Amiko Alien2 / SAB / GM / ST7162 ENIGMA Discussion Thread

Partymack · 27-07-2015 8:43pm

Lads,

Any idea how to get the proper FF and REW buttons working on the AA2 running OATV? Just to clarify, not the < & >, the ones marked FF & RW.

Can't seem to figure it out from menus so anyone figurded it out using keymapping and would they share the knowledge... Or even better the XML file?

Cheers.

Slevster · 27-07-2015 9:00pm

Partymack wrote: »

Lads,

Any idea how to get the proper FF and REW buttons working on the AA2 running OATV? Just to clarify, not the < & >, the ones marked FF & RW.

Can't seem to figure it out from menus so anyone figurded it out using keymapping and would they share the knowledge... Or even better the XML file?

Cheers.

Have a custom map which works for pli images. (Not at home atm, but if you search this thread or the firmware thread , for keymap attachment)
May/may not work with opentv , but you could use it to alter/amend the opentv keymap

Partymack · 28-07-2015 1:58pm

Slevster wrote: »

Have a custom map which works for pli images. (Not at home atm, but if you search this thread or the firmware thread , for keymap attachment)
May/may not work with opentv , but you could use it to alter/amend the opentv keymap

Cheers Slvester,

Found your Keymapping file. I'll try it tonight on OATV.

you would not believe how many arguments this might save me!

Skippy along · 29-07-2015 9:55am

Slevster wrote: »

Have you played around with the settings in system setup (eg output to pcm?)
If you are viewing something with 5.1 , but not getting it, have a play with the channel output, switch between mpeg and acc
After that, is your amp set to detect Dolby ? Have you the amp set to pro logic by chance (which may not give 5.1 on some amps , as opposed to pro logic II , but I could be mistaken on that)

Yeah I'm happy with the settings on my amp but when i go into the sound settings on my AA2 it's pretty limited in what i can do bar the PCM settings I'm using freshpots 4.5 image.

Partymack · 29-07-2015 9:56pm

Partymack wrote: »

Cheers Slvester,

Found your Keymapping file. I'll try it tonight on OATV.

you would not believe how many arguments this might save me!

Hey Slvester.

Tried the Keymapping file but it put OATV in bootloop. When I compared the OATV file with Yours the formatting was a bit different. Basically the content was in reverse

Thinking of using original OATV FILE as basis, making required edits and FTP back in.

Question is what are the lines I need to change? Seems the file is arranged with headings (infobar, media player etc). Can you advise wher you changed the file to map the FF and REW keys?

Slevster · 29-07-2015 11:17pm

Partymack wrote: »

Hey Slvester.

Tried the Keymapping file but it put OATV in bootloop. When I compared the OATV file with Yours the formatting was a bit different. Basically the content was in reverse

Thinking of using original OATV FILE as basis, making required edits and FTP back in.

Question is what are the lines I need to change? Seems the file is arranged with headings (infobar, media player etc). Can you advise wher you changed the file to map the FF and REW keys?

Am not familiar with oatv, but the following are the relevant lines from the map :

<map context="InfobarSeekActions">
<key id="KEY_PAUSE" mapto="pauseService" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_PLAY" mapto="playpauseService" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBack" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwd" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBackManual" flags="l" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwdManual" flags="l" />

<key id="KEY_LEFT" mapto="seekBack" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_RIGHT" mapto="seekFwd" flags="m" />

<key id="KEY_OK" mapto="unPauseService" flags="m" />

<key id="KEY_1" mapto="seekdef:1" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_3" mapto="seekdef:3" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_4" mapto="seekdef:4" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_6" mapto="seekdef:6" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_7" mapto="seekdef:7" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_9" mapto="seekdef:9" flags="m" />
</map>

<map context="MediaPlayerSeekActions">
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBack" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwd" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBackManual" flags="l" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwdManual" flags="l" />

<key id="KEY_1" mapto="seekdef:1" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_3" mapto="seekdef:3" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_4" mapto="seekdef:4" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_6" mapto="seekdef:6" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_7" mapto="seekdef:7" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_9" mapto="seekdef:9" flags="m" />
</map>

I just changed short press of ff or rw to seekfwd, or back and long press to ask for a minute jump. I.e the key_rewind and key_fastforward lines in both sections. However, i remember, when i first did it, i had to first create a blank xml file and copy and paste the code into it and save as . Because if i edited the orginal file and just saved the changes, it wouldnt taje effect for some reason.

Slevster · 29-07-2015 11:34pm

Skippy along wrote: »

Yeah I'm happy with the settings on my amp but when i go into the sound settings on my AA2 it's pretty limited in what i can do bar the PCM settings I'm using freshpots 4.5 image.

When you say that you aren't getting 5.1,do you mean that you aren't getting "Dolby Digital" on the broadcasts which support it (not that many really)

Skippy along · 30-07-2015 4:07pm

Slevster wrote: »

When you say that you aren't getting 5.1,do you mean that you aren't getting "Dolby Digital" on the broadcasts which support it (not that many really)

Yeah not getting Dolby digital and yer right there's not that many of them broadcasting anyway.. I'll try an optical cable and see how that goes.. Thanks for help

Slevster · 30-07-2015 7:51pm

Skippy along wrote: »

Yeah not getting Dolby digital and yer right there's not that many of them broadcasting anyway.. I'll try an optical cable and see how that goes.. Thanks for help

Will keep an eye out for this. Hadn't noticed the lack of dd recently. Certainly, have had it on certain channels and broadcasts.
I remember when I use to have sky, that a lot of the Disney channels used dd for a lot of their programmes . I wonder are there less dd broadcasts due to sat changes? Perhaps a new policy?
(Having said that, I actually prefer when dd isn't used, allows more flexibility with your amp setup, to the point that I've often changed the output to pick up a different stream to the dd)

mass_debater · 30-07-2015 10:08pm

Slevster wrote: »

When you say that you aren't getting 5.1,do you mean that you aren't getting "Dolby Digital" on the broadcasts which support it (not that many really)

Plenty are Dolby Digital, all Sky movie channels are

Slevster · 30-07-2015 11:20pm

mass_debater wrote: »

Plenty are Dolby Digital, all Sky movie channels are

We wouldn't know anything about those channels, would we now!
Will have to call into a mates and see what he gets though his sky subscription channels

Slevster · 30-07-2015 11:45pm

After calling into my mates, to see what he is getting , try the following for dd:

Setup-System- a/v settings - audio settings = spdif
And
Auto language- prefer ac3 track - yes
Saving as you go.
See if that gives what you want in terms of audio. When on a channel which is with dd, ensure that you are on the ac3 audio stream (press the yellow button and select)

(However, may result in lag of audio when switching channels, unless audio fix has been applied. Check lag on BBC's. If I remember correctly, they were the channels where it lag was most evident )

nice_day · 01-08-2015 10:49am

Hoping someone may be able to help. I have openatv on my Alien2. All is set up fine, but a couple of times recently the following has happened. I turn on the box in the morning and all the satellite channels are gone. Irish channels are there but none of the UK - they are all greyed out.

So I go into tuner configuration and Tuner B: Tuner 1-Sat is now configured as Simple. When I put it back into Advanced, when I go to choose Satelite, none of the Astras appear, instead I can choose All Satelites 1/2/3/4 (USALS).

I think the last time a rescan fixed it. Wondering though why it would happen all of a sudded like that.

Thanks in advance

rb25 · 01-08-2015 2:57pm

@dpjmie I can FTP into the Alien now via FileZilla but when I try to download any of the plugins or update crossepg I get a bad address 'add.pkteam.pl' - Failed to download.

When I do a network test all is green and it seems to be able to get out to the internet.

Any ideas?

zefer · 01-08-2015 3:03pm

Anyone notice that a load of channels don't appear when you do a satellite scan on 1 image compared to another? Hyperion 4.5 is the image I've noticed that channels not appearing/weaker signal.
And some channels that do appear, the signal strength is much worse..

gar · 02-08-2015 9:08am

Cerdito wrote: »

If you're using Hyperion I don't think there's a GUI way to schedule a reboot. Doing it via the command line (telnet) isn't too hard. Once you have telnetted in and are at the prompt type:

crontab -l

This will show you the list of scheduled jobs, mine had:

spark7162:~# crontab -l
*/5 * * * * sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

This is a job that runs every 5 mins to clear the cache I think, best not to touch this. To edit the scheduled jobs type:

crontab -e

You can then edit the file using the vi text editor, you might need to Google some tips for using vi.

My crontab looks like this at the moment:

spark7162:~# crontab -l
*/5 * * * * sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
00 04 * * * shutdown
55 03 * * * rm /media/hdd/crossepg/*

I have a job that clears out the crossepg files at 03:55 and then reboots the box at 04:00 ("shutdown" reboots rather than shutting down). Separately in the Enigma GUI I have crossepg set to update at 04:10 and then the box to go into standby after that.

Ran the crontab - l but I get a message saying no such file or directory exists. Must be a different directory than where it thinks it is. Will try again when I have more time.

On another note the epg settings seem to reset to their default when I reset the box despite saving them... I think.
Just a little annoying. Like when when I press OK on epg it zaps not zap and close.

Thoughts?

deezell · 03-08-2015 7:46am

gar wrote: »

Ran the crontab - l but I get a message saying no such file or directory exists. Must be a different directory than where it thinks it is. Will try again when I have more time.

On another note the epg settings seem to reset to their default when I reset the box despite saving them... I think.
Just a little annoying. Like when when I press OK on epg it zaps not zap and close.

Thoughts?

Both events sound like your storage is pointed to a different place than expected. Check to see if your crossepg is saved to hdd/media, not to flash or the USB. I recall the keymap problem, exact same thing, I wanted zap to exit as well as change, but the settings wouldn't 'stick' after a reboot until I properly mounted my disc partition as hdd and pointed cross there.. I never switch off, very occasionally reboot, and never delete crossepg folder, and it just keeps going. I've had to restart oscam once when it got in a twist, and sometimes lose network, but that's the fault of the wireless extender. I've Zardoz hyperion, and it's very stable.

Partymack · 03-08-2015 10:51am

Slevster wrote: »

Am not familiar with oatv, but the following are the relevant lines from the map :

<map context="InfobarSeekActions">
<key id="KEY_PAUSE" mapto="pauseService" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_PLAY" mapto="playpauseService" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBack" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwd" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBackManual" flags="l" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwdManual" flags="l" />

<key id="KEY_LEFT" mapto="seekBack" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_RIGHT" mapto="seekFwd" flags="m" />

<key id="KEY_OK" mapto="unPauseService" flags="m" />

<key id="KEY_1" mapto="seekdef:1" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_3" mapto="seekdef:3" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_4" mapto="seekdef:4" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_6" mapto="seekdef:6" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_7" mapto="seekdef:7" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_9" mapto="seekdef:9" flags="m" />
</map>

<map context="MediaPlayerSeekActions">
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBack" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwd" flags="b" />
<key id="KEY_REWIND" mapto="seekBackManual" flags="l" />
<key id="KEY_FASTFORWARD" mapto="seekFwdManual" flags="l" />

<key id="KEY_1" mapto="seekdef:1" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_3" mapto="seekdef:3" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_4" mapto="seekdef:4" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_6" mapto="seekdef:6" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_7" mapto="seekdef:7" flags="m" />
<key id="KEY_9" mapto="seekdef:9" flags="m" />
</map>

I just changed short press of ff or rw to seekfwd, or back and long press to ask for a minute jump. I.e the key_rewind and key_fastforward lines in both sections. However, i remember, when i first did it, i had to first create a blank xml file and copy and paste the code into it and save as . Because if i edited the orginal file and just saved the changes, it wouldnt taje effect for some reason.

Hey Slvester,

Thanks got all the help do far on this Keymapping stuff.

What program were you using to create/edit your XML fines by the way ?

I've copied the OATV file into NS Notepad but the formatting has compressed it all together and it's very hard to locate headings etc.

Just wondered whst your editor was

zefer · 03-08-2015 8:41pm

zefer wrote: »

Anyone notice that a load of channels don't appear when you do a satellite scan on 1 image compared to another? Hyperion 4.5 is the image I've noticed that channels not appearing/weaker signal.
And some channels that do appear, the signal strength is much worse..

Nobody else?

rb25 · 03-08-2015 9:07pm

zefer wrote: »

Nobody else?

I noticed this too but I put it down to the channels being there but not listed in the bouquet. When I used Dreamboxedit I was able to see all the channels and drop them into the bouquet. But on mine they don't necessarily show anything onscreen when I select the channel for viewing but do tune in when I scan.

cyndale · 03-08-2015 9:57pm

I've been using Zardoz's Hyperion V4.5 image since it was uploaded with no problems until now.

When it starts uploading Crossepg it stops about 5 seconds in and freezes. Checked all the usual stuff, plenty of space on USB, settings haven't changed at all. What gives?

Slevster · 04-08-2015 12:23am

gar wrote: »

Ran the crontab - l but I get a message saying no such file or directory exists. Must be a different directory than where it thinks it is. Will try again when I have more time.

On another note the epg settings seem to reset to their default when I reset the box despite saving them... I think.
Just a little annoying. Like when when I press OK on epg it zaps not zap and close.

Thoughts?

If I remeber correctly, I just used notepad originally (just changed view format) and downloaded xml editor from ms (I think that's whatbit is called, as not at laptop) however, if you use android, very easy to view/edit using something like es explorer. Can't speak for apple.

dpjmie · 04-08-2015 12:36am

cyndale wrote: »

I've been using Zardoz's Hyperion V4.5 image since it was uploaded with no problems until now.

When it starts uploading Crossepg it stops about 5 seconds in and freezes. Checked all the usual stuff, plenty of space on USB, settings haven't changed at all. What gives?

Funnily I had the same problem a few days ago, delete all the epg files on the memory key (should be a whole folder full of miscellaneous epg.dat files) and then rerun the downloader and the epg should populate no bother, sorry If I didn't understand you right, I'm sleep deprived

dpjmie

zefer · 04-08-2015 8:00am

rb25 wrote: »

I noticed this too but I put it down to the channels being there but not listed in the bouquet. When I used Dreamboxedit I was able to see all the channels and drop them into the bouquet. But on mine they don't necessarily show anything onscreen when I select the channel for viewing but do tune in when I scan.

Hmmm, very odd.
if I put open atv back on, all channels are there, so it isn't a satellite hardware issue.
Even if I manually scan a frequency, it might find some channels but still might not tune anything in

cyndale · 04-08-2015 10:39am

dpjmie wrote: »

Funnily I had the same problem a few days ago, delete all the epg files on the memory key (should be a whole folder full of miscellaneous epg.dat files) and then rerun the downloader and the epg should populate no bother, sorry If I didn't understand you right, I'm sleep deprived

dpjmie

That's great! Will try it later on today.:D

Zardoz · 04-08-2015 1:07pm

zefer wrote: »

Hmmm, very odd.
if I put open atv back on, all channels are there, so it isn't a satellite hardware issue.
Even if I manually scan a frequency, it might find some channels but still might not tune anything in

I recall alanhiggy had the same issue a a good while back.
He'd get a tune failed on certain channels on Hyperion but they worked fine on Openatv.

alanhiggyno1 · 04-08-2015 1:08pm

Zardoz wrote: »

I recall alanhiggy had the same issue a a good while back.
He'd get a tune failed on certain channels on Hyperion but they worked fine on Openatv.

ya and still happening so am still on openatv.its a strange one

Cerdito · 04-08-2015 4:49pm

gar wrote: »

Ran the crontab - l but I get a message saying no such file or directory exists. Must be a different directory than where it thinks it is. Will try again when I have more time.

On another note the epg settings seem to reset to their default when I reset the box despite saving them... I think.
Just a little annoying. Like when when I press OK on epg it zaps not zap and close.

Thoughts?

Hi,

You sure you're typing "crontab -l" i.e. no space between the dash and the 'l' (lower case "L")?

It will complain if you type crontab and then a file it doesn't recognise, like so:

spark7162:~# crontab
BusyBox v1.22.1 (2014-05-17 22:08:20 CEST) multi-call binary.

Usage: crontab [-c DIR] [-u USER] [-ler]|[FILE]

-c Crontab directory
-u User
-l List crontab
-e Edit crontab
-r Delete crontab
FILE Replace crontab by FILE ('-': stdin)

spark7162:~# crontab l
crontab: can't open 'l': No such file or directory

spark7162:~# crontab -l
*/5 * * * * sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
00 04 * * * shutdown
55 03 * * * rm /media/hdd/crossepg/*

zefer · 04-08-2015 8:01pm

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

ya and still happening so am still on openatv.its a strange one

I think it might be a hardware issue as I've put Hyperion on 2 boxes, 1 works no problem and 1 has this issue. My one is the older version of the gm triplex

FlexMcMurphy · 04-08-2015 8:01pm

dpjmie wrote: »

Funnily I had the same problem a few days ago, delete all the epg files on the memory key (should be a whole folder full of miscellaneous epg.dat files)...

Some people must have their crossepg setup differently than I do. I never have to clear out the crossepg folder on my attached USB key. Right now there is one epg.dat file and it is 3.8MB. I am getting a 7 day epg listing on the channels I watch and it isn't even set to run periodically. Maybe it's because I only view FTA channels on the box..

Flex

Partymack · 04-08-2015 10:01pm

Lads - feel bit silly asking this one but...

Anyone figured out how to post a comment on Openatv forum?

I've joined but I cannot find post button! Is it just me?

Help appreciated!

Technofobe · 04-08-2015 10:44pm

Could be that as a new registration you may have to wait till account is verified or something like that

zefer · 04-08-2015 10:54pm

Zardoz wrote: »

I recall alanhiggy had the same issue a a good while back.
He'd get a tune failed on certain channels on Hyperion but they worked fine on Openatv.

Hmm, can't get the ones that were working back working on Open Atv now.. Very odd altogether..

I'm beginning to think my dish my be slightly out of alignment all of a sudden

Edit: looks like I can only see a few of the channels that have moved to Astra 2g

Partymack · 05-08-2015 9:30am

Technofobe wrote: »

Could be that as a new registration you may have to wait till account is verified or something like that

I registered about 6 months ago so don't think it's that. Anyone here posted on it and could advise?

alanhiggyno1 · 05-08-2015 10:26am

zefer wrote: »

I think it might be a hardware issue as I've put Hyperion on 2 boxes, 1 works no problem and 1 has this issue. My one is the older version of the gm triplex

my one sab unix f solo

deezell · 05-08-2015 4:40pm

zefer wrote: »

Hmm, can't get the ones that were working back working on Open Atv now.. Very odd altogether..

I'm beginning to think my dish my be slightly out of alignment all of a sudden

Edit: looks like I can only see a few of the channels that have moved to Astra 2g

I recall previous discussion on this, and mention of the fact that 2g has a different footprint and lower FEC on some channels, which will affect marginal reception.

gizmo555 · 06-08-2015 1:46pm

Slevster wrote: »

Does this happen when recording other channels? Or just during normal viewing?
Is it happening on MUX 1 and MUX 2 channels?( rte 1 and rte 2)
Happening on SD channels?
Happen while time shifting /paused TV?
Have you tried clearing the cache (think there may a cacheflushe plugin with Zardoz's backup. When pixelating, go to the pludin and run. See if that has an immediate effect)
Check if your signal strength is good.(check to see if you have tuned to the correct tower in your area. You may be between areas and are tuned to the weaker signal)
Have a look at all your tuned terrestrial channel list and see if there are multiple instances of the channels epg rte 1 x2 (press the OK button to bring up the channel list, then press the red button to enter the "all" channels , then press whatever coloured button to show only the terrestrial channels)

Thanks again for the suggestions. It ended up with the box booting, but no picture was visible, just the audio. It wasn't that the video was misconfigured, because you could see the channel info banner, just not the picture. It also stopped responding to the remote.

I reinstalled Zardoz's latest Hyperion image and it's back to normal (for now!)

Technofobe · 06-08-2015 6:56pm

Partymack wrote: »

I registered about 6 months ago so don't think it's that. Anyone here posted on it and could advise?

When your logged in you dont see the +post new thread blue button like in my post ?

deezell · 06-08-2015 9:24pm

FYI,TV3 HD testing on 11758H, 29500, channel name 3881, but only on SKY hd box I assume. No sign of Hd on terrestrial, rugby world cup looming.

zefer · 06-08-2015 10:09pm

deezell wrote: »

FYI,TV3 HD testing on 11758H, 29500, channel name 3881, but only on SKY hd box I assume. No sign of Hd on terrestrial, rugby world cup looming.

TV3 HD is only going to be on Sky & UPC, due to be going live this month
Can't see anyway it'll be on terrestrial unless RTE Networks change their pricing model..

deezell · 06-08-2015 10:21pm

zefer wrote: »

TV3 HD is only going to be on Sky & UPC, due to be going live this month
Can't see anyway it'll be on terrestrial unless RTE Networks change their pricing model..

Have to say I agree with tv3 on this, they vacated an entire uhf channel capable of carrying multiple digital channels, hd included, but were expected to pay more for less.

Wheety · 07-08-2015 10:18am

I just recently installed Enigma2 following the 2nd post in this thread. Slowly getting around to installing more features.

Just wondering about adding recording abilities. Do I just plug in an external hard drive or do I need to do something else to get it to work?

I remember having to change one of the tuners while scanning to receive CH4 and E4 etc. Would this mean I'm restricted to watching these if I record another channel?

Technofobe · 07-08-2015 9:36pm

Wheety wrote: »

I just recently installed Enigma2 following the 2nd post in this thread. Slowly getting around to installing more features.

Just wondering about adding recording abilities. Do I just plug in an external hard drive or do I need to do something else to get it to work?

I remember having to change one of the tuners while scanning to receive CH4 and E4 etc. Would this mean I'm restricted to watching these if I record another channel?

For recording you should ideally have 2 feeds connected from the dish to your amiko if you want to watch 1 channel while recording a different channel
Plug in a usb hard drive formatted as fat32 will work but some recommend ext3
In the hyperion 4.5 version of enigma2
go to menu
blue panel
mount center
Mount the drive ( probably show as sda1 or maybe name of the drive )

test by pressing pause and see if the station pauses

if that works ok
press epg highlight a programme and press green button ( timer)
select if you want once or weekly

Griffinx · 07-08-2015 9:38pm

Have been running Hyperion 4.5 now for 6 months and its really stable and I'm very happy with it.

One thing Ive noticed recently is that the response on video playback it quite sluggish for pause, rewind ff etc. It could take 2-5 seconds to get a response.

Is there anything I can do to resolve this? I don't remember it being as slow when I initially installed it.

Imstuck · 07-08-2015 10:27pm

Griffinx wrote: »

Have been running Hyperion 4.5 now for 6 months and its really stable and I'm very happy with it.

One thing Ive noticed recently is that the response on video playback it quite sluggish for pause, rewind ff etc. It could take 2-5 seconds to get a response.

Is there anything I can do to resolve this? I don't remember it being as slow when I initially installed it.

Do you restart it often?

dav32cs · 07-08-2015 10:56pm

Hi again guys

I put in two boxes today in my mothers and uncles house. One was a Triplex like mine and the other an Alien Mini.

The Triplex went in fine but with the Mini alot of the freeview channels aren't tuning in(BBC etc).

I checked it in my house then and the BBCs etc will show up. I went back an reinstalled it in the other house and did a channel scan and when the list repopulated the BBCs and others were greyed out and unavailable for selection. I went in to 'All' then to see if they had been picked up at all but they weren't even on that list, but most of the regional BBCs(Wales,NorthWest etc) had been picked up and were OK to view.

I used the bouquets settings I have and sent them to the box. Why would they be picking up OK with the exact same settings in my house but not picking up at a place a couple of miles away when approx 690 other channels are receiving OK?

FlexMcMurphy · 07-08-2015 11:48pm

Possibly due to the alignment of the dish at the other house the reception may be "marginal" for channels with certain frequencies. You could check the signal strength on the affected transponders and compare with others whose channels are tuning in fine and if necessary get the dish re-aligned.

Flex

Griffinx · 08-08-2015 10:00am

Imstuck wrote: »

Do you restart it often?

No not very often. Ive tried restarting a few times to see if it helps the response but it doesn't really seem to make a difference.

dav32cs · 08-08-2015 11:27am

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Possibly due to the alignment of the dish at the other house the reception may be "marginal" for channels with certain frequencies. You could check the signal strength on the affected transponders and compare with others whose channels are tuning in fine and if necessary get the dish re-aligned.

Flex

Hi

I had kind of ruled that out as they had a Sky box with just the freeview and they had been picking up all the channels no problem. I've just come back from a friends house where I've checked it and same thing - didn't pick up free view but others were OK. Picks up 911 channels in my house and it only picked up 690 after an automatic scan at this house ( even though they have a sky subscription also with all channels working OK), seems too much of a coincidence to happen in two houses with no reception problems from before?

I'm wondering something to do with the image but that doesn't explain why its working at my house running the same.Or the fact I'm sending my bouquets and satellite info from a different receiver but I can't imagine how that would be any effect of it because they're both two enigma boxes ?

dav32cs · 08-08-2015 12:09pm

FlexMcMurphy wrote: »

Possibly due to the alignment of the dish at the other house the reception may be "marginal" for channels with certain frequencies. You could check the signal strength on the affected transponders and compare with others whose channels are tuning in fine and if necessary get the dish re-aligned.

Flex

Checked there and some transponders aren't picking up so I guess that is it. Is it strange though that the Sky box on freeview beside it with a connection from the exact same dish can pick up channels that the Amiko Mini can't??For instance one of the freeview kids channels TinyPop plays no problem on the Sky box but isn't picked up at all by a scan through Amiko

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