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As it would happen, I finally took.delibery of another Enigma box just this month.
Exec summary of first impressions:
Vu+ Uno 4KSE is a sleek, flexible, fast box in terms of boot and manual scan. Learning curve on programming and western longitude operating idiosyncrasies is marginal for a an op with prior STB and embedded Ux appliance experience. Performance is ok.
I have been using the Linkbox 9000i Local for over a year as the main SRB. Reliable but limited.
A/B switched I/F also runs to the ham shack, where I parked the AzBox MiniMe American... That STB is flexible, but not reliable.
Hope was Vu+ would have something in between.
Quoting Wayne.from Letterkenny, "To be feh-ahhhww... ".... it's an Enigma2 box.
Getting it to scan was a bit of a trick. "Automatic" scan behaves like blind scan. There is a blind scan plug in that had me hung up for hours.
Factory image is Euro-centric... Expected that, and that's fine. In fact, for the user with a site to 19E and such, this appears to be plug-n-play with preloaded transponders and services. I added western birds with Dreamset, only with minor difficulty. Telnet method works better than http. Dreamset has no method of editing antenna set-up (i.e., DiSEqC or 22kHz tone swtiching, positioner schemes, LNB LO,.polarity switching schemes, etc.). This all.must be done on the STB.
Updated the image on the STB with little difficulty. Came with June 2018 image... Updated to on posted a week ago. Nice to see current development on the mfg part!!
Inspired by that success to try and see what Black Hole images were all about. So far, I am a fan! Global arc bird entries are nice. Speeds up setup.
Give me another week or so to let the newness of the thing wear off. May be able to offer some more interesting stories by then.
Exec summary of first impressions:
Vu+ Uno 4KSE is a sleek, flexible, fast box in terms of boot and manual scan. Learning curve on programming and western longitude operating idiosyncrasies is marginal for a an op with prior STB and embedded Ux appliance experience. Performance is ok.
I have been using the Linkbox 9000i Local for over a year as the main SRB. Reliable but limited.
A/B switched I/F also runs to the ham shack, where I parked the AzBox MiniMe American... That STB is flexible, but not reliable.
Hope was Vu+ would have something in between.
Quoting Wayne.from Letterkenny, "To be feh-ahhhww... ".... it's an Enigma2 box.
Getting it to scan was a bit of a trick. "Automatic" scan behaves like blind scan. There is a blind scan plug in that had me hung up for hours.
Factory image is Euro-centric... Expected that, and that's fine. In fact, for the user with a site to 19E and such, this appears to be plug-n-play with preloaded transponders and services. I added western birds with Dreamset, only with minor difficulty. Telnet method works better than http. Dreamset has no method of editing antenna set-up (i.e., DiSEqC or 22kHz tone swtiching, positioner schemes, LNB LO,.polarity switching schemes, etc.). This all.must be done on the STB.
Updated the image on the STB with little difficulty. Came with June 2018 image... Updated to on posted a week ago. Nice to see current development on the mfg part!!
Inspired by that success to try and see what Black Hole images were all about. So far, I am a fan! Global arc bird entries are nice. Speeds up setup.
Give me another week or so to let the newness of the thing wear off. May be able to offer some more interesting stories by then.
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Brian -- thanks for clearing that up. Realized that was what was going on as well after a few more rounds with the thing.
Oh -- and I'm happy to report that the Vu+ and ASC1 play nicely together!
I've seen the Zeros, but was intrigued by Uno's dual tuner. And I've seen threads elsewhere that bemoan the Zero's blind scan as not quite as good as a Dreambox or other SiLabs tuner or HW based blind scan.
Using DreamSet to diddle the transponder xml. I think I downloaded another program to try, but haven't had time to mess with it yet.
First time I've ever been able to catch UHD feeds; they still look neat even on a Samsung display that's stuck at 1080p.
One common quirk on this box -- LOTS of channel surfing between Radio/TV/Radio/TV (it seems) can sometime confuse the video adaptor into rendering a resolution mode my TV doesn't understand. I don' t know what res mode it gets stuck in. The remedy, however, is to use the on-box display to navigate the menus to restart. I may try to nav that way next time it does this to see if I can tell what it's doing.
Found some other strange behavior in Black Hole Not ready to call it a bug yet, because I'm still getting used to this image. It certainly behaves differently than the Vu+ factory image. Some Globecast TV channels scan in as radio, for instance, under Black Hole -- they scanned fine under the factory image.
I also downloaded OpenPLI and a few other images to play with.
The Vu+ Android application is nice, mostly. I've enjoyed being able to stream audio services from the dish via headphones while the wee ones sleep, while doing dishes at the sink or something. It works quite well when you select VLC as your player. Hiccups: 1.) The "default" in-app player -- on my old Moto 3rd Gen Android -- is glitchy, and shuts down when the screen goes to sleep. But VLC is smooth and runs despite the screen being locked. 2.) "Zapping" a channel under the stream selection doesn't necessarily "zap" it on the tuner. That's something else you have to manually select in the STB config. 3.) ... and this is the strange one ... the app will only start up properly if it can see the internet. At my house, the 802.11 network has no i-net connection (we live in an area which is severely under-served for broadband). So cell data has to be turned on briefly to start the app, then turned off so traffic is routed to the local 802.11 "non-internet" WLAN. For most people, won't be a problem.
This thing is pretty neat so far, but manually scanning everything is a step back from the Linkbox9K Local and the AzMiniMe.
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Oh -- and I'm happy to report that the Vu+ and ASC1 play nicely together!
I've seen the Zeros, but was intrigued by Uno's dual tuner. And I've seen threads elsewhere that bemoan the Zero's blind scan as not quite as good as a Dreambox or other SiLabs tuner or HW based blind scan.
Using DreamSet to diddle the transponder xml. I think I downloaded another program to try, but haven't had time to mess with it yet.
First time I've ever been able to catch UHD feeds; they still look neat even on a Samsung display that's stuck at 1080p.
One common quirk on this box -- LOTS of channel surfing between Radio/TV/Radio/TV (it seems) can sometime confuse the video adaptor into rendering a resolution mode my TV doesn't understand. I don' t know what res mode it gets stuck in. The remedy, however, is to use the on-box display to navigate the menus to restart. I may try to nav that way next time it does this to see if I can tell what it's doing.
Found some other strange behavior in Black Hole Not ready to call it a bug yet, because I'm still getting used to this image. It certainly behaves differently than the Vu+ factory image. Some Globecast TV channels scan in as radio, for instance, under Black Hole -- they scanned fine under the factory image.
I also downloaded OpenPLI and a few other images to play with.
The Vu+ Android application is nice, mostly. I've enjoyed being able to stream audio services from the dish via headphones while the wee ones sleep, while doing dishes at the sink or something. It works quite well when you select VLC as your player. Hiccups: 1.) The "default" in-app player -- on my old Moto 3rd Gen Android -- is glitchy, and shuts down when the screen goes to sleep. But VLC is smooth and runs despite the screen being locked. 2.) "Zapping" a channel under the stream selection doesn't necessarily "zap" it on the tuner. That's something else you have to manually select in the STB config. 3.) ... and this is the strange one ... the app will only start up properly if it can see the internet. At my house, the 802.11 network has no i-net connection (we live in an area which is severely under-served for broadband). So cell data has to be turned on briefly to start the app, then turned off so traffic is routed to the local 802.11 "non-internet" WLAN. For most people, won't be a problem.
This thing is pretty neat so far, but manually scanning everything is a step back from the Linkbox9K Local and the AzMiniMe.
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Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.
In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.
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In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.
Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News
Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...
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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....
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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Didn't see a thread like this so I figured why not start one. This is about natural supplements. If you aren't into supplements, fine, but please let those of us who do want to discuss this discuss it.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
The first one I wanted to mention has been a real life changer. I'm 62 and still do all of my own install work at my business....also do all the yard work at the house. A few years ago I started noticing that I was losing my range of movement, it was even getting hard to bend over and lace up my boots. Almost got stuck in an attic because I couldn't get turned around once the work was done. Didn't think much of it and figured with age comes stiffness that was only going to get worse as time went on.
It was then that I stumbled across a video which was discussing rotator cuff tears and why they were to prevalent these days. Turns out, the culprit is a simple deficiency in MANGANESE which is key in keeping your tendons flexible. Most anti-biotics strip your body of any manganese it might have had which is why certain anti-biotics, especially those in the Cipro family. I actually knew a man who had two tendons tear while on that stuff.
Went to Amazon and ordered some manganese. Now it took a while, it wasn't instant, but gradually I have regained all of my flexibility. I can bend over and touch my toes while standing with no pain and putting on my boots is no longer a chore.
Pretty cheap too. The bottle I ordered was a 200 ct for under $13. They said to take double the normal dose for the first month because most people are severely lacking, then go to one a day.
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I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.
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IS Amiko MIRA 3 any good ???
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
Can you recommend the best to cover all bases. NO BEEPS on certain channels 101w (NEWSMAX ,NEWS NATION), a clock that keeps working STEADY for timed recording ,solid unit with good lifespan. My Amiko died AND my Linkbox has NO Favorites Button and BEEPS on many channels. Picking up 105 west with a NEW SHED IN THE Way with 6 foot Cband ..95 percent quality ...unbelievable.
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Can't help but wonder if a worker overlooked checking the harness. I rarely ride a roller coaster anymore but when I do I check the harness myself pretty aggressively.
Can't imagine what the son is going through.
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Can't imagine what the son is going through.
Dad levitated and bled then fell to his death from coaster
Eyewitnesses have shared fresh details of the horrific accident that happened at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday afternoon.
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UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
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Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
Finally ....UPDATE: Six Flags is adding seatbelts to all 9 rollercoasters
Six Flags adds important safety feature after teacher died
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed at the theme park in Austell earlier this month, after he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath rollercoaster. Four others were injured.
Season 2 order already in hand:
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1
I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ...
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Love this guy's channel. Looks like Walmart has thrown in the towel when it comes to conventional car batteries.
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7kY5nvdU
I bought a new AGM battery from Walmart about a year ago, it is already needing replacing. I thought about just buying a regular battery but from what I've read, that might not be a smart move. Might check my Forscan program and see if I can change the battery type from AGM.
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