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Originally Posted by
Swamp_Rat 
I am trying to change the sat location. The version that came with the plus allowed it. Usually it is only 1/10 or 2/10 just to peak it a bit
Swap Rat,
This is a major flaw in the AZBox programming. I have been disgusted with this operation for quite a while, so you are not alone. I know that at one time, when using a specific version of the firmware, you could make adjustments to the satellite position to help "tweak" it, but I cannot do so with the most recent version. Also, with the version that DID permit this, if you made some alterations like adding a new satellite or altering your longitude coordinate, one or more satellite positions would become corrupt (extremely). i.e. Changing AMC 21 @ 125.0°W to AMC 21 @ 63.0°. When that corruption occurs, you cannot alter it via the remote no way, no how, regardless of the firmware version. It allows you to change it, but when you command the receiver to accept the change, it automatically reverts to the corrupted position. In this case, the only recourse was to delete that particular satellite and re-enter it or have a back-up list where everything was pristine and reload that.
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I was confused by what SwampRat was saying, and am confused about this response too.
Re the former, I wasn't sure if he was referring to some "MOVE" type command in the USALS menu, which some receivers have, but this is really a diseqC-1.2 command. I don't remember this being in any of the firmware versions I've used, but it may have been there. The other possibility of what he meant, was the ability to change the USER or SAT longitude, thus altering slightly where the dish goes. This, I AM able to do on my Azbox with the current firmware, so I'm confused as to why he can't do it if that's what he can't do.
Re this post, I've never observed what you describe. I've added satellites, and I've changed satellite and user longitudes with the remote back and forth without a problem. As a disclaimer, again, my Azbox isn't connected to a small dish with a diseqC/USALS motor, so all my experiments just involved the setup, and not the actual use, but the problems you describe and the OP describe seem more related to setup than actually moving the dish. Anyway, I'm still suspecting that people who experience problems like this may not have removed the original corruption from the default channel lists that came with the receivers, as I don't see these things happening. I see plenty of other issues with the receiver, but not these problems.
Off topic.... One of my main uses of the Azbox is to use the file manager tab to play video files that I have on one of the computers on my LAN. I've been doing this for months, and it works great, even with relatively high bitrate MPEG4 HD. However, I had an issue a couple days ago, where I tried playing a recording that had corrupted audio. I tried playing it on the Azbox, and it wouldn't play, saying unknown format, even though it was regular old MPEG4, which played fine on other players, except that the audio didn't work. Well, I fixed the audio issue on the file, which then played on other players, but the Azbox still said that it wouldn't play it, and the Azbox wouldn't play ANY file I asked it to play, each time saying that it was an unsupported format.
I rebooted the Azbox, and everything was back to normal, and it played all the files fine, but I just thought it was strange that trying to play a file with bad audio would completely hose the file manager function, while everything else such as playing live sat video worked fine.
I really like the Azbox, and think it's a very capable receiver, but it sure is the most unstable receiver I've ever used. Little things seem to upset the thing, requiring reboots or sometimes even reloading firmware, etc. I really hope that they eventually fix all the problems that exist with the Elite/Premier, and not devote all their efforts to getting the new Ultra/Plus models working. So far, their firmware updates seem to be for ALL models, but I'm not sure if the improvements are really affecting the old Elite/Premier models or just the new ones. I just hope that they don't forget that they have a responsibility to the owners of the old receivers that have NEVER worked as advertised, despite being the most capable receivers on the market.
