it's quirky...
(I started a new thread because my original thread had strayed off the original topic, and I am the one who strayed off of my own topic!)
The problems I have now with it are:
1. Overheating. It gets really, really hot. Dangerously hot. That can not be right.
2. The clock. It doesn't work right. It changes when I change channels and resets to 1/1/2010 when the machine powers up.
The firmware, I found it online, I can not remember where now. It is listed in the info screen as follows: "CSHS2-11-09-14:03F5CMT"
I ~think~ it's the most current one available.
I don't know if the thing is a "clone" but then again, are ANY of them legit? This one came from the factory, brand spanking new with pirate features built in. That is not a good sign.
It also had absolutely NOTHING in it about the US. There is no way to set your location to anywhere in North America. It came with a list of only European and Asian satellites. All the satellites were easten sky and zero western sky satellites.
It took me a lot of time and effort to find a file with US satellites and install it into the machine. It's a confusing process.
Another problem I had which is not related to the tuner, I made a dish out of mismatched parts. Well........... I ended up having to flip some parts over and then some parts were hitting each other and that made me have to adjust the motor up to a higher point than it is supposed to be. This messed with it in a whole bunch of ways and stopped it from seeing all the satellites.
One of the problems was that the wires stick out in a stupid way on the SG-9120 motor and they were in the way of hitting the brackets on the dish. That's why I flipped parts around upside down, to clear those wires. Well guess what I found in the Dollar Store this morning?? L shaped adapters!
So now I have the dish down and apart and I'm hoping that I'll be able to get it where it sees the whole arc of satellites. At least this is a problem that I was able to solve myself.
But my biggest concerns are the overheating and the useless clock.
Is there a way to put a fan in the tuner like a PC has? It's so tiny I don't see how that could happen. And the clock. OMG that annoys me so much!
Thanks!
(I started a new thread because my original thread had strayed off the original topic, and I am the one who strayed off of my own topic!)
The problems I have now with it are:
1. Overheating. It gets really, really hot. Dangerously hot. That can not be right.
2. The clock. It doesn't work right. It changes when I change channels and resets to 1/1/2010 when the machine powers up.
The firmware, I found it online, I can not remember where now. It is listed in the info screen as follows: "CSHS2-11-09-14:03F5CMT"
I ~think~ it's the most current one available.
I don't know if the thing is a "clone" but then again, are ANY of them legit? This one came from the factory, brand spanking new with pirate features built in. That is not a good sign.
It also had absolutely NOTHING in it about the US. There is no way to set your location to anywhere in North America. It came with a list of only European and Asian satellites. All the satellites were easten sky and zero western sky satellites.
It took me a lot of time and effort to find a file with US satellites and install it into the machine. It's a confusing process.
Another problem I had which is not related to the tuner, I made a dish out of mismatched parts. Well........... I ended up having to flip some parts over and then some parts were hitting each other and that made me have to adjust the motor up to a higher point than it is supposed to be. This messed with it in a whole bunch of ways and stopped it from seeing all the satellites.
One of the problems was that the wires stick out in a stupid way on the SG-9120 motor and they were in the way of hitting the brackets on the dish. That's why I flipped parts around upside down, to clear those wires. Well guess what I found in the Dollar Store this morning?? L shaped adapters!
So now I have the dish down and apart and I'm hoping that I'll be able to get it where it sees the whole arc of satellites. At least this is a problem that I was able to solve myself.
But my biggest concerns are the overheating and the useless clock.
Is there a way to put a fan in the tuner like a PC has? It's so tiny I don't see how that could happen. And the clock. OMG that annoys me so much!
Thanks!
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