defined radio to process a satellite signal and convert it to ATSC or NTSC so that a TiVo would accept it as input.

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gpflepsen

Dec 2, 2014

I removed the plastic lenses on my microHD remote sensor eye and programmed my Dish Network remote with the microHD commands. Much better control with these changes. The micro's remote should be shot!

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N6BY

Dec 8, 2014

Titanium said:
Brettbolt, Understand that we all are looking for something different in our personal STBs when we buy.

Just want to clarify your DVR dedicated keys concern. The DVR start is like other STB DVRs and is a single button press of the remote REC key. The DVR stop function is a two button press like all other STBs. Press the REC key then press the OK key to confirm the stop. No extra keys or additional screens to navigate.

Let us know what STB you decide to buy and how you like it!

Thanks everyone for all the information about the Amiko receivers. I just placed an order for a Amiko Mini HD SE. I would have gotten an A3, but I like the Mini's remote better.

Brett

N6BY

Dec 15, 2014

Just a quick follow up: I received the Amiko Mini HD SE the day after I ordered it. That is fast! Many thanks to Brian at Titanium for the immediate shipping and answering my questions.

I am happy with the Mini HD SE and its a nice upgrade from the MicroHD. It should keep the TV going while I explore my options with open source DVB-S2 PCI-Express cards.

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply A moment ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

Get it?

An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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RaiderPower

Yesterday at 7:47 PM

King Of The Road - Roger Miller

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long_time_DNC

Yesterday at 7:55 PM

King Of Pain - The Police

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hwkn

Today at 2:39 AM

Haven't Got Time For The PAIN-Carly Simon

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ClarkGable

Today at 6:48 AM

No Time - The Guess Who

harshness

A moment ago

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply 3 minutes ago · posted in The Sports Section

Auto Racing 2026

New thread or keep this one?

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/AgOI9DNCmPg?si=l-YcZmHl7GXXF8fX

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Foxbat

Sunday at 8:20 PM

Awesome pictures, Yespage! Thanks!

I caught the end of the four hour race on YouTube so I wasn't "spoiled", but got to see the exciting last lap action in the TCR division!

Yespage

Sunday at 8:30 PM

Foxbat said:
Awesome pictures, Yespage! Thanks!

I caught the end of the four hour race on YouTube so I wasn't "spoiled", but got to see the exciting last lap action in the TCR division!

I heard on the radio, after the final pitstop, Turner Motorsport were resigned to second place. 'You're in second. Don't worry about it. First is McLaren, we aren't catching them.'

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Yespage

Tuesday at 7:48 AM

Caught up to the 500... err... k in St. Louis. What a race! Andretti Motorsport were doing very well with Ericsson and Kirkwood, meanwhile Power was moving up the grid. Veekay started cautiously. He was working the tires just right, becoming more lethal later in the stint. Rasmussen was racing likewise, not nearly as insane as he has in the past. Palou was leading the race, in a shocker to all. Caio Collet was having a wonderful ride, making Ferucci potentially sweat a bit. Rain came, rain went, rain came, rain went. Generally mild sprinkles, but enough to pause racing on an oval.

Palou would kind of send Siegel into the wall. Siegel really didn't do much wrong. As he noted, you have to turn at some point. Palou had acres of room below and Siegel might have had his ticket out of Indycar stamped. Dixon was doing the fuel thing and got busted twice by yellows, not pitting before the flag came out. Then the most critical happened... Palou ran out of gas on pit lane, effectively giving Newgarden the race lead and win. Newgarden had a very early pit, so he was able to slide in, get service and go. Meanwhile, everyone else was confused and stuck behind Palou for a bit. Once people figured what was happening, Newgarden had a major advantage of several seconds. Newgarden wouldn't look back and when it went green again, he'd hold the lead for the win.

Massive credit to Juncos Hollinger who bested Penske in getting Veekay out before Malukas in a transition that was oddly bizarre. I haven't had time to check, but I'm wondering if Veekay was about to run out of fuel or cut a tire. He was charging late in a stint, got up to fifth, and then tailed back for a few laps to 10th or 11th. It looked like it was over. Went into the pits, and after the pitting sequence was over, Veekay was well inside the top ten again. It was weird. And he charged, getting up to fourth. He made a late move on Rasmussen, but Rasmussen held his position with some great driving. In fact, there was a ton of incredible racing passing, not passing all race long. Veekay would finish 4th. A podium would have been awesome, but it is a great outcome for a guy who hopefully will get a break with a big team. We saw what Veekay could do with a Honda last season with fuel save, imagine replacing Simpson on Ganassi and having speed to go with fuel saving. His 6th at Indy and 4th at St. Louis get him up to 13th in the points standings and only 5 points outside of the top 10.

Ericsson finished second, resigned to finishing behind the current best in the world guy on a short oval. Rasmussen got the final step on the podium, a nice rebound to what has been an otherwise bad year for him, and a good reward to ECR who just extended his contract.

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osu1991

Tuesday at 7:52 PM

View: https://youtu.be/YAAIvsFs5AU

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Yespage

Yesterday at 9:09 AM

They raced USAC cars at Daytona once. Once! People died. Aj Foyt said 'f this', and left after the first go around. AJ freaking Foyt thought it was crazy! And cars weren't nearly as fast as they are now.

I think they tried Talladega once too.

Yespage

3 minutes ago

LeMans qualifying on going. WEC has d9ne a great job expanding the automotive company entries. Even without Porsche, a large nunber of manufacturers.

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TFLEV

Today at 7:12 AM · posted in TFLEV

How the Heck Do You Tell the NEW 2027 Rivian R2 from the R1? I Compare Both Side-By-Side!

Time for another AWESOME video from TFL Electric Vehicles!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CB6m89_RY

Direct YouTube Link - How the Heck Do You Tell the NEW 2027 Rivian R2 from the R1? I Compare Both Side-By-Side!

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Peter Parker

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 6:53 AM · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Brave Browser for Androud

I have had good experiences with Brave but lately I am frustrated with it.

Now when I launch the app it shows a box at the bottom asking if I want to go back to the last opened page. It is in conveniently located and I would prefer to eliminate it.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Please let's not sidetrack the discussion into an exploration of why I don't care for it or a lecture about all the wonderful aspects of the feature. I just do not care for it.

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b4pjoe

Yesterday at 7:50 PM

I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

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Peter Parker

Yesterday at 9:27 PM

b4pjoe said:
I don't have an Android phone so I don't know if this will apply to the Brave settings on your android device but it works on the desktop for me.

Change this setting to either startup to a different website or a new tab page. I have mine set to open to google.com instead of where I left off and it doesn't ask me at the next startup if I want to open the last opened page unless it crashed.

View attachment 191721

Thank you for trying to help. However thrse choices do not appear in Android. There is a setting for "New Tab Pages" that is similar but does not include your choice. I have tried all of the existing entries with no success

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Juan

Today at 6:53 AM

Something like this maybe

Option 2: Set a custom Home button URL

Click the menu icon in the top-right corner and select Settings.
Click on Appearance in the left sidebar.
Toggle on the Show home button switch.
Under the home button settings, select the option to Enter custom web address and type in your preferred website. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

BlackHitachi

Supporting Founder

Last reply Today at 6:26 AM · posted in Movie Talk

Last & Next Movie Watched

Since the Reds have there thread we should too!

Last watched Nine inch Nails
Next 3:10 to Yuma

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osu1991

Saturday at 9:48 PM

Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.

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dfergie

Sunday at 8:42 AM

osu1991 said:
Rooster Cogburn.

Keep forgetting the free movies on youtube are ad free with my premium subscription.

There are some really good movies on youtube.
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...

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harshness

Tuesday at 9:58 AM

dfergie said:
Saving Private Ryan 4k, Dolby Atmos...

These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.

dfergie

Tuesday at 10:07 AM

harshness said:
These are severely limited. Getting better than stereo audio is improving, but still has a long way to go.

I went with my 4k disc after checking out that version.

osu1991

Yesterday at 9:56 PM

View: https://youtu.be/I68627xyDPA?is=gUZB0Yv_08pE0DR3

Tonight revisiting one of my favorites. Ranks up there with Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Hunt For Red October.

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dfergie

Yesterday at 10:45 PM

Watching Monterey Pop, been awhile, had the DVD, but probably lost in the fire 10.5 years ago. HBOmax

"MysteryMan"

Today at 6:26 AM

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scott520

Today at 3:59 AM · posted in FTA Manuals Section

GI cu2700r receiver

Looking for a manual. Want to do some radio astronomy with it. Realize it's old but, since it's not for tv use don't need any decoders, just the RF section.

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Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply Today at 3:22 AM · posted in SatelliteGuys Support Center

Tapatalk Removed

Due to security concerns and the fact that the Tapatalk Plugin for Xenforo is no longer being updated we have removed Tapatalk support from SatelliteGuys.

For those who were using it we recommend using our PWA App instead which is faster and does not have all the spam Tapatalk had. Below is a graphic showing how to add SatelliteGuys to your devices home screen. (While iOS is shown the process is mostly the same for Android.)

Thanks for your understanding.

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Foxbat

Yesterday at 9:28 AM

Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…

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dweber

Yesterday at 10:19 PM

Foxbat said:
Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…

What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.

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Peter Parker

Today at 12:27 AM

Foxbat said:
Thank you, Scott, for adding years to my Life and dropping my BP a few millimeters! Money well spent…

Hooray!

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Peter Parker

Today at 12:29 AM

dweber said:
What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.

Do you mean the safari browser?

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Foxbat

Today at 3:22 AM

dweber said:
What is PWA app? PWA utilities seem to be a Spanish app. I hope you are seeing this since nothing seems to be working. I will miss SatelliteGuys. Tapatalk worked well. The Siri browser doesn't seem to work well.

Actually, PWA stands for "Progressive Web Application" and is basically just saving a site's homepage to your desktop where it appears as an "App" with the rest of your smartphone's Apps.

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N5XZS

Last reply Today at 1:35 AM · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

New low power station with CP has been granted. "Albuquerque "

New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.

Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.

It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.

This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.

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Mr Tony

Yesterday at 12:28 PM

N5XZS said:
This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time

probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations

Get After It Media

www.getafteritmedia.com

Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:35 PM

Mr Tony said:
probably the same programming they have been putting on their other owned stations.
The 'get after it media' stations

Get After It Media

www.getafteritmedia.com

Like Heartland, Retro, rev'n, Action etc

We already have those diginets here.

N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:51 PM

Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:54 PM

N5XZS said:
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.

I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet

N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:59 PM

Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it.