AZBOX /Elite / HD / Premium

taung wrote: »

gtg60, for the current AZBOX Firmware version (2173) which settings (both AZBOX & WiFi Router) worked for you and how many digits/letters did you have in the WEP/WPA password?

Here's the way I set it up.

In my router I use WPA-PSK mode, the pre-shared key is 12 characters long.

In my AZBox I don't use DHCP I have set a static IP, after selecting WiFi then picking out my connection on the list I select WPA/WPA2-PSK, enter the passkey, hit select, this will bring you out, then hit setup, it should say completed, then Reboot and you're done!

taung wrote: »

hmmm, I've tried this already, albeit with a significantly longer password/key....do you still have DHCP enabled on the router?

Yes, DHCP is enabled on the router but that doesn't matter as the AZBox defines it's own IP address, this may have nothing to do with anything, I just like knowing what IP's my items have.

taung wrote: »

I can't even see my WiFi network on the AZBOX list @ the moment.....

Ah, that's not right at all, I can see my network and my neighbours and he uses a standard Eircom one. Can any other device you have see/ connect to your router wirelessly?

What is the IP of your router?

taung wrote: »

When I had the pre-installed AZBOX FW it was able to 'see' my WiFi network.

Which one was that? Have you tried resetting to factory defaults and then reinstalling the firmware?
Or what about setting a Static IP in the range 192.168.1.xx

I don't know if this makes a difference but in the latest firmware did you go into 'Network Service' and Enable all the settings?

Agree 100% picture quality is excellent if any one is intrested I have some good channel lists I'v made for 28.2 and 13e

I NEED THE EPG
the pvr function is useless without

Ohh yeah I got mine from SoarTV must say brialliant chap dropped it down to my office block excellent guy. I think it is Slegs here so fair play chappy

taung wrote: »

This AZBOX is pure donkey of a machine. There's going to be several iterations in the firmware required before they could ever dream of putting on the market in any 'normal' shops.

I've got a recent BBC1 recording that just won't play (others do) and sometimes when I hit the 'back' button too often or too quickly, it reboots. It's beginning to resemble 'Windows ME'.

When's the next firmware?

taung wrote: »

Halleluiah! I fiinally got the WiFi connectivity going.:D

And, the thing that got it working....resetting the factory defaults! For some reason when I upgraded the firmware it wasn't properly installed until I clicked the 'Factory Defaults' option!

Good stuff I hang around in a forum with a very strong AZBox gathering, they have loads of tips and tutorials, one thing always stated is to wipe everything when upgrading firmware, not only resetting to factory defaults but also deleting channels and plugin's and even formatting the application area for the firmware, I do it out of habit now so probably why it didn't spring to mind first

If anybody wants a link to this forum just PM me, there's a ton of info over there.

Funnily enough, I'm finding this firmware rock solid but I've had some jellyware in the past

byte wrote: »

I can't help but notice the alarming amount of receivers that get released these days, that are not doing what they were perceived to do, with updates required all the while. Instead of beta-testers, it seems the customers have become the new testers.

The nearest thing to the AZBox in terms of range of features might be the Panasonic DMR-BS850, but it costs twice as much, is tied to FreeSat and is hobbled by DRM.

Right now, I think the AZBox is at 80% of its promise. It's that missing 20% that's annoying.

Superfin wrote: »

Can anyone tell me whether I need a cam for the AZ box Premium when using an ART card/Al Jazeera Card and an official Sky card?

Can't comment on the ART card but I HEARD on another forum that someone had gotten a White Sky card to work, they're so new though that I'd give it a bit of time for verification/ development.

Bogger77 wrote: »

Question:
would this box work with a regular "non-hd" tv. I'm considering upgrading my hobby sat system from a TM 1600, but I've only a crt in the bedroom. I'd use an av sender to view channels on my hd tv in the sitting room. I presume that SD channels will display fine via scart, and hd channels would just be blank if selected?

Yes, of course, it will be fine and HD channels will be displayed they will just be 'downgraded' to SD quality.

taung wrote: »

I guess you didn't get your DVB-T tuner yet gtg60? What's the story here?

No, even though I had one on order since I bought the Elite and Premium, I'm not too pushed about it, it's the 2 DVB-S2 tuners I really want, slegs from SaorTV always knew this and when he said he had a customer screaming for one and would I mind letting him have it (and said I could have discount on my two DVB-S2 ones ) then I said fine, he's getting a load over the next few days anyway. There's a good review on the SaorTV site of them in action, either way I'll be giving my own low down when I get it :cool:

I successfully recorded a number of programs from RTE2 last night. The EPG implementation is quite good, I selected three or four programs.

The $50,000 question.. Will it let you record both terrestrial and satellite at the same time?

Playback of anything on the AZBOX is a 'take a deep breath' experience as it seems to take a minute to decide whether or not to play, starts, stops stutters and then runs smoothly.....or not at all. But, on this occasion, it eventually opened all the recordings.

Are the playback issues mostly with 3rd party recordings or also with the native recordings? You should expect the native recordings to have perfect playback.

I get issues with 3rd party files on my Dreambox. I can play back divx, mkv, mp4, mpg1&2 files etc.. but nothing plays as flawlesly as its native mpeg2 or H.264 transport stream files. I get issues in fast forwarding/rewinding and the like.. its probably the key frame and rate variations that makes this harder. During or just after scanning, you can get garbled audio bursts, pixelation issues and the like. It will settle down very quickly after you exit the scanning modes.

I've used Linux tools like mplayer in the past to rip my DVDs into mpeg2 files and then used projectx to rework these into mpeg2 TS files.. the results were flawless playback and scanning on the dreambox.

More recently with the DM8000 and its HD/H.264 capability, I've tried Handbrake to create mp4 or mkv containers and then used tsMuxer to render the TS files.. playback is perfect and quality is as good as it can be for an SD DVD rip but scanning can still have issues. I'd say it would take some patience and time to get the correct profile together to get the H.264 encoding exactly to spec.

I have a HD camcorder that records in AVCHD format and can use tsMuxer to very quickly rework these into ts files that play back perfectly with perfect scanning results... but I think AVCHD is much closer to the H.264 broadcast streams.

Combo tuner support only at present, twin tuner support reported to be available in the firmware release due 2nd week of August.

taung wrote: »

I've been ripping my hair out over the last few weeks with my AZBOX, the WiFi connectivity is highly unstable. If virtually any settings are changed on my box the WiFi connectivity goes and the only remedy seems to be firmware re-installation!:eek:

My WiFi was unstable until I bought a more modern router and relocated it. The new firmware says it improves on WiFi issues. Wifi can be disruptd by video-senders or neighbours WiFi.

taung wrote: »

Additionally, I've had serious problems attempting to format an internal hard drive.:(

No problems for me. What errors?

Latest problem, since I installed new firmware is that on radio channels, the audio drops out for half a secod every minute.

I have been informed by a good source that the problem lies with the DVB-T and dvb-c combination it does not affect the s2 or t combination. But you will be able to send it back to be fixed if needs be,
Its not a major change. But keep on a eye on things and see how they go.
It could be a good time to grab a bargain on ebay as people panic and start to offload these recievers. Saw one go for 200 euros.

No read it on a forum I can pm you if needs be.