I like it but it wont work with my Dish and Motor.
When I turn on Motorized Dish I can't get a signal from the dish. Turn off Motorized Dish and signal comes through fine.
Part of the issue could be the DISEQ Swtch built into my LNB, so I ordered a WS741 LNB which uses 22 Khz switching instead. Hopefully this fixes my issue.
(BTW I should note to move my dish I am using a GBOX controller.)
Hey Scott,
This was a hard decision for me when I bought my DMX741 with 22 KHz switching, or 741U with DISEQ switching. Do I need universal etc? The 22 KHz made the decision. A DISEQ switch can have 2,4,8 ports to switch dishes, but 22 KHz is on or off, and with two bands (C & Ku), that just works for me!
When the new S9 FW quit switching...I was thinking here we go again, but they got it fixed quickly. I have never used a DISEQ controlled motor, but will soon (as soon the heat wave breaks).
I have a Gbox too with a actuator so it does use DISEQ commands to move the dish but nothing beyond the Gbox will respond to it. I do have a 4 port switch inline but nothing to switch to at the time.
Anyway, I'm sure you know all of this and I just thought I'd explain my setup, maybe it'll help someone else. Also, I'm waiting to see how you turn out with yours.
My S9 does a great job now (finally), except CW looses PIDs now and then and I have to edit it to repair it (VS Ultra does this too, but I can fix it in the box). I don't know why it does it...seems random. Oh, and my imaginary clock is still imaginary!
So, I am looking at the Manhattan for the living room to move the S9 to the BR, meaning the MH will have to control the dish. Hopefully the S9 will play the MH recordings from HDD as I have a USB HDD on the S9 now, and if I'm recording everything on the MH it would be nice to just plug it in and watch it in the BR if I don't need a burned copy, like the news or whatever (a movie that sucks).
Since the MH hit the market the S9 FW is rolling out almost weekly so I'm gonna go check it even though I'm convinced the clock is a hardware issue that can't be fixed...I'm from Missouri, someone is gonna have to "show me" a working clock before I buy another S9, so the MH is the winner hands down if all the basic stuff just works, and a clock is as basic as it gets!