USB Saorview receiver ($7.40 delivered)

stevek93 · 02-01-2012 2:10am

joe250 wrote: »

Just got this working on Vu duo receiver using Blackhole image.
Working perfect

is that linux based?

The_Conductor · 02-01-2012 10:51am

Unable to tune any channels.......
Hooked up to an external antenna- I can get 'lock' on two muxes, and channel listings etc- however if I try to view the channels, despite it knowing what the channels are, it won't display them (Error: channel unavailable)

I have a decent VHF reception here (not UHF though

- I can't pick up anything on UHF analogue- only VHF and I've both UFH and VHF antenna pointed at 3 Rock from Lucan)
Something tells me I'm in for trouble when analogue switch off happens

Dublin seems to be absolutely dire for Saorview- even remote areas in Sligo and Leitrim gets a vastly better signal.........

moodrater · 02-01-2012 11:33am

smccarrick wrote: »

Unable to tune any channels.......
Hooked up to an external antenna- I can get 'lock' on two muxes, and channel listings etc- however if I try to view the channels, despite it knowing what the channels are, it won't display them (Error: channel unavailable)

I have a decent VHF reception here (not UHF though - I can't pick up anything on UHF analogue- only VHF and I've both UFH and VHF antenna pointed at 3 Rock from Lucan)
Something tells me I'm in for trouble when analogue switch off happens

Dublin seems to be absolutely dire for Saorview- even remote areas in Sligo and Leitrim gets a vastly better signal.........

Something up with your setup, Maybe VHF only masthead amplifier or antenna

ShiverinEskimo · 02-01-2012 3:41pm

For the record I'm still unable to view any channel but 3e smoothly in WMC and yet experience smooth but slightly grainy viewing in the bundled software.

Not had a chance to try a better aerial as yet however.

Also for the record it shows up as a keyboard on my device information in Win7 x64 too. I've tried the bundled drivers, the automatic windows drivers and other drivers I found for a similar model. I'll check the link and post up later if someone else wants to try it.

I'm going to test it on Win XP too when I get a hold of a laptop later in the week.

Johnboy1951 · 02-01-2012 5:42pm

The keyboard entry is likely a mis-recognition of the IR controller in the device.

davehey79 · 02-01-2012 7:36pm

ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

For the record I'm still unable to view any channel but 3e smoothly in WMC and yet experience smooth but slightly grainy viewing in the bundled software.

Not had a chance to try a better aerial as yet however.

Also for the record it shows up as a keyboard on my device information in Win7 x64 too. I've tried the bundled drivers, the automatic windows drivers and other drivers I found for a similar model. I'll check the link and post up later if someone else wants to try it.

I'm going to test it on Win XP too when I get a hold of a laptop later in the week.

I have been unable to get it set up on 2 different xp machines both of them are xp sp3

jimmyjim11 · 03-01-2012 9:11pm

Got mine today @ work,

installed on vista x64 with out any problems
have not managed to get remote working yet removed plastic from battery but no joy

battries not included · 03-01-2012 11:12pm

jimmyjim11 wrote: »

Got mine today @ work, installed on vista x64 with out any problems
have not managed to get remote working yet removed plastic from battery but no joy

having the same issue, set up on laptop but cant use remote, even with new battery....

battries not included · 03-01-2012 11:37pm

does anyone know how to get it working?

i installed it on my laptop (acer 5520) it said it installed ok, no lights on the USB or anything, how exactly do I get it to work...

JohnDigital · 04-01-2012 3:34pm

I have mine working on the Blaze software and supplied aerial in Monkstown with DTT off Kippure. It's working amazingly well on that puny antenna. I can’t get the remote to work either. I can see the remote is working (checked the IR beam through camera phone) but I cant get it to work with the tuner.

garion · 04-01-2012 6:19pm

Gone mine yesterday. Had forgot all about ordering it! Havent tried to use it yet though.

battries not included · 04-01-2012 6:43pm

got it sorted, picture quality is rather good

joeKel73 · 04-01-2012 7:49pm

Can someone post screenshots? Would be interested to see the quality...

NEW WAVE · 04-01-2012 9:24pm

Got mine a couple of days ago.Installed on Windows 7 64 bit. Connected to outside aerial working ok. To get remote working point at sensor just below light on usb dongle.

ScrubsfanChris · 04-01-2012 10:25pm

battries not included wrote: »

got it sorted, picture quality is rather good

How did you get it to work in the end?
I have the same problem you had, no indicator lights working on thee USB dongle.

Barr · 04-01-2012 10:59pm

Mine arrived today - great find.

feelgoodinc27 · 04-01-2012 11:48pm

Whats it like for recording? Can you watch one channel and record another?

Celly Smunt · 05-01-2012 12:15am

Software won't install for me,Drivers are fine,but no use if i can't use the damn thing.

JohnDigital · 05-01-2012 12:28am

pmcmahon wrote: »

Software won't install for me,Drivers are fine,but no use if i can't use the damn thing.

Try copying the full contents of the disc to your desktop and rename the folder to take out the Chinese characters in the name of the folder. I had to do that on one of my xp machines to get it to install.

thewintermute · 05-01-2012 11:42am

Mine seems to have installed fine on an XP machine, but when I scan channels I get nothing. I'm in Drogheda and I receive terestrial channels without any issue. Should I get up on the roof with it?

vibe666 · 05-01-2012 11:55am

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

How did you get it to work in the end?
I have the same problem you had, no indicator lights working on thee USB dongle.

the lights don't actually come on until it is actively tuned into a tv channel, so it's a bit of a PITA trying to find out if it's actually working properly or not.

the easiest way i've found of getting it set up is to plug it into a win7 machine as this has windows media centre built into it and will usually pick up the drivers on its own (depending on what version of win7 you have) but will also happily pick up the drivers off the CD in a pinch.

once you've got the drivers installed, just run windows media centre and tell it to search for channels and you're done. if there are any available, it will find them after a few minutes scanning once you've given it your geographical location.

Inbox · 05-01-2012 4:50pm

Got mine today ,placed my order on the 16th dec. I installed the driver and I have it working through windows media centre.

The picture doesn't seem great I'm using hdmi out . My UPC box is giving a much better picture through scart

take everything · 07-01-2012 10:05pm

Lads, this is driving me nuts.
I can't for the life of me get this to work on my Windows 7 laptop.
I actually got two of these and none work. :pac:

I've tried using it straight out of the box with Windows Media center. Gone into the tuner settings on WMCentre but it doesn't pick it up.

I've tried loading the driver. I get a "not responding error" while installing but i'm still able to click "finish". Not sure if this means it installs tbh. Still doesn't work.

And i can't install the Blaze software at with on this device.
Just get an error message (i've changed the Chinese characters to English as well).

Pissed off now.
People here saying it works with W7/WMC out of the box.
Why doesn't it work for me?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.

polaris68 · 08-01-2012 5:56pm

The aerial supplied with this will only pick up a strong signal. You may need to connect a conventional UHF aerial to the dongle, go to your attic, point the aerial in the direction of the nearest transmitter and do a scan with WMC.

howardmarks · 08-01-2012 7:20pm

Guys is anyone following this thread still waiting on theirs? I ordered on the 9th dec and still no show. I see others have recieved there's with order dates after mine.
I'm guessing it's gone missing. What's the best port of call now? Paypal dispute or buyin coins direct?
Thing is I was going to order another if the first worked and I still want to order 2

JohnDigital · 08-01-2012 8:51pm

I ordered two on 9th, one arrived last week, 2nd is still MIA.

take everything · 08-01-2012 9:11pm

polaris68 wrote: »

The aerial supplied with this will only pick up a strong signal. You may need to connect a conventional UHF aerial to the dongle, go to your attic, point the aerial in the direction of the nearest transmitter and do a scan with WMC.

Maybe.
The odd thing is my old one of these worked beautifully on its own for a few months and then suddenly stopped picking up channels.

Red Silurian · 12-01-2012 1:25am

howardmarks wrote: »

Guys is anyone following this thread still waiting on theirs? I ordered on the 9th dec and still no show. I see others have recieved there's with order dates after mine.
I'm guessing it's gone missing. What's the best port of call now? Paypal dispute or buyin coins direct?
Thing is I was going to order another if the first worked and I still want to order 2

I ordered mine on the 6th of december, didn't get any confirmation email from them (just paypal) and on the 20th emailed them to say WTF! Turns out my order didn't process properly so this may have happened to you too

enviro · 12-01-2012 2:59am

Mine arrived today

evolutionqy7 · 12-01-2012 3:55am

Well see how that works out

thanks

dastardly00 · 12-01-2012 10:48am

howardmarks wrote: »

Guys is anyone following this thread still waiting on theirs? I ordered on the 9th dec and still no show. I see others have recieved there's with order dates after mine.
I'm guessing it's gone missing. What's the best port of call now? Paypal dispute or buyin coins direct?
Thing is I was going to order another if the first worked and I still want to order 2

I'm still waiting on mine. I ordered it on December 22nd though.

Bobeagleburger · 12-01-2012 11:07am

Anyone in Galway city order this?

Wondering what the signal is like.

dastardly00 · 12-01-2012 12:34pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

Anyone in Galway city order this?

Wondering what the signal is like.

I'll let you know whenever I get mine!

Bummer1234 · 12-01-2012 1:24pm

Got mine working last night,Got it going on WMC with no problems,Im currently in Dublin City centre and it works perfectly and going to try it this weekend in cavan and will let you's know, Great Find OP.

Red Silurian · 12-01-2012 1:26pm

Got mine today... Not working though it scans for channels for about an hour and comes up blank!

Johnboy1951 · 12-01-2012 3:50pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

Got mine today... Not working though it scans for channels for about an hour and comes up blank!

Connect it to an outdoor aerial and scan again .... ?

Dublin_Gunner · 12-01-2012 5:35pm

If you have decent broadband, this is sort of useless really isn't it?

Aertv.ie has the same channels online doesn't it? Considering you're restricting yourself to A - plugging it into a laptop / PC (which you could then plug into your TV I suppose) B - hoping you actually get a signal, aertv is a better solution IMO. (though does it have a recording facility?)

Bummer1234 · 12-01-2012 5:59pm

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

If you have decent broadband, this is sort of useless really isn't it?

Aertv.ie has the same channels online doesn't it? Considering you're restricting yourself to A - plugging it into a laptop / PC (which you could then plug into your TV I suppose) B - hoping you actually get a signal, aertv is a better solution IMO. (though does it have a recording facility?)

If your open to have unlimited download than my all means work away with aertv but for some that option isin't open to everyone and this is a good alternative. B - Yes you can record on WMC.

Johnboy1951 · 12-01-2012 6:07pm

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

If you have decent broadband, this is sort of useless really isn't it?

Aertv.ie has the same channels online doesn't it? Considering you're restricting yourself to A - plugging it into a laptop / PC (which you could then plug into your TV I suppose) B - hoping you actually get a signal, aertv is a better solution IMO. (though does it have a recording facility?)

So Aertv is limited to decent broadband + PC;
The dongle is limited to an aerial +PC

.... and one is useless and the other not?

Have you tried getting HD from Aertv? ..... good luck with that!
A large number of people have limited download allowance ..... which Aertv will eat into very very quickly.

Want to record something to watch later? ..... in HD on a large TV ..... Aertv is of no use, if you want a decent picture ..... if you manage to record it.

Of course if you want to watch TV on your phone, then something like Aertv would suit I guess.

So, no, it is not useless.
In fact it is a great way to watch quality TV pictures on a PC, or to record a film for later watching on a TV.

jimmyjim11 · 12-01-2012 6:52pm

Any one know where to get adapter for connection for aerial ?

Red Silurian · 12-01-2012 6:55pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Connect it to an outdoor aerial and scan again .... ?

Thanks for the suggestion but if I had an outdoor Ariel I would not have purchased this

My "New problem is that I keep getting the "blue screen of death" now when it does a scan! Anybody got a 2 cents on that matter?

Pov06 · 12-01-2012 6:58pm

As someone mentioned on Page 1...

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN IRELAND, BECAUSE WE USE DVB-T2 STANDARD CHANNELS AND NOT DVB-T.

It may find channels, show teletext and EPG, play sound BUT no video will show.

Or it may just scan Analogue based channels, which will be gone by October 2012.

Red Silurian · 12-01-2012 7:02pm

Pov06 wrote: »

As someone mentioned on Page 1...

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN IRELAND, BECAUSE WE USE DVB-T2 STANDARD CHANNELS AND NOT DVB-T.

It may find channels, show teletext and EPG, play sound BUT no video will show.

Or it may just scan Analogue based channels, which will be gone by October 2012.

How are some people picking up the Saorview service then?

Jonathan · 12-01-2012 7:03pm

Pov06 wrote: »

As someone mentioned on Page 1...

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN IRELAND, BECAUSE WE USE DVB-T2 STANDARD CHANNELS AND NOT DVB-T.

It may find channels, show teletext and EPG, play sound BUT no video will show.

Or it may just scan Analogue based channels, which will be gone by October 2012.

No. Here in Ireland we use DVB-T with MPEG4 compression.

Johnboy1951 · 12-01-2012 7:56pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestion but if I had an outdoor Ariel I would not have purchased this

Do you know for a fact that you have the signal strength in your location to receive the broadcasts on that small aerial?

Lack of signal strength indoors is common ...... which is why most aerials are positioned outdoors and up high to avoid obstacles.

polaris68 · 12-01-2012 9:05pm

jimmyjim11 wrote: »

Any one know where to get adapter for connection for aerial ?

I got this:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/180550379298?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2778wt_952

For me, even a "rabbit ears" aerial was a large improvement on the supplied aerial.

Nollog · 12-01-2012 9:12pm

polaris68 wrote: »

I got this:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/180550379298?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2778wt_952

For me, even a "rabbit ears" aerial was a large improvement on the supplied aerial.

Weird, first time I clicked your link it told me boards.ie banned me, second time I went to ebay.

Bummer1234 · 13-01-2012 12:34pm

Pov06 wrote: »

As someone mentioned on Page 1...

THIS WILL NOT WORK IN IRELAND, BECAUSE WE USE DVB-T2 STANDARD CHANNELS AND NOT DVB-T.

It may find channels, show teletext and EPG, play sound BUT no video will show.

Or it may just scan Analogue based channels, which will be gone by October 2012.

MINE WORKS WITH VIDEO AND SOUND!!

The_Conductor · 13-01-2012 12:57pm

Bummer1234 wrote: »

MINE WORKS WITH VIDEO AND SOUND!!

Yes, because your PC is software decoding rather than the hardware in the receiver. Its an inefficient way to watch Saorview- but any modern computer is more than up to it.

hamhamwich · 14-01-2012 3:32pm

Mine arrived during the week but the supplied CD is blank.

Could someone please upload the driver from the CD somewhere and post a link here?

Thanks.

USB Saorview receiver ($7.40 delivered)

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