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Kodi Android TV Streaming Box [Livingsocial + wetek group]

Klingon Hamlet · 2015-11-17 08:26:32

Available through LivingSocial. Seems a good deal. My family's chrome cast stopped working for some reason so this seems like a cheap easier to use (for non technophiles) alternative. Apologies for no link the boards mobile site doesn't seem to accept copy and pastes ???

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#2072 07-02-2016 5:35pm

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Dr Robert wrote: »

Have all the boxes being sent yet Aqua?

I didn't get a text yet but I'm assuming tomorrow or the next day?

Cheers

Looking forward to getting set up!

Yes, all were sent out on Friday, as with previous order, those in Dublin started getting them from late Saturday evening on surrounding areas then on Sunday, rest of the country was Monday then.

Yours is currently on route to Galway

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#2073 07-02-2016 5:55pm

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Aquos76 wrote: »

Yes, all were sent out on Friday, as with previous order, those in Dublin started getting them from late Saturday evening on surrounding areas then on Sunday, rest of the country was Monday then.

Yours is currently on route to Galway

Excellent thanks!

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#2074 07-02-2016 5:58pm

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Thanks Aquos76. Just pick mine up. Now the work begins to set it up. Idiot guides welcome.

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#2075 07-02-2016 6:05pm

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Hi Aquos76,
I collected mine, thanks.

I ordered satelitte version but I see there is a small adapter....from your previous post you said that only sarview version comes with adpater..... Could you please confirm whether I got the corrrect one (I mean satelitte version)? you can PM if needed.

Thanks
kpn

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#2076 07-02-2016 6:21pm

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Quick question... I am a complete noob at this. Could someone point me the right way towards the cheapest box that would allow me to use what most people want the box for....ye know what i mean. On an unrelated note, I love films and sport.....

There's loads of options available on sites like aliexpress, wish.com etc. You can pay anything from €25-50+ and you get what you pay for, in most cases.

Look at the specs. These days I'd say you'd want to aim for a box with 1gb RAM and 8GB NAND as a minimum, although higher specs are preferable to future proof it a little. I have a year old little stick which cost me about €25 and still works fine, along with the WETEK play and M8S+.

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#2077 07-02-2016 6:36pm

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Basil3 wrote:

There's loads of options available on sites like aliexpress, wish.com etc. You can pay anything from â‚¬25-50+ and you get what you pay for, in most cases.

Basil3 wrote:

Look at the specs. These days I'd say you'd want to aim for a box with 1gb RAM and 8GB NAND as a minimum, although higher specs are preferable to future proof it a little. I have a year old little stick which cost me about â‚¬25 and still works fine, along with the WETEK play and M8S+.

Raspberry Pi would be my 2 cents

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#2078 07-02-2016 6:38pm

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Aquos76 wrote: »

If it came with a little adaptor then it's a saorview version, if it had none, then it's the satellite version. That's how I distinguish between them.

I got the adopter but ordered the satellite version. Can you please check the email from me confirming the order? We also discussed this on PM.

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#2079 07-02-2016 7:34pm

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soirish wrote: »

I got the adopter but ordered the satellite version. Can you please check the email from me confirming the order? We also discussed this on PM.

You definitely ordered a sat version and as far as I was concerned that's what you got, I only ordered 12 cable models and they were all marked separately,

The users who ordered the cable versions were

Cillers78 x 2
Bonjo x 2
Des O donoghue
UsedToWait
Clickhere
Scrunch
batesy
Noxin
Aquos76 x 2

And they were all processed first, The remaining ones were suppose to be all Sat version, if they weren't well then its Wetek's problem and I'm going to need to take it up with them. Lets wait and see how many more are incorrect before I get on to them

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#2080 07-02-2016 8:13pm

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Picked mine up today thanks very much Aquos76:)

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#2081 07-02-2016 9:09pm

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@everyone

Can you confirm the cable tuner comes with RF IN/RF OUT and the satellite comes with ANT1 and ANT2?

DVB-C/T/T2 Tuner has RF IN and RF OUT.

DVB-S2 Tuner has ANT1 and ANT2

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#2082 07-02-2016 9:15pm

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I got Ant 1, Ant2 in mine....so I got the satelitte verision as requested...sorry for the confusion.

Thanks Aquos76 for the call and clarification.

regds
kpn

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#2083 07-02-2016 9:23pm

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At this stage 8 of the 12 saorview models have been confirmed as been correct, the other 4 have not been delivered yet. I have spoken to kpn and we have confirmed that his one is indeed the satellite model which he ordered. He thought the adaptor we were talking about was actually the power adaptor. He has checked his tuner for me and it has
ANT1 and ANT2 on it which is the satellite tuner.

@soIrish

From the picture you have sent me, it also seems that you do indeed have the correct tuner installed but for some reason you got that little adaptor included. Thats obviously a packaging issue with wetek themselves

This is the adaptor we are talking about for anyone who doesnt know

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#2084 07-02-2016 9:31pm

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Glen_Quagmire wrote: »

Raspberry Pi would be my 2 cents

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-PC-linux-and-android-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2/32448079125.html

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#2085 07-02-2016 9:47pm

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Raspberry pi all day long. No question

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#2086 07-02-2016 10:02pm

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Hi Folks, I know a lot of people were having trouble setting up tvheadend, me included up until 10 minutes ago.

When I was following the online tutorials on they just set up one the receivers which did not work for me. I set both of the receivers to the same satellite and I was then able to pick up the channels.

Hope this helps someone.

Peter.

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#2087 07-02-2016 10:02pm

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Hi Folks, I know a lot of people were having trouble setting up tvheadend, me included up until 10 minutes ago.

When I was following the online tutorials on they just set up one the receivers which did not work for me. I set both of the receivers to the same satellite and I was then able to pick up the channels.

Hope this helps someone.

Peter.

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#2088 07-02-2016 10:22pm

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Does anyone know how to use a tv tuner as well as the satellite tuner with Wetek play, both at the same time??

thanks in advance.

Peter.

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#2089 07-02-2016 10:22pm

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Does anyone know how to use a tv tuner as well as the satellite tuner with Wetek play, both at the same time??

thanks in advance.

Peter.

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#2090 07-02-2016 10:23pm

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Buy a USB tuner for saorview.

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#2091 07-02-2016 10:38pm

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any recommendations. Not having much luck.

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#2092 08-02-2016 8:24am

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RossieMan wrote: »

Buy a USB tuner for saorview.

When you do this, you'd still need a savor view antenna, am I correct in thinking that it wouldn't pick anything up from a sky disk input? Just want to be sure before I go hire someone to put up an antenna for me!

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#2093 08-02-2016 9:55am

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Quackles wrote: »

When you do this, you'd still need a savor view antenna, am I correct in thinking that it wouldn't pick anything up from a sky disk input? Just want to be sure before I go hire someone to put up an antenna for me!

Correct, depending on where your located a simple rabbit ears or indoor antenna might be sufficent to pick up saorview, guys over in terrestial forum would be able to advise better on saorview

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#2094 08-02-2016 10:23am

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just got mine thanks again aquos

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#2095 08-02-2016 10:57am

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Just turned mine on there and won't go past the welcome screen.the remote works but get past any ideas

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#2096 08-02-2016 11:39am

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alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

Just turned mine on there and won't go past the welcome screen.the remote works but get past any ideas

This thread may have some help for you. Post #6 maybe??? Bit of fiddling with that one [do so at your own risk ]

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#2097 08-02-2016 3:50pm

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tommycahir wrote: »

Have a look in this thread where a forum member has posted a compressed version which is now only 1.2gb in size and he gives the twitter handle of the original creator -

http://forum.kodicommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=458

Just so the mods are clear (as I was warned previously for giving advice on base kodi functionality!!) There should be no reason why the image can not be shared as it doesn't contain anything illegal just opensource software configured to a specific persons taste, if you choose to add certain items to enable access copyrighted material then that is up to you.

The link was offline since yesterday and is now back online @ http://wetek.getrpi.co.uk/Craig%20Wetek%20Image%2020160204/

Its pbnigma image which is 1.2gb and needs to be put on mSD card with win32diskimager

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#2098 08-02-2016 4:46pm

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That pbnigma image is grand. Preferred my setup though so went back to it.

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#2099 08-02-2016 4:53pm

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mines in the parcel motel, thanks Aquos , unfortunately the nearest one to me is 20 miles away, so wont get to pick it up till friends on night shift collect tonight.

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#2100 08-02-2016 5:24pm

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padair wrote: »

any recommendations. Not having much luck.

there was one linked for about 7 euro either at the beginning of this thread ot the wetek thread in android section :eek:

android thread wetek
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057531921

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#2101 08-02-2016 6:57pm

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GY A1 wrote: »

there was one linked for about 7 euro either at the beginning of this thread ot the wetek thread in android section :eek:

android thread wetek
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057531921

Been round the houses with this one myself!

Be really careful; even though the Wetek is running OpenELEC 6.0.1, the Linux kernel version on the Wetek is only 3.10 (for other devices the kernel is 4.1). Basically the DVB-T (terrestrial tuner) drivers are built into the kernel.
This page is very useful for checking what tuner works:
LinuxTV DVB-T USB Devices

I ended up getting a second hand PS3 PlayTV tuner for €18 in CeX. Seems to work OK, still (like many on this forum!) working out the bugs, but getting a single combined EPG for the Freesat and Saorview channels. I'm not bothered about OScam or any of that.
The PlayTV is a dual tuner too, so can potentially watch one mux whilst recording another. Haven't set up recording yet though ...

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