Visionsat IV200 PVR Plus

[concord]

Turksat,

Where did you get version 1.25? Brian's post contains only version 1.20 (without card version). Thought I'd upgrade the firmware since I only had version 1.20 already.

Thx.

 

[Turksat]

Well, I would have to check that now. Maybe I confused 1.20 with 1.45 or whatever the other F/W was. In either case, I did not get any new F/W from anywhere else, and I just used whatever was posted here. :up

I was thinking about changing to the Smart Card version since I was going to try my cousin's card to see if I could see his paid channels, but I never got the time to do that, plus I didn't want to lose my channel line up, which took me a long time to sort/block/etc..

 

[concord]

OK, thanks. Finally got around to replacing my 31" fortec dish with the glorystar 36" dish that they had on sale last year and wanted to make sure I had the latest firmware also. Most sats came in from 3 to 4 quality points higher, but the 30, 43 and 58w are not coming in...need to do some tweaking and take the receiver out on the roof.

 

[kooguy]

Help

I bought two units of IV 200 PVR from same store but at different time about two months apart. The first unit is working perfectly after configuration. I bought the second unit and hook it up with same TV, same cable, same dish and got zero on signal quality on same satellite - 95W Galaxy 3c.

Is this unit defective?

Thanks.

 

[Turksat]

Do they have different firmware versions? I hope upgrading f/w was the first thing you tried.

 

[kooguy]

Thanks...It was a defective unit. I have exchanged another one and it is working properly now.

 

[dennis33]

Thanks for the review. I'll start looking for this on the auction sites!

 

[Turksat]

I just have a question:

If I upgrade the firmware (1.20 to 1.45), will I have re-scan and adjust my line-up again?
The reason I want to upgrade is to try my cousin's Irdeto2 subscription card for DFH.

 

[Turksat]

I think I am just gonna go ahead and try it.A
Edit: It works great. The card works fine, and after update everything was restored perfectly.

 

[Larry1]

Is the factory web site gone or just currently down? If it's up please post a link.

 

[SatelliteAV]

VisionSat is no longer in business and the website is no longer active.

The final factory file is 1.45

 

[woodheat/nooil]

my old computer had this still on it, not sure it is the one you want?

 

[Lassar]

Hmm !

Sorry to hear about it going out of business.

I was keeping track of this receiver.

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[eric286]

Is there and alternative?

Can someone recommend a receiver that had Viaccess and DVR? I’m new to the forum and was disappointed to get to the end of this thread and find I can’t get this receiver. My wife watches TAN (The Asian Network) satellite and I need to get her something with DVR. She gets up at 3:30 to go to work and I don’t want her staying up till midnight watching her shows.

 

[SatelliteAV]

Still the best solution.... Can't believe that I am saying this, but buy a used unit on eBay.

 

[phlatwound]

Still the best solution.... Can't believe that I am saying this, but buy a used unit on eBay.

Yep, I got one for $29 shipped about a month ago, and saw another sell for right at $30 shipped, recently. :up

Was there ever a channel editor that worked properly for this receiver?

 

[Turksat]

Is that for a VisionSAT? I would like to get one more if it is $29 shipped. Just in case this one dies.

 

[Mr Tony]

you can find some good deals on Ebay.

I know of folks who got Coolsat 5000/6000 for 30 shipped
I got 3 receivers (Pansat 2500, BEC 6600 and Coolsat 5000) for 50 shipped
I've seen Visionsats and Coolsat 7100 (kinda the same thing) for dirt cheap...but not 30 bucks. Thats a heluva bargain for those

 

[phlatwound]

Is that for a VisionSAT? I would like to get one more if it is $29 shipped. Just in case this one dies.

Yes, used Visionsat IV200, with remote (it was actually $29.99 shipped). I did have to purge the wackyware that was on it, but it is working great with the factory fw.

I don't see them very often but they pop up occasionally, I was the only bidder on the one I got.

 

[Turksat]

iceberg, thanks. Since I got myself familiarized with Visionsat IV200, and it is confirmed it works with our subscription cards, I would rather get them.

phlatwound, I don't see any visionsats on sale on ebay now. Would you mind letting us know the seller name so we can check with him if he still has any left.